Damascus International Airport

Damascus International Airport

Damascus International Airport is one of the three most important airports in the Arab Republic of Syria by traffic volume.
  • URL: Damascus International (DAM)
  • Time zone: GMT 2
  • Service telephone: +963 11 238 6790
  • Address: Damascus International Airport, Damascus, Syria
  • Operating company: Directorate General of Civil Aviation
  • Nearby cities: Duma (22 km), Dimashq (22 km)
  • Directions by car: The airport is about 25 km or 15 miles south east of the city centre and signposted on the motorway from Damascus city.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (12.17%), Tuesday (14.60%), Wednesday (15.57%), Thursday (13.38%), Friday (12.17%), Saturday (15.82%), Sunday (16.30%)
  • Alternative spelling: Damaszek, Дамаск, Şam, دمشق‎, דמשק, Damas, Damasco, Δαμασκός, Dəməşq, দামেস্ক, Damask, Damasc, Damašek, Damasko, दमिश्क, Damaszkusz, Դամասկոս, დამასკო, ダマスカス, 다마스쿠스, Damaskas, Damsyik, Dimashq, Dimishiq, Damashq, ดามัสกัส, 大马士革, 大馬士革

Most popular destinations from Damascus International (Flights per week )

  1. Baghdad (22, 19,47 %)
  2. Sharjah (19, 16,81 %)
  3. Erbil (18, 15,93 %)
  4. Kuwait-Kuwait International (16, 14,16 %)
  5. Najaf (12, 10,62 %)
  6. Tehran Imam Khomeini (6, 5,31 %)
  7. Beirut (4, 3,54 %)
  8. Karachi Jinnah (3, 2,65 %)
  9. Abu Dhabi (2, 1,77 %)
  10. Basra (2, 1,77 %)
  11. other (7.97 %)

Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. Cham Wings Airlines (75, 33,63 %)
  2. South African Airways (65, 29,15 %)
  3. Fly Baghdad (51, 22,87 %)
  4. UR Airlines (16, 7,17 %)
  5. Syrian Arab Airlines (10, 4,48 %)
  6. other (2.69 %)

Location
First in use in 1973, the airport is about 25 km or 15 miles south east of central town and may be reached via an exit on the motorway. There are plenty of taxis in front of the terminal or the free Al-Karnak buses leave every 30 minutes and run to the bus station Baramkeh.


Statistical weather data for Damascus International

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Sep
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11.7
13.9
18.3
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28.9
32.8
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27.2
19.4
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12.0
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20.9
24.4
26.7
27.5
24.2
19.7
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12.8
16.1
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