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Khartoum International Airport is an airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
 in Khartoum
Khartoum

Khartoum is the Capital of Sudan and of Khartoum . It is located at the confluence point of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia....
, the capital of Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
.

It will be replaced with a new airport 40 kilometers south of the centre of Khartoum by 2010. This is planned to have two 4000 metre runways, a passenger terminal of 86,000 square metres and a 300-room international hotel.








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Khartoum International Airport is an airport
Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
 in Khartoum
Khartoum

Khartoum is the Capital of Sudan and of Khartoum . It is located at the confluence point of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia....
, the capital of Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
.

It will be replaced with a new airport 40 kilometers south of the centre of Khartoum by 2010. This is planned to have two 4000 metre runways, a passenger terminal of 86,000 square metres and a 300-room international hotel.

Airlines and destinations

  • Air Arabia
    Air Arabia

    Air Arabia is a Low-cost carrier based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It operates scheduled services to 40 destinations in the Middle East, North Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia....
     (Sharjah)
  • Air West
    Air West

    Air West is an airline based in Khartoum, Sudan. It operates domestic passenger services and international cargo charters. Its main base is Khartoum International Airport, with a hub at Sharjah International Airport....
     (El Geneina, El Fasher, El Obeid, Juba, Nyala, Port Sudan, Sharjah)
  • Afriqiyah Airways
    Afriqiyah Airways

    Afriqiyah Airways is an airline based in Tripoli, Libya. It operates domestic services between Tripoli and Benghazi and international scheduled services to over 20 destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East....
     (Tripoli)
  • Bahrain Air
    Bahrain Air

    Bahrain Air is the second flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and its main base is Bahrain International Airport. The Low-cost carrier currently flies to 16 destinations in the Middle East, Africa and India....
     (Bahrain)
  • bmi
    Bmi (airline)

    British Midland Airways Limited, styled as bmi , is a scheduled airline based in Donington Hall in Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom, close to East Midlands Airport....
     (Beirut, London-Heathrow)
  • EgyptAir
    EgyptAir

    EgyptAir is the flag carrier airline of the Egypt and a member of Star Alliance. The airline is based at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to more than 70 destinations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas....
     (Cairo)
  • Emirates
    Emirates Airline

    Emirates Airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . In 2008 the airline was the World's largest airlines#Scheduled international passengers carried airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried, and World's largest airlines#Scheduled international passenger-kilometres flown in th...
     (Dubai)
  • Etihad Airways
    Etihad Airways

    Established in 2003, Etihad Airways is the flag carrier airline of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Etihad is based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE....
     (Abu Dhabi)
  • Ethiopian Airlines
    Ethiopian Airlines

    Ethiopian Airlines is an airline based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, operating scheduled international passenger and freight services to 85 destinations world-wide, as well as domestic services to 32 destinations and passenger and cargo charter flights....
     (Addis Ababa, Cairo)
  • Flying Carpet (Beirut)
  • Gulf Air
    Gulf Air

    Gulf Air is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The airline operates scheduled services to over 40 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Far East....
     (Bahrain)
  • Jazeera Airways
    Jazeera Airways

    Jazeera Airways is a Low-cost carrier based in Kuwait. It operates scheduled services to the Middle East, Europe and India. Its main base is Kuwait International Airport, with Dubai International Airport being a secondary hub....
     (Kuwait)
  • Kenya Airways
    Kenya Airways

    Kenya Airways is the flag carrier airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi. It started operations on 4 February 1977, and operates scheduled services throughout Africa and to Europe and the Indian subcontinent, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi....
     (Cairo, Nairobi)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
    KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

    KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the national airline of the Netherlands and is part of Air France-KLM.KLM's headquarters is in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, near its hub Amsterdam Airport Schiphol....
     (Addis Ababa, Amsterdam)
  • Lufthansa
    Lufthansa

    Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft is one of the List of largest airlines in Europe airlines in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried, and the flag carrier of Germany....
     (Addis Ababa, Frankfurt)
  • Marsland Aviation
    Marsland Aviation

    Marsland Aviation is an airline based in Khartoum, Sudan....
     (El Daein, El Geneina, El Fasher, El Obeid, Juba, Malakal, Nairobi, Nyala, Rumbek)
  • Nasair
    Nasair

    Nasair is an airline based in Eritrea, belonging to the Nasair Group, which operates some limited international services. It is based in Massawa, and operates scheduled flights to domestic destinations in Eritrea, as well as limited scheduled services to Chad, Sudan and Kenya....
     (Asmara, Nairobi)
  • Nova Airline
    Nova Airline

    Nova Airline is an airline based in Khartoum, Sudan.FleetThe Nova Airline fleet includes the following aircraft :*1 Bombardier CRJ200...
  • Qatar Airways
    Qatar Airways

    Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. is the flag carrier airline of Qatar, based in Doha. It operates a hub and spoke network, linking over 80 international destinations....
     (Doha)
  • Royal Jordanian
    Royal Jordanian

    Royal Jordanian Airlines is an airline based in Amman Jordan, operating scheduled international services over four continents from its main base at Queen Alia International Airport at Amman Jordan....
     (Amman)
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines
    Saudi Arabian Airlines

    Saudi Arabian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 70 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America....
     (Jeddah, Riyadh)
  • Sudan Airways
    Sudan Airways

    Sudan Airways is the national airline of Sudan and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization....
     (Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Amman, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Dongola, Dubai, El Fasher, El Obeid, Entebbe, Jeddah, Juba, Kano, Malakal, Nairobi, N'Djamena, Nyala, Port Sudan, Riyadh, Tripoli, Wadi Halfa)
  • Syrian Arab Airlines
    Syrian Arab Airlines

    Syrian Arab Airlines , alternative name Syrianair is the flag carrier airline of Syria, based in Damascus. It operates scheduled international services to over 40 destinations in Asia, Europe and North Africa, as well as domestic services....
     (Damascus)
  • Turkish Airlines
    Turkish Airlines

    THY - Turkish Airlines, Inc. is the flag carrier of Turkey based in Istanbul. It operates a network of scheduled services to 140 international and 35 domestic cities, serving a total of 155 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America....
     (Addis Ababa, Istanbul-Atatürk)
  • Yemenia
    Yemenia

    Yemenia - Yemen Airways is the national airline of Yemen, based in Sana'a. It operates scheduled domestic services as well as international services to more than 30 destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia....
     (Sana'a)


Accidents and incidents

  • On March 30, 2007, a hijacked airliner landed at Khartoum International. Sources vary on what happened next, but the man was ultimately detained with no injuries caused to anyone. See 2007 Sudan Airways hijacking
    2007 Sudan Airways hijacking

    The 2007 Sudan Airways hijacking was the hijacking of a Sudan Airways airliner with 284 people on board on March 30, 2007....
    .
  • Sudan Airways Flight 109
    Sudan Airways Flight 109

    Sudan Airways Flight 109 was a scheduled flight from Amman, Jordan, to Khartoum International Airport, Sudan, by way of Damascus, Syria. At approximately 17:00 UTC on 10 June 2008 it crashed on landing in Khartoum....
    : On June 10, 2008, an aircraft operating from Amman
    Amman

    Amman , sometimes spelled Ammann , is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,525,000 inhabitants , and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan....
    , Jordan
    Jordan

    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
     landed and, while taxiing to the terminal, the right engine caught fire and the fire spread rapidly. Preliminary reports stated that around 100 of the 200 passengers had been killed but this was revised to 28 dead, 123 survivors and 53 unaccounted for.
  • On June 30 2008, an Ilyushin Il-76 exploded into a fireball on take-off. All 4 crew were killed.


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