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Sulaymaniyah International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSU) is 14 kilometers west of the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan RegionofIraq. The airport encompasses an approximate area of 13.5 square kilometers. The combined capacity of the airport terminals is currently set at 1.5 million passengers per year and can be expanded to accommodate up to 3 million passengers annually. [4]

Sulaymaniyah International Airport


مطار السليمانية الدولي


فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتی سلێمانی
Firokaxaney Nawdewletî Slêmanî
  • ICAO: ORSU
    • Summary
    OperatorIraqi Government[1]
    ServesSulaymaniyah (Slêmani-سلێمانی), Kurdistan Region, Iraq
    Elevation AMSL2,492 ft / 760 m
    Coordinates35°33′39″N 45°18′52″E / 35.56083°N 45.31444°E / 35.56083; 45.31444
    Websitesulairport.krd
    Map
    ISU is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
    ISU

    ISU

    Location of airport in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Runways
    Direction Length Surface
    m ft
    13/31 3,500 11,483 Concrete
    Statistics (2022)
    Passengers428,609
    Aircraft operations5,513

    Source: ICAA,[2] COSIT.[3]

    History

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    Following the removal of Saddam Hussein, the construction of the airport began in November 2003, and it was inaugurated by former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in July 2005. International flights were shut down from 29 September 2017 following a decision taken by the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), but the airport remained open for domestic and humanitarian flights.[5] The international flights ban was lifted in March 2018.[6] It is operated by the Iraqi Government since 2017.

    Facilities

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    The airport has facilities for both cargo and passengers. Sulaymaniyah International Airport has three terminals; for departures, arrivals and VIP s.

    Airlines and destinations

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    AirlinesDestinations
    flydubai Dubai–International[7]
    Iraqi AirwaysBaghdad,Basra, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai–International,Tehran–Imam Khomeini
    Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini[8]
    Qatar Airways Doha
    Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia

    Cargo

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    Pradhaan Air Express | Tbilisi, Ras Al Khaimah Georgian Airlines | Dubai-World Central, Baku


    Former Destinations

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    AirlinesDestinations
    Iraqi Airways Stockholm, London, Amman, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Najaf, Erbil, Jeddah, Munich, Dusseldorf, Kiev, Copenhagen, Sofia Plovdiv, Bratislava, Hamburg
    Condor Airlines Dusseldorf,Munich (resumes dusseldorf only likely after Turkish flight ban lifts)
    Pegasus Airlines Antalya, Istanbul
    Freebird AirlinesAntalya, Eindhoven
    Atlasglobal Istanbul
    Turkish Airlines Istanbul (resumes 6-7 December 2024 most likely)
    FlyErbil Istanbul, Dusseldorf, Stockholm, Erbil
    EgyptAir Cairo
    Germania Nuremberg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg
    [SunExpress] Antalya, Dusseldorf

    Statistics

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    As of 2022, Sulaymaniyah International Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Iraq by total passenger traffic, behind the airports in Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Basra.

    Year Passengers Cargo Aircraft operations
    Total %YoY Tons %YoY Movements %YoY
    2015 574,645 N.D. N.D. N.D. 6,999 N.D.
    2016 525,993   8.5% 198.4 N.D. N.D. N.D.
    2017 485,156   7.8% 38.5   80.6% 7,550 N.D.
    2018 309,869   36.1% N.D. N.D. 5,392   28.6%
    2019 474,919   53.3% 13,567.8 N.D. 7,500   39.1%
    2020 124,223   73.8% 10,489.0   22.7% 2,495   66.7%
    2021 277,541   123.4% N.D. N.D. 4,257   70.6%
    2022 428,609   54.4% 3,857.5 N.D. 5,513   29.5%

    Source: COSIT. Air Transport Activity Statistics, years 2015,[9] 2016,[10] 2017,[11] 2018,[12] 2019,[13] 2020,[14] 2021[15] and 2022.[16]

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ "Kurdish government accepts Baghdad's conditions to end dispute". Arab News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  • ^ "Iraq's AIP. Consolidated edition, February, 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "About". www.sulairport.krd. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  • ^ "Iraqi govt enforces international flight ban in Kurdistan region". France 24. 29 September 2017.
  • ^ Mostafa, Mohamed (20 March 2018). "Kurdistan's Sulaymaniyah sets first foreign flight since Iraqi embargo lifted". www.iraqinews.com.
  • ^ "Sulaimaniyah travel guide". www.flydubai.com.
  • ^ "Mahan Air resumes flights between Tehran and Sulaymaniyah on 10JUN18. One weekly, A310. #Iran". Twitter. 24 May 2018.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2015" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2016" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2017" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2018" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2019" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2020" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2021" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  • ^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
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