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Fujairah International Airport
مطار الفجيرة الدولي
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Department of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| Location | Fujairah City, Emirate of Fujairah, UAE | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 153 ft / 47 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°06′44″N 056°19′27″E / 25.11222°N 56.32417°E / 25.11222; 56.32417 | ||||||||||
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Fujairah International Airport (Arabic: مطار الفجيرة الدولي) (IATA: FJR, ICAO: OMFJ) is an international airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south[1] of central Fujairah City. The airport has one terminal serving both passengers and cargo and is home to the Fujairah Aviation Academy.[2]
Fujairah airport commenced operations in October 1987. The airport has since undergone major redevelopment with a memorandum of cooperation with Abu Dhabi Airports being signed in 2014 initiating a masterplan for future developments regarding both airfield infrastructure and the passenger terminal.[3] Following recent upgrades the passenger terminal now has the capacity to handle 2 million passengers annually.
On 3 December 2022, Fujairah Airport opened new runway which is more than 3km long and a 45m wide.[4] The improvements include widening taxiways and the runway from 45m to 60m and constructing rapid-exit taxiways allowing for more efficient operations.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled, charter and cargo flights to and from Fujairah Airport:
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| Egyptair | Cairo[5] |
| FitsAir | Seasonal charter: Malé,[6] Yerevan[6] |
| SalamAir | Muscat[7] Seasonal: Salalah |
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| Aerotranscargo[8] | Dubai–Al Maktoum, Hong Kong, Riyadh |
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