Duhok International Airport

Duhok International Airport (Sorani:فڕۆکه‌خانه‌ی نێوده‌وڵه‌تی Kurmanji: Balafirgeha Nêvdewletî ya Duhokê) is an international airport currently under construction in Kurdistan. It is located in the Duhok city province just near the village of Sêmêl. Duhok airport serves the duhok governorate of Kurdistan.

Duhok International Airport

فڕۆکه‌خانه‌ی نێوده‌وڵه‌تی

Balafirgeha Nêvdewletî ya Duhokê
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorKurdistan
ServesDuhok
LocationDuhok
Coordinates36°54′41.418″N 42°43′42.568″E
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20140311225713/http://duhokairportproject.com
Map
Duhok international airport
Location in Iraqi Kurdistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12 11,745.41 3,850 m 330.000 tons of Asphalt
Duhok international airport project started in 2012 and is currently under construction

Construction

2012 Opening ceremony

The Lebanese company Dar al-Handasa had started to build the company in the summer of 2012. At the end of February 2012 the airport facilities would have been completed. Another South Korea company, Incon, had been given the assignment to set up the structure of the airport. This was initially ordered to be done in May 2012 so that the airport could start to operate.[1]

Duhok International Airport (DIA) is the third operating international airport in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It will cover an area of 1,500 ha (3,700 acres) and will include 18 check-in desks. The project costs US$450 million and is going to handle approximately one million passengers for the first year upon service.[2]

Destinations

The Duhok International Airport is going to serve global international airports around Europe most likely Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, U.K. etc. and the Middle-East.

Airport facilities

Passengers

Duhok airport's design consists of terminals and featured modern luggage handling 18 check in desks, a first class lounge similar to Erbil international airport. Immigration facilities, press, tobacco, souvenirs and duty-free shops, restaurant, cafes, mini market, bureau de change, banks, mosque Parking for cars of arrivals and departures.[3] The airport would also have seven in total jetways, three mobile and four fixed.

Other airports in Kurdistan

There are two other international airports in the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq.

References
  1. The airport will be ready in spring 2015 Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Prime Minister Barzani announces construction of Duhok International Airport", Kurdistan Regional Government. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  3. "Duhok International Airport, Kurdistan - Airport Technology". Airport Technology. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
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