Qamishli Airport

Qamishli Airport[3] (Arabic: مطار القامشلي‎) (IATA: KAC, ICAO: OSKL) is an airport serving Qamishli, a city in northeastern Syria.

Qamishli Airport

مطار القامشلي الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesQamishli, Syria
Elevation AMSL1,480 ft / 451 m
Coordinates37°01′14″N 041°11′29″E
Map
KAC
Location of airport in Syria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,615 11,860 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

History

Although the airport was closed to civilians around October 2015,[3] it has been reopened again, and Syrian flight companies including Cham Wings Airlines, FlyDamas and Syrian Air now provide regular flights into Qamishli from Damascus, Latakia and Beirut. The airport used to receive seasonal foreign flights from Germany and Sweden.[4] On 21 January 2016, Russia's activity presumably aimed at setting up a new military base in the government-controlled and mainly abandoned airport was first reported.[5][6][7]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,480 feet (451 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 03/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,615 by 46 metres (11,860 ft × 151 ft).[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Cham Wings Airlines[8] Beirut, Damascus

References
  1. Airport information for OSKL from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for KAC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "Hasakah's Qamishli International Airport now closed to civilians". SYRIA:direct. 21 October 2015.
  4. Qamishli - Cham Wings
  5. "Russians survey new airbase on Syria-Turkey border, US officials concerned". Fox News Channel. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. "Россия и США синхронно создают новые авиабазы на севере Сирии". NEWSru. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. "U.S. officials: Russia looking at Syria airfield near Turkey". CNN. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  8. chamwings.com - Where we fly retrieved 9 September 2018


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