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Sharjah International Airport (Arabic: مطار الشارقة, romanized: Maṭār aš-Šāriqa) (IATA: SHJ, ICAO: OMSJ) is an international airport located 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) [1] east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of 15,200,000 m 2 (3,800 acres). [3] It has one runway, and is the only ...
Hub airport(s) Notes Air Arabia: G9: ABY: ARABIA: 2003 Sharjah International Airport, Ras Al Khaimah International Airport: Largest low-cost airline in the Middle East. Air Arabia Abu Dhabi: 3L: ABY: NAWRAS: 2020 Abu Dhabi International Airport: Low cost carrier of Abu Dhabi and a subsidiary of Air Arabia. Emirates: EK: UAE: EMIRATES: 1985 ...
Air Arabia serves the following destinations as of May 2023. The airline's first destination was Manama, Bahrain in 2003. [1] The list also includes destinations served by Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Maroc: [2] as well as those of defunct subsidiaries Air Arabia Jordan and Fly Yeti. [3]
This is a list of the busiest airports in the Middle East (handling more than 5,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers. The tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport over the last year. Data is sourced individually for each airport and ...
Sharjah International Airport [2] SHJ Sharjah: Sharjah: OMSJ Sir Bani Yas Airport [5] XSB Sir Bani Yas ...
International airports in the city of Sharjah include the Sharjah International Airport and Port Khalid. Sharjah International Airport (IATA: SHJ) has connections to all major international locations. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Sharjah City Centre and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from Dubai. It is a major cargo airport and the main ...
Sudan Airways Flight 2241. Sudan Airways Flight 2241 was a scheduled cargo flight from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to Khartoum, Sudan operated by a Boeing 707-330C. On 21 October 2009, the cargo plane's No. 4 engine cowling separated during lift off, and in an attempt to turn the plane around, it stalled and crashed north of the airport.
[citation needed] Sharjah International Airport is the home base of Air Arabia, a low-cost carrier. The first international flight in Sharjah landed on 5th October 1932 in the Mahatta Fort airstrip as part of a refueling stop on Imperial Airways's India–Britain route.