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Doha International Airport opened in 1959 replacing Dukhan Airport, which was built in the 1930s.That had been the secondary hub for the Bahraini-based Gulf Air, and was located 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Doha, and five kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Dukhan.
The airport has two parallel runways, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from each other, which are designed for simultaneous take-offs and landings. The first is 4,850 m × 60 m (15,910 ft × 200 ft) and is considered to be the longest runway in Western Asia , and also one of the longest runways in the world.
Hamad International Airport is located in Doha. In 2014, it replaced the former Doha International Airport as Qatar's principal airport. In 2016, the airport was named the 50th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic, serving 37,283,987 passengers, a 20.2% increase from 2015.
City served Municipality ICAO IATA Airport name Coordinates Civil airports Al Khor: Al Khor: OTBK Al Khor Airport [1: Doha: Ad Dawhah: OTBD DIA Doha International Airport
Doha (Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥah [ædˈdæwħæ,-ˈdoː-]) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. [1]
Qatar Airways is the flag carrier of Qatar, and operates flights from its home of Doha Hamad International Airport to more than 90 countries on every inhabited continent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] List
The busiest airport in Asia since 2023 is Dubai International Airport. As of 2024, China has 22 airports in the top 50 (+ 1 airport in Hong Kong ); while Japan has five; India has four; Indonesia , Saudi Arabia , South Korea , Thailand , Turkey ( Asian part ), and UAE represented by two airports; Malaysia , Philippines , Qatar , Singapore ...
Doha International Air Base (Doha IAB) is an airbase of the Qatar Emiri Air Force located at the Doha International Airport, Doha, Qatar which operated officially from 1991 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2004. The base was also used by the United States Armed Forces as Camp Snoopy.