Khartoum International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Khartoum International Airport
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IATA = KRT
ICAO = HSSS
type = Joint (Civil and Military)
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location = Khartoum
elevation-f = 1,265
elevation-m = 386
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r1-number = 18/36
r1-length-f = 9,777
r1-length-m = 2,980
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Khartoum International Airport airport codes|KRT|HSSS is an airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

It will be replaced with a new airport 40 kilometers south of the centre of Khartoum by 2010. This is planned to have two 4000 metre runways, a passenger terminal of 86,000 square metres and a 300-room international hotel. [ [http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=14161 Construction of the new Khartoum Airport begins in October] Sudan Tribune 20 February 2006. Retrieved on 13 June 2008] [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/20/eng20060220_244150.html Sudan to build new international airport near Khartoum.] Source: Xinhua. Retrieved on 13 June 2008]

Airlines and destinations

*Air Arabia (Sharjah)
*Air West (El Geneina, El Fasher, El Obeid, Juba, Nyala, Port Sudan, Sharjah)
*Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli)
*Bahrain Air (Bahrain)
*bmi (Beirut, London-Heathrow)
*EgyptAir (Cairo)
*Emirates (Dubai)
*Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
*Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Cairo)
*Flying Carpet (Beirut)
*Gulf Air (Bahrain)
*Kenya Airways (Cairo, Nairobi)
*KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Addis Ababa, Amsterdam)
*Lufthansa (Addis Ababa, Frankfurt)
*Marsland Aviation (El Daein, El Geneina, El Fasher, El Obeid, Juba, Malakal, Nairobi, Nyala, Rumbek)
*Nasair (Asmara, Nairobi)
*Qatar Airways (Doha)
*Royal Jordanian (Amman)
*Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
*Sudan Airways (Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Amman, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Dongola, Dubai, El Fasher, El Obeid, Entebbe, Jeddah, Juba, Kano, Malakal, Nairobi, N'Djamena, Nyala, Port Sudan, Riyadh, Tripoli, Wadi Halfa)
*Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
*Turkish Airlines (Addis Ababa, Istanbul-Atatürk)
*Yemenia (Sana'a)

Accidents and incidents

*On March 30, 2007, a hijacked airliner landed at Khartoum International. Sources vary on what happened next, but the man was ultimately detained with no injuries caused to anyone. See 2007 Sudan Airways hijacking.
*Sudan Airways Flight 109: On June 10, 2008, an aircraft operating from Amman, Jordan landed and, while taxiing to the terminal, the right engine caught fire and the fire spread rapidly. Preliminary reports stated that around 100 of the 200 passengers had been killed but this was revised to 28 dead, 123 survivors and 53 unaccounted for. [cite news| title=Dozens die in Sudan jet inferno | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7447243.stm| source= BBC News| date=10/06/2008]
* On June 30 2008, an Ilyushin Il-76 exploded into a fireball on take-off. All 4 crew were killed. [ [http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-34294120080630 Cargo plane explodes in Khartoum, killing 4 crew | World | Reuters ] ]

External links

* [http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=1459 Khartoum International Airport Departure Terminal]
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