Sulaimaniyah International Airport

Sulaimaniyah International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSU) is an airport 14 kilometers (9 miles) outside the city of Sulaimaniyah, in Kurdistan. The airport encompasses an approximate area of 13.5 square kilometers. The combined capacity of the airport terminals is currently set at 1.5 million passengers per year, and can be expanded to accommodate up to 3 million passengers annually.[2]

Sulaimaniyah International Airport

Firokaxaney Nawdewletî Slêmanî / فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتی سلێمانی

مطار السليمانية الدولي
Summary
OperatorIraqi Government And The Kurdistan Regional Government[1]
ServesSlêmani -سلێمانی, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Elevation AMSL2,492 ft / 760 m
Coordinates35°33′39″N 45°18′52″E
Websitesulairport.krd
Map
ISU is located in Iraq
ISU
ISU
Location of airport in Iraq
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,500 11,483 Concrete

History

Following the removal of Saddam Hussein, the construction of the airport began in November 2003, and it was inaugurated in July 2005. International flights were shut down from 29 September 2017 following a decision taken by the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), but the airport remained open for domestic and humanitarian flights.[3] The international flight ban was lifted in March 2018.[4]

Facilities

The airport has facilities for both cargo and passengers. Sulaimaniyah International Airport has three terminals; for departures, arrivals and VIPs.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aircompany Armenia Seasonal: Yerevan[5]
flydubai Dubai–International[6]
FlyErbil Düsseldorf[7]
Iraqi Airways Amman–Queen Alia, Baghdad, Baku,[8] Basra, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai–International, Erbil, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, [9] Najaf
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini[10]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[11]
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Condor Airlines Düsseldorf, Münich
Fly Baghdad Baghdad
Qeshm Air Kish Island, Tehran-Imam Khomeini

See also

References
  1. "Kurdish government accepts Baghdad's conditions to end dispute". Arab News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "About". www.sulairport.krd. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. "Iraqi govt enforces international flight ban in Kurdistan region". France 24. 29 September 2017.
  4. Mostafa, Mohamed (20 March 2018). "Kurdistan's Sulaimaniyah sets first foreign flight since Iraqi embargo lifted". www.iraqinews.com.
  5. Liu, Jim (25 April 2019). "Armenia schedules new service to Iraq in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. "Sulaimaniyah travel guide". www.flydubai.com.
  7. Liu, Jim. "FlyErbil March 2020 Network additions". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. Liu, Jim. "Iraqi Airways adds Sulaymaniyah – Baku service from May 2019". Routesonline.
  9. Liu, Jim. "Iraqi Airways adds Sulaymaniyah – Frankfurt service from mid-May 2019". Routesonline.
  10. "Mahan Air resumes flights between Tehran and Sulaymaniyah on 10JUN18. One weekly, A310. #Iran". Twitter. 24 May 2018.
  11. Liu, Jim. "Pegasus begins Sulaymaniyah flight from Sep 2016". Routesonline.


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