Sulaimaniyah International Airport

Sulaymaniyah International Airport

مطار السليمانية الدولي

فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتی سلێمانی
Sulaymaniyah International Airport; مطار السليمانية الدولي; فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتی سلێمانی
	IATA: ISU; ICAO: ORSU;
Summary
Operator	Federal government of Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government
Serves	Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Elevation AMSL	2,492 ft / 760 m
Coordinates	35°33′39″N 45°18′52″E / 35.56083°N 45.31444°E
Website	sulairport.krd
Map
	ISU Location in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Passengers
Passengers	428,609
Aircraft operations	5,513
	Source: ICAA, COSIT.

Sulaymaniyah International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSU) is 14 kilometers west of the city of Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 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. ^[4]

History

Following the removal of Saddam Hussein, the construction of the airport began in November 2003, and it was inaugurated by former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani 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.^[5] The international flights ban was lifted in March 2018.^[6] It is operated by the Iraqi Government since 2017.

Facilities

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

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
flydubai	Dubai–International^[7]
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad, Basra, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai–International, Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Mahan Air	Tehran–Imam Khomeini^[8]
Qatar Airways	Doha
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia

Cargo

Pradhaan Air Express | Tbilisi, Ras Al Khaimah Georgian Airlines | Dubai-World Central, Baku

Former Destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Iraqi Airways	Stockholm, London, Amman, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Najaf, Erbil, Jeddah, Munich, Dusseldorf, Kiev, Copenhagen, Sofia Plovdiv, Bratislava, Hamburg, Manchester, Malmö
Condor Airlines	Dusseldorf, Munich (resumes Dusseldorf only likely after Turkish flight ban lifts)
Pegasus Airlines	Antalya, Istanbul
Freebird Airlines	Antalya, Eindhoven
Atlasglobal	Istanbul
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
FlyErbil	Istanbul, Dusseldorf, Stockholm, Erbil
EgyptAir	Cairo
Germania	Nuremberg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg
SunExpress	Antalya, Dusseldorf
SpiceJet	Delhi, Sharjah
Air Arabia	Sharjah
Qeshm Air	Kish
Hermes Airlines	Stockholm

Statistics

As of 2022, Sulaymaniyah International Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Iraq by total passenger traffic, behind the airports in Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Basra.

Year	Passengers		Cargo		Aircraft operations
Year	Total	%YoY	Tons	%YoY	Movements	%YoY
2015	574,645	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	6,999	N.D.
2016	525,993	8.5%	198.4	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.
2017	485,156	7.8%	38.5	80.6%	7,550	N.D.
2018	309,869	36.1%	N.D.	N.D.	5,392	28.6%
2019	474,919	53.3%	13,567.8	N.D.	7,500	39.1%
2020	124,223	73.8%	10,489.0	22.7%	2,495	66.7%
2021	277,541	123.4%	N.D.	N.D.	4,257	70.6%
2022	428,609	54.4%	3,857.5	N.D.	5,513	29.5%

Source: COSIT. Air Transport Activity Statistics, years 2015,^[9] 2016,^[10] 2017,^[11] 2018,^[12] 2019,^[13] 2020,^[14] 2021^[15] and 2022.^[16]

References

^ "Kurdish government accepts Baghdad's conditions to end dispute". Arab News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ "Iraq's AIP. Consolidated edition, February, 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "About". www.sulairport.krd. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Iraqi govt enforces international flight ban in Kurdistan region". France 24. 29 September 2017.
^ Mostafa, Mohamed (20 March 2018). "Kurdistan's Sulaymaniyah sets first foreign flight since Iraqi embargo lifted". www.iraqinews.com.
^ "Sulaimaniyah travel guide". www.flydubai.com.
^ "Mahan Air resumes flights between Tehran and Sulaymaniyah on 10JUN18. One weekly, A310. #Iran". Twitter. 24 May 2018.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2015" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2016" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2017" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2018" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2019" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2020" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2021" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

External links

Sulaymaniyah International Airport
Airport information for ISU at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
Accident history for ISU at Aviation Safety Network

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[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] "Iraq's AIP. Consolidated edition, February, 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[3] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[4] "About". www.sulairport.krd. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[5] "Iraqi govt enforces international flight ban in Kurdistan region". France 24. 29 September 2017.

[6] Mostafa, Mohamed (20 March 2018). "Kurdistan's Sulaymaniyah sets first foreign flight since Iraqi embargo lifted". www.iraqinews.com.

[7] "Sulaimaniyah travel guide". www.flydubai.com.

[8] "Mahan Air resumes flights between Tehran and Sulaymaniyah on 10JUN18. One weekly, A310. #Iran". Twitter. 24 May 2018.

[9] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2015" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[10] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2016" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[11] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2017" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[12] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2018" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[13] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2019" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[14] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2020" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[15] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2021" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[16] "اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022" (PDF). Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). Retrieved 15 June 2024.

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