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Sharjah International Airport
مطار الشارقة
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Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OperatorSharjah Airport
Serves
LocationSharjah
Operating base for
Air Arabia
Time zoneUAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00)
Elevation AMSL116 ft (35 m)
Coordinates25°19′45″N 055°30′58″E / 25.32917°N 55.51611°E / 25.32917; 55.51611
Websitewww.sharjahairport.ae
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SHJ/OMSJ is located in United Arab Emirates
SHJ/OMSJ
SHJ/OMSJ
Location in the UAE
SHJ/OMSJ is located in Middle East
SHJ/OMSJ
SHJ/OMSJ
SHJ/OMSJ (Middle East)
SHJ/OMSJ is located in Asia
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SHJ/OMSJ
SHJ/OMSJ (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 4,060 13,320 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers17,101,725 (Increase 11.4%)
Movements132,786 (Increase 8.8%)
Cargo tonnage318,522 (Increase 10.8%)
Sources: UAE AIP[1]
Statistics from Sharjah International Airport[2]

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 m2 (3,800 acres).[3] It is the 3rd busiest airport in the country as well as the 10th busiest airport in the Middle East. It has one runway, and is the only airport in Sharjah capable of international flights as of 2025. By 2027, it is expected to increase its capacity to 25 million passengers annually.[4]

Overview

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Sharjah International Airport is the third largest Middle East air freight hub in cargo tonnage, according to official 2015 statistics from Airports Council International. Ground services company, Sharjah Aviation Services, handled 586,195 tonnes in 2015 – a 16.1% increase year on year.[5] It has one passenger terminal with an area of 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft).[5]

Sharjah International Airport is home base of the low-cost carrier Air Arabia. The headquarters of Air Arabia is in the Sharjah Freight Center,[6] on the property of the airport[7] in Sharjah, UAE.[6] The center is an old cargo terminal.[citation needed]

On 1 January 1977, the airport opened and it replaced RAF Sharjah, which was closer to the city and was opened in 1932. It was the first airport in UAE and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, for use by Imperial Airways, and was subsequently used by the RAF until 14 December 1971.[8] The reason for the move was development pressure from the city of Sharjah. The old terminal and tower building is now Al Mahatta Museum.[9] The old airport's runway is now part of King Abdul Aziz Street in the city centre.[10][11][12]

The airport was used by the United States Air Force 926th Tactical Fighter Group during Operation Desert Shield/Storm.[13] Approximately 450 members of the unit were stationed at the airport, which flew A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft during the conflict in late 1990 and early 1991.[14]

Facilities

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The airport is at an elevation of 116 feet (35 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,060 m × 60 m (13,320 ft × 197 ft).[1][15]

Founded in 1985, Sharjah Airport Travel Agency is owned by the Sharjah Airport Authority, Government of Sharjah and has 14 branches in the UAE, including one on the first floor of the main terminal at Sharjah Airport.[16]

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Sharjah:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Abha,[17] Addis Ababa,[17] Ahmedabad,[17] Alexandria,[18] Almaty,[17] Amman–Queen Alia,[17] Athens,[17][19] Bahrain,[17] Baku,[17][20] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[17] Bengaluru,[17] Bishkek,[17] Bosaso,[citation needed] Cairo,[21] Chennai,[17] Coimbatore,[17] Colombo–Bandaranaike,[17] Damascus,[citation needed] Dammam,[17] Delhi,[17] Doha,[22] Entebbe,[17][23] Gassim,[17] Giza,[17][24] Goa–Mopa,[17][25] Ha'il,[17] Hyderabad,[17] Istanbul,[17][26] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[17] Jaipur,[17] Jeddah,[17] Jizan,[17] Kathmandu,[17] Kozhikode,[17] Krabi,[citation needed] Kraków,[17] London–Gatwick,[27] Malé,[17] Mumbai,[17] Munich,[28] Muscat,[17] Nagpur,[17] Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta,[17] Prague,[29] Rome–Fiumicino,[30] Riyadh,[17] Salalah,[17] Sohag,[17] Sohar,[17] Tabuk,[17] Ta'if,[17] Tashkent,[17][31] Tbilisi,[17] Thiruvananthapuram,[17] Trabzon,[17] Ufa,[citation needed] Vienna,[17][32] Warsaw–Chopin,[17] Warsaw–Modlin,[citation needed] Yerevan[17]
Seasonal: Namangan,[33] Phuket,[17] Sarajevo,[citation needed] Sochi[citation needed]
Air Cairo Seasonal: Assiut[citation needed]
Air India Express Indore,[34] Jaipur,[35] Vijayawada[36]
Air Peace Lagos[citation needed]
AJet Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[37]
Belavia Seasonal charter: Minsk[38]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Sylhet[39]
Caspian Airlines Ahvaz,[40] Bandar Abbas,[40] Lar,[40] Qeshm,[40] Tehran–Imam Khomeini[40]
Egyptair Cairo[41]
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[citation needed]
FitsAir Seasonal charter: Malé,[citation needed] Yerevan[citation needed]
Fly Cham Damascus[citation needed]
Fly Jinnah Lahore[42]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad[citation needed]
Jordan Aviation Amman–Queen Alia[43]
Pakistan International Airlines Peshawar,[citation needed] Sialkot[citation needed]
Qatar Airways Doha[44]
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia[45]
SpiceJet Ahmedabad[46]
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo,[citation needed] Yekaterinburg[citation needed]
US-Bangla Airlines Dhaka[47]
Varesh Airlines Chabahar/Konarak[48]

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Astral Aviation Eldoret[49]
EgyptAir Cargo[50] Cairo
Ethiopian Cargo[51] Addis Ababa
Singapore Airlines Cargo[52] Amsterdam, Brussels, London–Heathrow, Singapore
UPS Airlines[53] Cologne, Hong Kong, Seoul–Incheon, Shenzhen

Statistics

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Aerial view
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Terminal interior
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Terminal interior
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A British Airways Concorde in Sharjah on 20 August 1977
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A Kazakhstan Airlines Tu-154 in Sharjah on 1 October 1994
YearTotal passengersTotal AirfreightTotal aircraft movements
1999 1,001,852580,55027,577
2000 948,207475,12225,997
2001 861,478415,58724,431
2002 1,028,624497,01024,803
2003 1,247,458507,64428,017
2004 1,661,941500,92732,334
2005 2,237,646505,39238,699
2006 3,064,396569,51144,182
2007 4,324,313570,36351,314
2008 5,280,445586,67760,813
2009 5,764,098501,82461,451
2011 6,600,000417,11663,737
2012 7,516,538475,11665,975
2013 8,505,268493,40266,247
2014 9,516,600528,25070,559
2015[54] 10,039,000240,00071,426
2016[55] 11,048,000 180,900 75,900
2017[56] 11,360,000 148,312 77,627
2018[57] 12,040,000 132,660 81,260
2019[58] 13,600,000 148,700 86,506
2020[59] 4,200,000 99,600 33,200
2021[60] 7,000,000 140,717 57,679
2022[61] 13,100,000 141,000 87,495
2023[62] 15,356,212 141,358 98,000
2024[63] 17,101,725 195,909 107,670
2025[64] 19,480,000 204,323 116,657

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 15 December 1997, a Tupolev Tu-154 from Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashed on approach to SHJ. Some 13 km from Sharjah the plane ran into terrain and 85 of the 86 occupants died. One of the seven crew members survived the disaster.[65]
  • On 10 February 2004, Kish Air Flight 7170, operated by a Fokker 50 crashed on approach, killing 43 of its 46 occupants, which consisted of 3 crew and 40 passengers.[66][67]
  • On 7 November 2004, an Air Atlanta Boeing 747 freighter was damaged beyond repair due to an aborted take-off with insufficient runway remaining. None of the four crew was injured. The take-off was aborted after a report of smoke from the control tower and hearing a loud bang in the cockpit.[68]
  • On 21 October 2009, Azza Transport Flight 2241, operated by a Boeing 707–320, crashed on take-off. The flight was carrying cargo only and all six crew members were killed.[69][70]

See also

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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