Erbil International Airport (IATA: EBL, ICAO: ORER) (Arabic: مطار اربيل الدولي) (Kurdish: فڕۆکهخانهی نێودهوڵهتیی ههولێر / Firrokexaney Nêwdewlletîy Hewlêr), is the main airport of the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is administered by the Iraqi Government since 2017 and is one of two international airports in KRI (the other being Sulaymaniyah Airport), with a third in Duhok being under construction. The new modern airport opened in 2005. The airport has one of the longest runways in the world.
Erbil International Airport
Firrokexaney Nêwdewlletîy Hewlêr
فڕۆکهخانهی نێودهوڵهتیی ههولێر مطار اربيل الدولي
The airport was built at the beginning of the 1970s as an Iraqi military base. The airstrip was used as a military base until 1991 by the Ba'ath Party regime as a result of United Nations Security Council establishing a no-fly zone over northern Iraq. After the 2003 US invasion, the Kurdistan Regional Government took over administrative rule of the region. On 26 May 2005, the airport was given the ICAO airport code ORER. Endowed with natural resources including oil, natural gas and other minerals, investment in Iraq has increased substantially since 2005. The city of Erbil has been a large recipient of foreign investments. Due to the growing need for safe access into the country, the Regional Government invested US$500 million in the construction of a modern airport.[citation needed]
Old airportedit
The old Erbil airport covered 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft), and was divided into departure and arrival halls. It had three gates and a 2,800 m (9,200 ft) long runway with an ILS system.[2] The Kurdistan International Bank, a Tourism Information office, the airline companies offices, duty-free shops, a cafeteria, and the Korek Telecom office were located inside the terminal.
The warehouse offered cargo space amounting to 4,320 m2 (46,500 sq ft) and consisted of an import and an export section. The cargo was handled by Dnata, a Dubai-based company.[2]
New airportedit
A newly built, US$550 million airport was opened on 5 July 2005.[2][3] The new airport is next to the old airport (previously a military field) and has one of the world's longest runways, 4,800 m × 75 m (15,748 ft × 246 ft) and is equipped for ILS CAT II operations.[2] The airport's new terminal has duty-free shops and currency exchange offices.[4] The terminal also has VIP areas for business jets, and there is a VIP terminal for visiting dignitaries and diplomats[3] for the purpose of achieving international airport standards.[5]
In 2010 Erbil International Airport had the least expensive aviation fuel in Iraq (at 83 US cents per litre).[6]
From 29 September 2017 until 14 March 2018, following the failed 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, all commercial international flights were suspended.[7] The airport remained open for domestic, humanitarian, military, and diplomatic flights.[8] The Iraqi government has been operating the airport since.
Drone attacksedit
The airport has been the target of numerous drone strikes by Iran-backed Shi'ite militias in 2021.[9] On 15 April, a drone carrying explosives targeted the military section of the airport. The section housed US-led forces, and no casualties were reported.[10] On 6 July, another drone targeted the same section of the airport and crashed near the airport.[11] On 11 September, two drones carrying explosives failed to reach the airport; one was shot down by C-RAM air defense and the other one crashed. There were no casualties.[12]
Airlines and destinationsedit
Passengeredit
These are the airlines and destinations served from Erbil Airport:[13]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Annual passenger traffic at EBL airport. See Wikidata query.
Since its opening in 2006, the airport has seen increased traffic. Traffic was up 22% in 2010 and in 2011 demand was up 37% to just over 620,000 passengers. In the first four months of 2012 passenger numbers are up 52% with April setting a new record of 84,275 departing and arriving passengers.[30]
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Erbil International Airport IATA EBL ICAO ORER Arabic مطار اربيل الدولي Kurdish فڕۆکه خانه ی نێوده وڵه تیی هه ولێر Firrokexaney Newdewlletiy Hewler is the main airport of the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region Iraq It is administered by the Iraqi Government since 2017 and is one of two international airports in KRI the other being Sulaymaniyah Airport with a third in Duhok being under construction The new modern airport opened in 2005 The airport has one of the longest runways in the world Erbil International AirportFirrokexaney Newdewlletiy Hewlerفڕۆکه خانه ی نێوده وڵه تیی هه ولێر مطار اربيل الدوليIATA EBLICAO ORERSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorIraqi Government 1 ServesErbil Kurdistan Region IraqLocationErbilHub forFly Erbil Iraqi Airways UR AirlinesElevation AMSL1 363 ft 415 mCoordinates36 14 15 N 043 57 47 E 36 23750 N 43 96306 E 36 23750 43 96306Websiteerbilairport comMapORERLocation in Kurdistan RegionShow map of Iraqi KurdistanORERORER Iraq Show map of IraqRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 18 36 4 800 15 748 ConcreteStatistics 2014 Cargo33 527Total passengers1 565 998 Contents 1 History 1 1 Old airport 1 2 New airport 1 3 Drone attacks 2 Airlines and destinations 2 1 Passenger 2 2 Cargo 3 Statistics 4 Incidents 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe airport was built at the beginning of the 1970s as an Iraqi military base The airstrip was used as a military base until 1991 by the Ba ath Party regime as a result of United Nations Security Council establishing a no fly zone over northern Iraq After the 2003 US invasion the Kurdistan Regional Government took over administrative rule of the region On 26 May 2005 the airport was given the ICAO airport code ORER Endowed with natural resources including oil natural gas and other minerals investment in Iraq has increased substantially since 2005 The city of Erbil has been a large recipient of foreign investments Due to the growing need for safe access into the country the Regional Government invested US 500 million in the construction of a modern airport citation needed Old airport edit The old Erbil airport covered 7 000 m2 75 000 sq ft and was divided into departure and arrival halls It had three gates and a 2 800 m 9 200 ft long runway with an ILS system 2 The Kurdistan International Bank a Tourism Information office the airline companies offices duty free shops a cafeteria and the Korek Telecom office were located inside the terminal The warehouse offered cargo space amounting to 4 320 m2 46 500 sq ft and consisted of an import and an export section The cargo was handled by Dnata a Dubai based company 2 New airport edit A newly built US 550 million airport was opened on 5 July 2005 2 3 The new airport is next to the old airport previously a military field and has one of the world s longest runways 4 800 m 75 m 15 748 ft 246 ft and is equipped for ILS CAT II operations 2 The airport s new terminal has duty free shops and currency exchange offices 4 The terminal also has VIP areas for business jets and there is a VIP terminal for visiting dignitaries and diplomats 3 for the purpose of achieving international airport standards 5 In 2010 Erbil International Airport had the least expensive aviation fuel in Iraq at 83 US cents per litre 6 From 29 September 2017 until 14 March 2018 following the failed 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum all commercial international flights were suspended 7 The airport remained open for domestic humanitarian military and diplomatic flights 8 The Iraqi government has been operating the airport since Drone attacks edit The airport has been the target of numerous drone strikes by Iran backed Shi ite militias in 2021 9 On 15 April a drone carrying explosives targeted the military section of the airport The section housed US led forces and no casualties were reported 10 On 6 July another drone targeted the same section of the airport and crashed near the airport 11 On 11 September two drones carrying explosives failed to reach the airport one was shot down by C RAM air defense and the other one crashed There were no casualties 12 Airlines and destinations editPassenger edit These are the airlines and destinations served from Erbil Airport 13 AirlinesDestinationsAir ArabiaSharjahAJetIstanbul Sabiha Gokcen 14 Austrian AirlinesViennaCham Wings AirlinesDamascus 15 EgyptairCairoEurowingsBerlin 16 Dusseldorf Hamburg 17 Stuttgart 18 Fly BaghdadAleppo Baghdad Damascus MedinaflydubaiDubai International 19 FlyErbilAmsterdam Beirut Berlin 20 Cologne Bonn Copenhagen Damascus 20 Dubai International Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hannover 21 Istanbul London Gatwick begins 31 May 2024 22 MunichIraqi AirwaysAmman Queen Alia Ankara Baghdad Baku Basra Berlin Cairo Copenhagen Dubai International Dusseldorf 23 Frankfurt Istanbul Munich Najaf SulaymaniyahMahan AirTehran Imam KhomeiniMiddle East AirlinesBeirut 24 Pegasus AirlinesIstanbul Sabiha GokcenQatar AirwaysDoha 25 Royal JordanianAmman Queen AliaSunExpressSeasonal Antalya 26 Turkish AirlinesIstanbulWizz AirAbu Dhabi 27 Cargo edit AirlinesDestinationsRoyal Jordanian Cargo 28 Amman Queen AliaTurkish Cargo 29 IstanbulStatistics editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Annual passenger traffic at EBL airport See Wikidata query Since its opening in 2006 the airport has seen increased traffic Traffic was up 22 in 2010 and in 2011 demand was up 37 to just over 620 000 passengers In the first four months of 2012 passenger numbers are up 52 with April setting a new record of 84 275 departing and arriving passengers 30 Annual Passenger amp Cargo Traffic 31 Year Passengers Change Aircraft movements Change Cargo MT Change 2006 163 619 nbsp 4 894 nbsp N A 2007 275 183 nbsp 68 9 815 nbsp 100 5 10 000 nbsp 2008 302 000 nbsp 10 7 745 nbsp 21 14 500 nbsp 45 2009 356 850 nbsp 18 7 557 nbsp 2 4 11 533 nbsp 20 2010 449 536 nbsp 26 7 235 nbsp 4 2 10 848 nbsp 6 2011 620 365 nbsp 38 7 366 nbsp 1 8 17 864 nbsp 65 2012 947 600 nbsp 53 9 021 nbsp 22 4 27 488 nbsp 54 2013 1 193 783 nbsp 26 12 229 nbsp 35 5 38 571 nbsp 40 2014 1 565 998 nbsp 31 16 218 nbsp 32 6 33 527 nbsp 13 2015 1 665 701 nbsp 6 3 18 864 nbsp 16 3 22 742 nbsp 32 1 2016 1 814 272 nbsp 8 9 19 080 nbsp 1 1 23 462 nbsp 3 1 2017 1 606 531 nbsp 11 4 15 294 nbsp 19 8 17 574 nbsp 25 2018 1 533 863 nbsp 4 5 15 562 nbsp 1 7 16 505 nbsp 6 2019 1 909 785 nbsp 24 5 19 560 nbsp 25 7 23 899 nbsp 44 8 2020 506 263 nbsp 73 5 6 054 nbsp 69 18 826 nbsp 21 2 2021 1 247 113 nbsp 146 3 13 970 nbsp 130 8 16 473 nbsp 12 5 Incidents editOn 6 July 2021 a series of attacks against the airport were reported including drone and rocket attacks 32 Erbil Airport has been targeted numerous times during the 2023 Israel Hamas war 33 See also editList of the busiest airports in the Middle EastReferences edit Kurdish government accepts Baghdad s conditions to end dispute Arab News Archived from the original on 30 December 2017 Retrieved 8 January 2018 a b c d Old amp New erbilairport com a b A winning design erbilairport com 26 May 2005 Shops and Services erbilairport com Erbil International Airport www erbilairport com EIA informs of one liter fuel in Erbil is 0 83 Erbil International Airport Baghdad No fly Zone looms for Kurdistan airports erbilairport com Iraqi govt enforces international flight ban in Kurdistan region France 24 29 September 2017 Iraq s Erbil airport targeted in drone attack Kurdish officials 11 September 2021 Retrieved 11 September 2021 Iraq s Erbil airport targeted by explosives laden drone 15 April 2021 Retrieved 11 September 2021 Explosive laden drone hit Erbil airport in Iraq aimed at U S base security sources Reuters 6 July 2021 Retrieved 11 September 2021 Two explosive laden drones target Erbil International Airport 11 September 2021 Retrieved 11 September 2021 Erbil Airport Flight Schedule Liu Jim Turkish Airlines confirms AnadoluJet network transition from late March 2020 Routesonline Retrieved 14 January 2020 chamwings com Where we fly retrieved 9 September 2018 Berlin Brandenburg nach Erbil Eurowings Hamburg nach Erbil Eurowings Stuttgart nach Erbil Eurowings Flydubai Flight Timetables flydubai a b FlyErbil Adds Berlin Damascus Service in 2Q23 Funf zusatzliche Airlines starten ab Hannover aeroTELEGRAPH 3 May 2022 Retrieved 3 May 2022 Fly Erbil Schedules London Gatwick late May 2024 Launch Aeroroutes Retrieved 29 March 2024 Iraqi Airways Resumes Dusseldorf Service from Nov 2023 AeroRoutes 2 November 2023 Retrieved 2 November 2023 MEA Timetable www mea com lb Archived from the original on 30 September 2019 Retrieved 9 January 2018 DOH Booking www qatarairways com SunExpress Announces 2021 Summer Program ftnnews com 23 February 2021 Wizz Air Abu Dhabi schedules Erbil debut in Oct 2023 Aeroroutes 21 July 2023 rj cargo com Destinations retrieved 27 January 2021 Turkish Airlines cargo 2015 winter schedule PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 June 2017 Retrieved 6 December 2015 Erbil International Airport 13 June 2020 Growing by 50 in 2012 Mahan Air Qatar Airways and Transavia com new this year anna aero Statistics www eia krd Attack on Erbil airport in Iraq reported 7 July 2021 Bechocha Julian Explosive laden drones strike US base near Erbil airport www rudaw net Retrieved 8 November 2023 External links editOfficial website Portals nbsp Kurdistan nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erbil International Airport amp oldid 1220903437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
