Sanaa International Airport

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Sanaa International Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
Owner Yemeni Government
Operator Ansarullah (Houthis) [ citation needed ]
Serves Sanaa
Location Sanaa
Opened1964
Hub for Yemenia
Elevation  AMSL 7,216 ft / 2,199 m
Coordinates 15°28′35″N044°13′11″E / 15.47639°N 44.21972°E / 15.47639; 44.21972
Map
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SAH/OYSN
Location within Yemen
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/3610,6693,252 Asphalt

Sanaa International Airport( IATA : SAH, ICAO : OYSN) is the primary international airport of Yemen located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. It services Sanaa City as well as the entire population of the northern provinces of Yemen. Initially, a small passenger terminal was built in the 1970s. The runway is shared with the large Al-Dailami Air Base.

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Facilities

The airport has one 3,200-meter-long runway, an apron with 27 parking spaces, and a passenger terminal. [1]

Operations

In 2007, the airport handled about 1.7 million passengers, representing 80% of all air passengers in Yemen and 87% of all international passengers. [1] During that year, there were 38 flights per day on average. [1]

Impact of war

Due to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, a no-fly zone has been imposed over the entire country, as of 28 March 2015, so civilian flights have ceased operation. [2] [3] The only flights operating from then on were flights by foreign countries to evacuate their nationals. [4] The militaries of India and Pakistan evacuated their citizens from Yemen as the war began.

On 29 April 2015, the airport was the target of severe bombardment from the Royal Saudi Air Force. The only runway and the passenger terminal building have been severely damaged and are unusable for the foreseeable future. [5] On 9 August 2016, the airport was closed down once again after resumption of services by Yemenia due to closure of airspace by the Saudi-led coalition.

On 6 November 2017, in response to a Houthi missile landing in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi authorities closed the airport along with all other routes into Yemen. [6] On 14 November of that year, the Saudi Air Force bombed the airport, inflicting damage upon it. [7] On 23 November 2017, the authorities allowed the airport to reopen for aid flights, along with the port of Hodeidah. [8] On 25 November, four planes carrying humanitarian aid landed in Sana'a, the first such planes to land since the total blockade had been imposed. [6]

On 3 February 2020, a United Nations plane carrying seven seriously ill Yemenis took off on a mercy flight to Jordan. [9]

In December 2021, the airport was targeted by Saudi Arabian airstrikes. [10] Civilians were reportedly evacuated before the airstrikes were launched but the airport was heavily damaged. [11]

On 16 May 2022, commercial flights from the airport resumed after six years. The first Yemenia flight carried 151 passengers to the Jordanian capital Amman. [12]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Yemenia Amman–Queen Alia [13]

Accidents and incidents

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References

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  2. ↑ Ghattas, Abir. "Yemen's No Fly Zone: Thousands of Yemenis are Stranded Abroad" . Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Amel (28 March 2015). "Stranded Yemeni-Americans consider alternate escape routes". Al-Jazeera. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Elbagir, Nima (6 April 2015). "CNN Crew flies into Yemen capital". CNN. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Eiselin, Stefan (April 30, 2015). "Krieg im Jemen trifft Billigairline" [War in Yemen hits low-cost airline]. aerotelegraph.com (in German). Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Aid trickles into Yemen after three weeks of blockade". Al-Jazeera. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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  11. ↑ Sanaa international airport DESTROYED , retrieved 2021-12-22
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  13. ↑ "Yemenia Flight Status & Schedule •".
  14. ↑ Hijacking description at the Aviation Safety Network
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