Dar Al Hamma International Airport

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Dar Al Hamma International Airport

مطار دار الحمة الدولي
Terminal 2 of Dar Al Hamma International Airport.
Summary
Airport typeCivilian
OwnerSalamati Government
OperatorSalamati Government
ServesDar Al Hamma, Salamat
LocationEl Shahid, Dar Al Hamma Province, Salamat
In useJuly 12 1944 - March 2 1993
Elevation AMSL180 ft / 55 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 12,598 3,840 Concrete
16/34 11,351 3,460 Concrete

The Dar Al Hamma International Airport was a civilian airport located in El Shahid, about 27.4 kilometers southeast of Dar Al Hamma. It was originally built as a Riamese airbase, before becoming a civilian airport on September 5 1969, just two days after the independence of Salamat. It was also periodically used as a military airport during the Jalil Al Kharrabi regime. In 1986, after the traumatic aircraft incident which occurred at the airport (SalamAir Flight 488), the airport lost popularity and the Dar Al Hamma-Shahid Airport was favorised. The event which closed the airport was the attack perpetrated on an aircraft on March 2 1993 (TBA), which led to the immediate closure of the airport, leaving Dar Al Hamma-Shahid as the sole civilian airport serving the Salamati capital. Other reasons which led to the closure were : lack of public transportation ; great distance from the city center.