Abu Dhabi International Airport
| Abu Dhabi International Airport مطار أبوظبي الدولي |
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| IATA: AUH – ICAO: OMAA | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Abu Dhabi Airports Company | ||
| Serves | Abu Dhabi | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 88 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 13R/31L | 4,100 | 13,452 | Asphalt |
| 13L/31R | 4,100 | 13,452 | Asphalt |
Abu Dhabi International Airport (Arabic: مطار أبو ظبي الدولي) (IATA: AUH, ICAO: OMAA) is an airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the world in terms of passengers (+34% in Q1:2008), new airline operators, and infrastructural development. The airport is now undergoing a major expansion, the total amount earmarked for projects is US$6.8 billion.
Abu Dhabi airport is the second largest in the UAE, serving 9 million passengers in 2008, up 30 per cent on 2007. Its terminal spaces are dominated by Etihad Airways which is the United Arab Emirates's second largest air carrier after Emirates.
The newest terminal, Terminal 3, opened in January 2009, enabling the airport to handle, approximately, 12 million passengers per annum. It is expected that passenger numbers will reach this level in 2011.
Development work has also started on a new passenger terminal, to be situated between the two runways and known as the Midfield Terminal. Upon completion in 2012, the Midfield Terminal will take the airport’s passenger capacity to more than 20 million per year.
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Statistics
| Year | Total passengers | Total cargo (in tonnes) | Total aircraft movements |
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| 1998 | 3,131,283 | 79,847 | 45,927 |
| 1999 | 3,522,306 | 92,267 | 50,694 |
| 2000 | 3,684,307 | 318,632 | 57,111 |
| 2001 | 3,588,015 | 385,055 | 65,134 |
| 2002 | 3,986,665 | 391,079 | 35,987 |
| 2004 | 5,247,000 | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 5,465,987 | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 6,289,457 | 257,622 | 75,437 |
| 2007 | 6,926,000 | 315,317 | 82,287 |
| 2008 | 9,026,000 | 353,820 | 93,163 |
Expansion
The expansion masterplan projects include a second 4,100 m parallel runway 2 km from the existing runway (already operational as of 2009); a new 110 metre tower between the two runways with the new Air Traffic Control centre; the new Midfield Terminal (the main building and centre-piece of the new airport) which is set for first phase completion in 2012; enhanced cargo and maintenance facilities and other commercial developments on the land immediately adjacent to and north of the existing airport.
The Midfield Terminal, when opened, will handle up to 20 million passengers per year, with options for this to double in capacity to 40 million. An additional facility is also under consideration that would take the capacity to 50 million.
The new Terminal 3, opened in January 2009[3], a UAE Dirhams 1 billion (US$ 271.9 million) interim facility, is to cater to the airport's passenger growth before the opening of the Midfield Terminal. Used predominantly by Etihad Airways, the terminal boosted the airport's seven million passenger per year capacity to 12 million. The new Terminal 3 also added 10 new gates at the airport, two of which are Airbus A380 compatible.
Abu Dhabi International Airport has a three star rating from Skytrax.[4]
The airport handled 9,026,000 passengers in 2008.
Terminal 2 is capable of handling up to two million passengers per year. It was built as a solution to air traffic volumes which have outgrown the existing terminal.
The project will provide a home base for the UAE's national carrier, Etihad Airways, which will be a major user of new cargo facilities with an ultimate handling capacity of around two million tonnes of freight a year. Close to the new cargo facilities land has been allocated for commercial activities, business parks and property developments. Aircraft maintenance facilities will continue to be concentrated on the south side of the existing airport. The plan also sets aside land for the growth of other operators such as Royal Jet and Abu Dhabi Aviation. One of the first phases of the project will be the construction of a second 4,100 metre runway which will cater for the latest generation of aircraft, including the new Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft.
Among other aspects of the project, when completed, are the design of remote aircraft stands complete with airfield ground lighting and hydrant fuel.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger Services
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| Air Arabia Egypt | Alexandria | |
| Airblue | Islamabad, Lahore | 2 |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 1 |
| Air India operated by Indian Airlines | Delhi, Mumbai | 1 |
| Air-India Express | Amritsar, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Muscat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli | 1 |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet | 2 |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow, Muscat | 1 |
| EgyptAir | Cairo | 1 |
| Etihad Airways | Almaty, Alexandria, Amman, Astana, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca, Chennai, Chicago-O'Hare, Colombo, Damascus, Dhaka, Islamabad, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, New York-JFK, Peshawar, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Trivandrum | 1 [5] |
| Etihad Airways | Almaty, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Brisbane, Brussels, Cape Town, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Dublin, Erbil, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hyderabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Manila, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nagoya-Centrair, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Seoul-Incheon (begins December 12), Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson | 3 [6] |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa | 1 |
| GMG Airlines | Dhaka, Karachi | |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain | 1 |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Lar | 2 |
| Jazeera Airways | Cochin,Delhi,Kuwait,Mumbai | 1 |
| Jet Airways | Delhi, Mumbai | 1 |
| Kam Air | Kabul | 2 |
| KLM | Amsterdam, Muscat | 1 |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait, Muscat | 1 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Muscat | 1 |
| Middle East Airlines | Beirut | 1 |
| Nas Air (Saudi Arabia) | Jeddah, Riyadh | 2 |
| Oman Air | Muscat | 1 |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan, Sialkot | 2 |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | 1 |
| Royal Falcon | Amman | 1 |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman, Muscat | 1 |
| Sama Airlines | Damman, Jeddah | 1 |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh | 1 |
| Shaheen Air International | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar | 2 |
| Singapore Airlines | Jeddah, Kuwait, Singapore | 1 |
| SriLankan Airlines | Colombo | 2 |
| Sudan Airways | Khartoum | 2 |
| Syrian Air | Aleppo, Damascus | 1 |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1 |
| Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat | 2 |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil | 1 |
| Yemenia | Riyan, Sana'a | 2 |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cargoitalia | Ho Chi Minh City, Milan |
| Cargolux | Luxembourg |
| China Airlines Cargo | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Etihad Crystal Cargo | Baghdad, Bangalore, Chennai, Guangzhou, Hahn, Khartoum,Kolkata, Milan-Malpensa, Nairobi, N'Djamena, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin, Tripoli |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Hahn |
| Maximus Air Cargo | Lahore |
| Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat |
Ground transportation
Etihad Airways provides bus coaches between Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airport for Etihad customers.[7]
Notes and references
- ↑ http://www.abudhabiairport.ae/news/news20090118.asp
- ↑ www.azworldairports.com - Traffic statistics for 2001 & 2002
- ↑ "Abu Dhabi International Airport". Abu Dhabi International Airport. 2009. http://www.abudhabiairport.ae/theairport/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
- ↑ "Airport Star Ranking - 3 Star Airports". Skytrax. 2007. http://www.airlinequality.com/AirportRanking/3-Star.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
- ↑ http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/Etihad/us/en/experienceetihad/AbuDhabiIntlAirport/Pages/Terminal1.aspx
- ↑ http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/Etihad/us/en/experienceetihad/AbuDhabiIntlAirport/Pages/Terminal3.aspx
- ↑ Dubai." Retrieved on 6 February 2009.
External links
- Abu Dhabi International Airport Official website
- Airport information for OMAA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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