Khartoum airport

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Khartoum airport
Khartoum Airport 2012
Characteristics
ICAO code HSSS
IATA code KRT
Coordinates

15 ° 35 '22 "  N , 32 ° 33' 11"  E Coordinates: 15 ° 35 '22 "  N , 32 ° 33' 11"  E
Height above MSL 386 m (1266  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 1 km southeast of Khartoum
Basic data
operator Civil Aviation Authority
Start-and runway
18/36 2980 m × 45 m asphalt

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The Khartoum Airport (also Khartoum International Airport or Khartoum Civil ) is the international commercial airport of Khartoum in Sudan .

Location and layout

The airport is located on the eastern edge of the districts of Khartoum 2 and Amarat , around two kilometers southeast of downtown Souk al-Arabi.

It has a total of four terminals. In addition to a domestic terminal, there is one for incoming and outgoing international flights. Another terminal is located at the southern end of the airport and was specially built to cope with the increased number of passengers during the Hajj . Outside of the pilgrimage times, UNAMID uses the terminal. The airport's current international departure terminal was opened in 1992 and built according to plans by Abdalla Abbas Habib.

The airport is to be replaced in the future by an airport with two 4000 meter runways, around 40 kilometers south of Omdurman .

  • Departure terminal, 2010

  • Runway, 2012

Incidents

In the area of ​​Khartoum airport there were 16 total aircraft losses between 1943 and 2016. Six of them killed a total of 65 people.

  • On November 11, 1960 there was a loss of hydraulic pressure in a Bristol Britannia 102 of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) ( aircraft registration G-ANBC ), which is why the landing gear could not be extended and locked. The landing at Khartoum airport took place on a strip next to the actual runway, resulting in a total loss of the aircraft. All 27 occupants, 9 crew members and 18 passengers survived.
  • On February 21, 1967, the Douglas DC-3 (C-47B) ST-AAM of Sudan Airways collided with the ground on a local training flight during a simulated engine failure. One of the two pilots on board was killed.
  • On September 10, 1982, a Sudan Airways (ST-AIM) Boeing 707 landed on the approach to Khartoum in the River Nile, about five kilometers from the runway. The machine came on a transfer flight from Jeddah Airport . All eleven inmates survived the unplanned splashdown; however, the aircraft was a total write-off.
  • On February 26, 1996, a Lockheed C-130H Hercules of the Sudanese Air Force (license plate unknown) crashed in flames near Jabal Awliya ( Sudan , 40 kilometers south of Khartoum) ten minutes before landing at Khartoum airport. All 91 occupants, 5 crew members and 86 passengers were killed.
  • On May 3, 1996, an Antonov An-24RV of the Sudanese Federal Airlines (ST-FAG) failed to make an emergency landing in a suburb of Khartoum ( Sudan ). After several unsuccessful attempts to land at Khartoum airport in a sandstorm, the aircraft collided with a building during the emergency landing. All 53 occupants, 6 crew members and 47 passengers perished.
  • On 26 June 2000, leaving Boeing 737-200 of the Yemenia (7O-ACQ) side when landing runway and was damaged beyond repair. All occupants survived the crash landing.
  • On June 10, 2008, an Airbus A310-324 ( ST-ATN ) operated by Sudan Airways with 203 passengers and 11 crew members on board rolled over the end of the runway by a good 200 m on landing. The machine was damaged and caught fire on the right side. The pilots had received incorrect wind information from the tower and were actually approaching with a tailwind of almost 30 km / h. In addition, an engine's reverse thrust mechanism had been defective for some time . In the end, the airport fire brigade did not properly extinguish the fire, as there was an acute shortage of staff and the fire trucks had no radio link. The fire then also hit the fuselage area, and the machine burned out completely. The death toll was 30 people; 184 people were able to escape the fire.

See also

Web links

Commons : Khartoum International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Khartoum International Airport Departure Terminal. ArchNet
  2. ↑ SUDAN: See renderings for New Khartoum International Airport to be built and financed by China. . In: The African Aviation Tribune . July 17, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Khartoum New International Airport - KNIA . In: KVL Group . Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Accident statistics at Khartoum Airport, Aviation Safety Network , accessed on June 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Accident report Britannia 102 G-ANBC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Accident report ST-AAM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 23, 2016.
  7. ^ Accident report ST-AIM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 23, 2016.
  8. ^ Accident report C-130H Hercules SudAF xxx , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ Accident report An-24 ST-FAG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 9, 2020.
  10. ^ Accident report 7O-ACQ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Accident report ST-ATN , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.