Basil al-Assad International Airport
| Basil al-Assad International Airport مطار باسل الأسد الدولي |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | OSLK |
| IATA code | LTK |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 48 m (157 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 20 km southeast of Latakia , 210 km north of Damascus |
| Basic data | |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Runways | |
| 17th | 2797 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 35 | 2797 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Basil al-Assad International Airport ( Arabic مطار باسل الأسد الدولي, DMG Maṭār Bāsil al-Asad ad-duwalī , English Bassel Al-Assad International Airport ) is an airport in the city of Latakia in Syria .
location
The airport is located north of Damascus, about 20 km south of Latakia, in the small town of Qardaha , the hometown of the Assad clan. It is named after Basil al-Assad , the elderly brother of the current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who died in an accident .
use
The airport is served by the airlines Air Arabia and Syrian Arab Airlines , and until 2010 also by Sama Airlines .
The Hmeimim military airfield of the Russian Air Force is located in the northern area of the airport . It went into operation on September 30, 2015 and is only accessible to Russian military personnel.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airport information for OSLK from DAFIF (effective October 2006)