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Bahrain International Airport (IATA: BAH, ICAO: OBBI) (Arabic: مطار البحرين الدولي, maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī) is the international airport of Bahrain. Located on Muharraq Island, adjacent to the capital Manama, it serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air. The airport is managed by the Bahrain Airport Company. Established in 1927, it is the Persian Gulf's oldest international airport.[2]

Bahrain International Airport مطار البحرين الدولي Maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī
IATA: BAH ICAO: OBBI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Bahrain Airport Company
Serves	Bahrain
Location	Al Muharraq
Hub for	Gulf Air Kalitta Air SNAS/DHL Texel Air
Elevation AMSL	8 ft / 2.4 m
Coordinates	26°16′15″N 50°38′01″E
Website	bahrainairport.bh
Map
Bahrain International Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12L/30R 13,005 3,964 Asphalt 12R/30L 8,301 2,530 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 9,578,797 Passenger change 18-19 5% Aircraft movements 95,486 Movements change 18-19 1% Cargo (MT) 291,017 Cargo change 18-19 1%
Source: Statistics from Bahrain Airport 2019,[1]

The airport has recently undergone a $1.1 billion expansion which launched on the 28th of January 2021, boosting the airport's capacity to 14 million passengers annually.

History

Origins

The origins of Bahrain's international airport dates to 1927 when a chartered flight to Bahrain landed.[3] The first scheduled commercial airliner to arrive in Bahrain, in 1932, was a flight from London to Delhi operated on a Handley Page H.P.42 aircraft named Hannibal. The H.P.42 carried only 24 passengers, and the flight from London had taken several days of flying at speeds of 100 miles per hour. Through this regularly scheduled service, Bahrain became established as one of the Persian Gulf's first international airports.[4]

During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Central African Wing, being designated as Station # 13. It functioned as a stopover en route to Abadan Airport, Iran or Sharjah Airport, in present-day UAE on the Karachi-Cairo route.[5] From 1943 until Bahrain's independence in December 1971, the Royal Air Force maintained a military installation at the airfield known initially as RAF Bahrain and from 1963 as RAF Muharraq.[6][7] The majority of these facilities were later acquired by the Bahraini flag carrier airline, Gulf Air, while a small portion continues to be utilized by the U.S. Navy as Aviation Support Unit (ASU) Bahrain.

20th century

In 1936, the operation of H.P.42 aircraft from London to India via Bahrain had been stepped up to a twice-weekly frequency. In 1937, Bahrain saw the regular service of the Empire sea planes. The landing strip of these giants on the water was from where the marina club is located in Mina Salman today. From the 1950s, BOAC operated several services a week through Bahrain. These included weekly services to Karachi, Singapore, Hong Kong and three times a week to Sydney. 1950 was a significant year not only for Muharraq as an international airport, but also for Bahrain's own commercial aviation history. In this year, a new local airline, Gulf Aviation Company, was formed – the forerunner of Gulf Air. The company started with only one aircraft, a second-hand Anson Mark II, which was used initially on services to Dhahran. However, within two years, the fleet had expanded to four de Havilland aircraft and DC-3s for use on a steadily growing network in the Persian Gulf. This established Bahrain as an international stage. It was easily the most modern and advanced airport in the Persian Gulf with a good runway, control tower, lighting, communication facilities and even restaurants. It began to attract other carriers such as Middle East Airlines, Air India, Air Ceylon and Iran Air – mostly operating Dakotas. In December 1961, a new passenger terminal opened at the airport. During 1970–1971, RAF Muharraq was scaled back and eventually closed. In December 1971, the airport opened new passenger facilities, which included a wide area that could accommodate four 747 aircraft. In 1976, the airport marked another significant first with the inauguration of supersonic flights, which saw the start up of regular BA Concorde service between London and Bahrain.[8]

In the 1980s and 1990s, major facelifts took place and several major airline companies made the airport a destination. In 1994, a US$100 million terminal was inaugurated which boosted the airport's maximum capacity to 10 million passengers a year.[8] Moreover, the Bahrain airport possessed a nonstop link to North America for a brief period in the 1990s. Gulf Air operated Airbus A340s on a route to New York's JFK Airport. Due to the constraints of the aircraft, pilots occasionally had to make a refuelling stop on the flight to America.[9][10]

21st century expansion

In 2008, the airport was placed under management of the newly created Bahrain Airport Company, which falls under the umbrella of the Gulf Air Holding Company, which in turn is owned by Mumtalakat, Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund.[11]

On October 8, 2009, it was announced that BHD 1.8 billion expansion of Bahrain International Airport will start in 2010. The expansion, planned over the next 30 years, will triple the passenger capacity to 27 million a year.

The airport's new $1.1 billion terminal opened on 28 January 2021. At 210,000 square meters, the Passenger Terminal increases Bahrain International Airport's (BIA) capacity to 14 million passengers and 130,000 air traffic movements per year with a handling capacity of 4,700 bags per peak hour.[12]

The terminal features check-in halls, check-in desks, passport control booths, E-gates, security lanes, a 9,000 sqm duty-free retail space, lounges, food and beverage zones, 24 departure gates, and 7,000 new parking spaces goth at-grade and in multi-story facilities.

Ground Handling

Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) provides airport services at Bahrain International Airport (BIA). Supported by a 3,000-strong staff, BAS is an ISAGO accredited Ground Service Provider.

Aircraft Fueling

Overseeing the Kingdom's oil, gas, and petroleum assets, Bahrain Jet Fuel Company (BJFCO) is a joint-venture between Bahrain Airport Company and the nogaholding. BJFCO is currently constructing a fuel farm complex in the northeastern area of the airport as part of a major restructuring of the Kingdom's aviation fueling industry.

Ground transportation

The airport is situated in central Muharraq and has transportation connections with the capital city Manama through the Airport Avenue roadway and Shaikh Isa Causeway.

Bahrain International Airport is served 24/7 by several taxi operators. The taxi queuing area is located within Car Park B.

Bahrain Public Transport Company (BPTC) provides buses which depart from a bus stop just outside the main entrance/exit of the arrivals hall.

Cargo & Logistics

Through BIA's 25,000 sqm Cargo Terminal, a wide range of services are offered, including export cargo sales, transshipment, inter-airport trucking, and customs clearance.

BIA is also the regional hub for DHL. With 115 weekly flights, and 250 vehicles, DHL operates an integrated air and land network. Other cargo and logistics companies operating out of the airport include FedEx, TNT Express, Aramex, and Global Logistical Services (GLS).^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Sharjah
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi
Air Arabia Egypt	Cairo[13]
Air India	Delhi
Air India Express	Kannur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram[14]
AnadoluJet	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Azerbaijan Airlines	Seasonal: Baku
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Buta Airways	Baku[15]
Cham Wings Airlines	Damascus[16]
EgyptAir	Cairo
Emirates	Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa[17]
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi
Fly Baghdad	Najaf
flydubai	Dubai–International
Gulf Air	Abu Dhabi, Amman–Queen Alia, Athens, Baghdad,[18] Baku,[19] Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca,[19] Chennai, Colombo–Bandaranaike,[20] Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka,[21] Dubai–International, Faisalabad,[22] Frankfurt, Gassim, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karachi, Khartoum, Kochi, Kozhikode,[19] Kuwait City, Lahore, Larnaca, London–Heathrow, Malé,[23] Manchester,[24] Manila, Medina, Milan–Malpensa,[24] Moscow–Domodedovo, Multan,[22] Mumbai, Muscat, Najaf, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Ras Al Khaimah,[25] Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino,[24] Sialkot, Singapore,[26] Tbilisi,[27] Tel Aviv,[28] Thiruvananthapuram Seasonal: Alexandria,[29] Malaga, Mykonos,[30] Nice,[24] Salalah, Santorini,[30] Sharm El Sheikh[29] Seasonal charter: Sarajevo,[31] Tirana[32]
IndiGo	Mumbai[33]
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad, Najaf
Israir	Tel Aviv[34]
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait City
KLM	Amsterdam, Kuwait City
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait City
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Oman Air	Muscat
Pakistan International Airlines	Lahore[35]
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen Seasonal: Antalya
SalamAir	Muscat[36]
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh
SkyUp	Seasonal charter: Kyiv–Boryspil, Lviv
SunExpress	Charter: Antalya,[37] Bursa, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Trabzon[37]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul, Trabzon
Ural Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo
Wizz Air	Abu Dhabi[38]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
AeroLogic[39]	Frankfurt, Leipzig/Halle, Singapore
Cargolux[40]	Luxembourg
DHL Aviation[41][better source needed]	Abu Dhabi, Amman-Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Baghdad, Bagram, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Brussels, Cairo, Cincinnati, Dubai–International, Hong Kong, Istanbul,[42] Jeddah, Kandahar, Karachi, Kuwait City, Kyiv–Boryspil, Lahore, Liège, New York–JFK, Sharjah
Emirates SkyCargo[43]	Dubai–Al Maktoum
Lufthansa Cargo[44]	Frankfurt
SpiceXpress[45]	Delhi
Turkish Cargo[46]	Istanbul

Statistics

Traffic figures

Traffic by calendar year, official ACI statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2005	5,581,503	8.50%	73,891	1.88%	334,832	10.91%
2006	6,696,025	19.97%	80,538	9.00%	357,277	6.70%
2007	7,320,039	9.32%	87,417	8.54%	385,278	7.84%
2008	8,758,068	19.65%	101,203	17.77%	369,822	4.01%
2009	9,053,631	3.37%	103,727	2.49%	342,734	7.32%
2010	8,898,197	1.72%	106,355	2.53%	329,937	3.73%
2011	7,793,527	12.41%	102,068	4.03%	292,147	11.45%
2012	8,479,266	8.80%	105,931	3.78%	262,386	10.19%
2013	7,371,651	13.06%	90,837	14.25%	245,146	6.57%
2014	8,102,502	9.91%	96,193	5.90%	276,390	12.75%
2015	8,586,645	5.97%	100,625	4.61%	256,408	7.23%
2016	8,766,151	2.09%	101,345	0.72%	263,956	2.94%
2017	8,477,331	3%	95,966	5%	289,331	10%
2018	9,082,707	7%	96,030	0%	288,235	0%
2019	9,578,797	5%	95,486	1%	291,017	1%
Source: Airports Council International, World Airport Traffic Reports & Bahrain's Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT) Annual Reports. (years 2005,[47] 2006,[48] 2007,[49] 2009,[50] 2011,[51] 2012,[52] 2013,[53] 2014,[54] 2015,[55] 2016,[56] 2017[57] 2018,[58] and 2019[1])

Busiest routes

Busiest routes at Bahrain International Airport (by number of flights weekly)

Rank	City	Country	Number of flights
1	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	132
2	Kuwait City	Kuwait	83
3	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	56
4	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	56
5	Muscat	Oman	53
6	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	40
7	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	30
8	Istanbul	Turkey	29
9	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	24
10	London	United Kingdom	21
11	Mumbai	India	21
12	Amman	Jordan	20
13	Cairo	Egypt	19
14	Frankfurt	Germany	14

Accidents and incidents

• On 9 September 1973, British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 7755, a Vickers VC10, flying from Bombay (now Mumbai) to London via Bahrain and Beirut was hijacked after departing Bahrain and forcibly landed at Dawson's Field in Jordan. The hijacking was done by a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine sympathizer who wanted to influence the British government to free Leila Khaled.[59]
• In August 2000, a Gulf Air plane (Gulf Air Flight 072) from Cairo crashed when landing at the airport. All passengers and crew died.
• In August 2017, an American F-18 fighter jet crash landed at the airport, with the pilot safely ejecting.[60]

See also

• List of airports in Bahrain
• Transport in Bahrain

References

External links

Media related to Bahrain International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Lisy of Bahrain Airspace ( Entry / Exit Points )

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Bahrain

Der Flughafen Bahrain, international Bahrain International Airport, (IATA: BAH, ICAO: OBBI) ist der einzige Verkehrsflughafen des Königreichs Bahrain und ein wichtiger Luftverkehrsknotenpunkt für den Transitverkehr von Europa in die Nahostregion sowie nach Asien. Der Verkehrsflughafen mit internationalem Rang befindet sich auf Muharraq Island, sechs Kilometer nordöstlich der bahrainischen Hauptstadt Manama. Der Bahrain International Airport ist 24 Stunden am Tag in Betrieb.

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- [en] Bahrain International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Baréin

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Baréin (IATA: BAH, OACI: OBBI) (en árabe مطار البحرين الدولي) es un aeropuerto internacional ubicado en Muharraq, una isla al norte de Baréin, unos 7 km al noreste de la capital, Manama. Es la base de operaciones de Gulf Air y Bahrain Air.

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[fr] Aéroport international de Bahreïn

L'aéroport international de Bahreïn (code IATA : BAH • code OACI : OBBI) est un aéroport international desservant la ville de Manama (arabe : المنامة Al-Manāmah), capitale de Bahreïn, située au nord de l'île de Bahreïn, dans le golfe Persique, et plus grande ville du pays. L'aéroport se trouve sur la commune de Muharraq, sur l'île de même nom, à 7 km de Manama. En 2010, il a accueilli près de 8,9 millions de passagers.

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[it] Aeroporto Internazionale del Bahrein

L'aeroporto internazionale del Bahrein (IATA: BAH, ICAO: OBBI) (in arabo: مطار البحرين الدولي) è un aeroporto internazionale situato a Al Muharraq, un'isola a nord del Bahrein a circa 7 km dal centro della capitale, Manama. L'aeroporto è il principale hub per le compagnie Gulf Air e Air Bahrain.

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[ru] Бахрейн (аэропорт)

Международный аэропорт Бахре́йн (ИАТА: BAH, ИКАО: OBBI) (араб. مطار البحرين الدولي‎) — крупнейший аэропорт Бахрейна, расположен на острове Мухаррак, в семи километрах от столицы страны Манамы. Основной аэропорт компаний Bahrain Air и Gulf Air. Пассажиропоток — 8,6 миллиона человек (в 2015 году).

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