# Sharjah International Airport (SHJ / OMSJ)

**Sharjah International Airport** (IATA: SHJ, ICAO: OMSJ) is a large airport in Sharjah, Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates. It opened on 1 Jan 1977. It has one runway, 4,060 m (13,320 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 7.0 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SHJ / OMSJ
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Sharjah, Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates
- Opened: 1 Jan 1977
- Elevation: 34 m / 111 ft
- Coordinates: 25.3286, 55.5172
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,060 m / 13,320 ft
- Passengers: 7,000,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Dubai
- Website: http://www.shj-airport.gov.ae
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharjah_International_Airport (44 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q635826
- Weather station: OMSJ · WMO 41196
- Ident: OMSJ

## Timeline

- 1 Jan 1977: Sharjah International Airport opens.
- 15 Dec 1997: Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183. 85 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 4,060 m / 13,320 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 5,280,445 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 5,764,098 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 6,600,000 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 7,516,538 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 8,505,268 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 9,516,600 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 11,993,887 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 11,048,243 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 11,365,588 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 12,047,295 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 13,615,053 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 7,000,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

79 destinations in 41 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (67)

- [OHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oosh.md) Suhar International Airport · Oman · 153 km / 95 mi · Air Arabia
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 340 km / 211 mi · Air Arabia
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 393 km / 244 mi · Qatar Airways, Air Arabia
- [ZBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizc.md) Chabahar Konarak International Airport · Iran · 489 km / 304 mi · Varesh Airlines
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 499 km / 310 mi · Air Arabia
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 586 km / 364 mi · Air Arabia
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 888 km / 552 mi · Air Arabia
- [SLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oosa.md) Salalah International Airport · Oman · 934 km / 580 mi · Air Arabia
- [ELQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oegs.md) Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,180 km / 733 mi · Air Arabia
- [HAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oehl.md) Hail International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,397 km / 868 mi · Air Arabia
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 1,404 km / 872 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,543 km / 959 mi · Air Arabia
- [TIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetf.md) Taif International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,585 km / 985 mi · Air Arabia
- [GIZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oegn.md) Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,635 km / 1,016 mi · Air Arabia
- [BSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmf.md) Bender Qassim International Airport · Somalia · 1,701 km / 1,057 mi · Air Arabia
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,715 km / 1,066 mi · Air Arabia
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,753 km / 1,089 mi · Air Arabia, SpiceJet
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 1,759 km / 1,093 mi · Air Arabia
- [TUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetb.md) Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,902 km / 1,182 mi · Air Arabia
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,914 km / 1,189 mi · Air Arabia
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,945 km / 1,209 mi · Air Arabia
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · Pakistan · 1,968 km / 1,223 mi · Fly Jinnah
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 2,032 km / 1,263 mi · Air Arabia, Jordan Aviation, Royal Jordanian
- [JAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vijp.md) Jaipur International Airport · India · 2,032 km / 1,263 mi · Air Arabia
- [DAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osdi.md) Damascus International Airport · Syria · 2,044 km / 1,270 mi · Fly Cham, Air Arabia
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 2,060 km / 1,280 mi · Air Arabia
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,166 km / 1,346 mi · Air Arabia
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,179 km / 1,354 mi · Air Arabia
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 2,184 km / 1,357 mi · Air Arabia
- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 2,268 km / 1,409 mi · Air Arabia
- [HMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesg.md) Suhaj International Airport · Egypt · 2,379 km / 1,478 mi · Air Arabia
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · EgyptAir, Air Arabia
- [NAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vanp.md) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport · India · 2,447 km / 1,520 mi · Air Arabia
- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · Egypt · 2,476 km / 1,539 mi · Air Arabia
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,534 km / 1,575 mi · Air Arabia
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,536 km / 1,576 mi · Ethiopian Airlines, Air Arabia
- [HBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heba.md) Alexandria International Airport · Egypt · 2,601 km / 1,616 mi · Air Arabia
- [BSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafm.md) Manas International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 2,620 km / 1,628 mi · Air Arabia
- [CCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocl.md) Calicut International Airport · India · 2,667 km / 1,657 mi · Air Arabia
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 2,685 km / 1,668 mi · Air Arabia
- [CJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocb.md) Coimbatore International Airport · India · 2,767 km / 1,719 mi · Air Arabia
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,798 km / 1,739 mi · Air Arabia
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 2,922 km / 1,816 mi · Air Arabia
- [TRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votv.md) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport · India · 2,940 km / 1,827 mi · Air Arabia
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 2,973 km / 1,847 mi · Air Arabia, AJet
- [KTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnkt.md) Tribhuvan International Airport · Nepal · 2,974 km / 1,848 mi · Air Arabia
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,035 km / 1,886 mi · Air Arabia
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 3,037 km / 1,887 mi · Air Arabia
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 3,250 km / 2,019 mi · Air Arabia
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 3,280 km / 2,038 mi · Air Arabia
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 3,280 km / 2,038 mi · Air Arabia
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 3,521 km / 2,188 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 3,575 km / 2,221 mi · Air Arabia
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,639 km / 2,261 mi · Air Arabia
- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · Bangladesh · 3,647 km / 2,266 mi · Biman Bangladesh Airlines
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 3,748 km / 2,329 mi · Air Arabia
- [KRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkk.md) Kraków John Paul II International Airport · Poland · 4,111 km / 2,554 mi · Air Arabia
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 4,158 km / 2,584 mi · Air Arabia
- [WMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epmo.md) Warsaw Modlin Airport · Poland · 4,193 km / 2,605 mi · Air Arabia
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 4,227 km / 2,627 mi · Air Arabia
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 4,350 km / 2,703 mi · Air Arabia
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 4,467 km / 2,776 mi · Air Arabia
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 4,569 km / 2,839 mi · Air Arabia
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 4,889 km / 3,038 mi · Air Arabia
- [KBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsg.md) Krabi International Airport · Thailand · 4,981 km / 3,095 mi · Air Arabia
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 5,477 km / 3,403 mi · Air Arabia
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 5,913 km / 3,674 mi · Air Peace

### Seasonal (7)

- [NMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utfn.md) Namangan International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,286 km / 1,420 mi · Air Arabia
- [ATZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heat.md) Asyut International Airport · Egypt · 2,449 km / 1,522 mi · Air Cairo
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,460 km / 1,529 mi · Air Arabia
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 3,519 km / 2,187 mi · Ural Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,639 km / 2,261 mi · Ural Airlines
- [SJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lqsa.md) Sarajevo International Airport · Bosnia & Herzegovina · 3,929 km / 2,441 mi · Air Arabia
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 4,915 km / 3,054 mi · Air Arabia

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,945 km / 1,209 mi · FitsAir
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 3,037 km / 1,887 mi · FitsAir
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 3,902 km / 2,425 mi · Belavia

### Cargo (7)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,536 km / 1,576 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [EDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkel.md) Eldoret International Airport · Kenya · 3,524 km / 2,190 mi · Astral Aviation
- [CGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddk.md) Cologne Bonn Airport · Germany · 4,971 km / 3,089 mi · UPS Airlines
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 5,882 km / 3,655 mi · UPS Airlines
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 5,903 km / 3,668 mi · UPS Airlines
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 6,711 km / 4,170 mi · UPS Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SHJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (5)

- AAP [Aerovista](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerovista)
- [Al Sayegh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/al-sayegh-airlines)
- BGI [British Gulf International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-gulf-international-airlines)
- C4 [Click Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/click-airways)
- P3 [Phoenix Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/phoenix-aviation)

### Passenger (19)

- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 65
- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 2 · seasonal charter
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 1 · seasonal
- P4 [Air Peace](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-peace) · 1
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1 · seasonal charter
- BG [Biman Bangladesh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/biman-bangladesh-airlines) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- [Fly Cham](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-cham) · 1
- 9P [Fly Jinnah](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-jinnah) · 1
- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 1
- R5 [Jordan Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jordan-aviation) · 1
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 1
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 1
- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (3)

- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 4
- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair-cargo) · 1

Former hub of [AVE.com](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ave-com), [Kinshasa Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kinshasa-airways), [Midex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/midex-airlines).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7.0M (2021) | #283 of 3,974 | #15 in Middle East | #3 in AE |
| Longest runway | 4,060 m / 13,320 ft | #88 of 29,858 | #21 in Middle East | #4 in AE |
| Elevation | 34 m / 111 ft | =36,480 of 43,403 | #346 in Middle East | #12 in AE |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =56 in Middle East | #4 in AE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =5 in AE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP |  | 124.675 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 122.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |
| Ground to Ground | Ground | 121.875 |

## Nearby airports

- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · 17 km / 11 mi
- [NHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdm.md) Al Minhad Air Base · 37 km / 23 mi
- [RKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omrk.md) Ras Al Khaimah International Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [AEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiba.md) Abu Musa Island Airport · 78 km / 48 mi
- [FJR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omfj.md) Fujairah International Airport · 85 km / 53 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #88

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Sharjah International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharjah_International_Airport&oldid=1374205485), revision of 10 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj/data