Duhok International Airport (
Sorani
Central Kurdish (), also called Sorani (), is a Kurdish dialect or a language that is spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran. Sorani is one of the two o ...
:فڕۆکەخانەی نێودەوڵەتیی دھۆک
Badini: Matara Internasyonala Duhoke
Arabic
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: مطار دهوك الدولي)is an international airport currently under construction in
Kurdistan
Kurdistan ( ku, کوردستان ,Kurdistan ; lit. "land of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, Kurdish la ...
. It is located in the
Duhok city province just near the town of
Sêmêl. Duhok airport serves the
Duhok Governorate
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of Iraq.
Construction
2012 Opening ceremony
The
Lebanese company
Dar al-Handasa had started to build the company in the summer of 2012. At the end of February 2012 the airport facilities would have been completed. Another South Korea company, Incon, had been given the assignment to set up the structure of the airport. This was initially ordered to be done in May 2012 so that the airport could start to operate.
Duhok International Airport (DIA) would be the third international airport in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the other two being
Erbil International Airport
Erbil International Airport ( ku, فڕۆکهخانهی نێودهوڵهتیی ههولێر), is the main airport of the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is administered by the Iraqi Government and the Kurdistan Reg ...
and
Sulaimaniyah International Airport. It will cover an area of and will include 18 check-in desks. The project costs US$450 million and is going to handle approximately one million passengers for the first year upon service.
["Prime Minister Barzani announces construction of Duhok International Airport"](_blank)
Kurdistan Regional Government. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
The project was delayed due to a number of regional crises. As of 2022, it is still under construction.
References
External links
Duhok Airport websiteOfficial website of Duhokairport
Duhok Airport websiteDuhok Airport Facebook page
Duhok Airport websiteThe website of DIA project
Erbil Airport websiteThe website of Hewler International Airport
Slemani Airport websiteThe website of Slemani International Airport
Dar al-Handasa websiteThe website of the Libanese Dar al-Handasa Group
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Airports in Iraq
Airports in Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
2012 establishments in Iraqi Kurdistan
Duhok