Qamishli International Airport مطار القامشلي الدولي | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Syria | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Authority of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Qamishli, Syria | ||||||||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC+03:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,480 ft / 451 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°01′14″N041°11′29″E / 37.02056°N 41.19139°E /37.02056; 41.19139 | ||||||||||
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  KAC Location of airport in Syria | |||||||||||
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| Source:DAFIF[1][2] | |||||||||||
Qamishli International Airport[3] (IATA:KAC,ICAO:OSKL) (Arabic:مطار القامشلي الدولي,romanized: Maṭār al-Qāmishlī al-Duwalī) is aninternational airport servingQamishli, a city in northeasternSyria.
Although the airport was closed to civilians around October 2015,[3] it has been reopened again, and Syrian flight companies includingCham Wings Airlines andSyrian Air have provided regular flights into Qamishli fromDamascus,Latakia andBeirut until November 2024. The airport used to receive seasonal foreign flights fromGermany andSweden.[4] On 21 January 2016, Russia's activity presumably aimed at setting up a new military base in the government-controlled and mainly abandoned airport was first reported.[5][6][7]
On 7 December 2024, a day prior thefall of the Assad regime, theSyrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the airport following the withdrawal of pro-regime militants.[8][9] A few days later, rumours alleged that Israeli airstrikes targeted weapons depots left in the facility.[10] However Turkey'sMIT intelligence service claimed responsibility for the attack, as they detected that the "YPG seized the military supplies and was taking them to its own warehouses".[11] Later that month, on 16 December, two RussianIlyushin military transport planes withdrew from the airport.[12] As of June 2025 the airport serves as a military outpost for theRussian military.[13] In January 2026, Russian troops withdrew from Qamishli during the ceasefire between the Syrian transitional government and the SDF.[14] On 8 February 2026, Syrian officials accompanied byAsayish, took over the airport in preparation for reopening civilian flights.[15]
The airport resides at anelevation of 1,480 feet (451 m) abovemean sea level. It has onerunway designated 03/21 with anasphalt surface measuring 3,615 by 46 metres (11,860 ft × 151 ft).[1]
As of February 2026, Qamishli Airport is closed and has no civilian flights flying from it.
After Bashar al-Assad was toppled in late December, Kurds took control of Qamishli International Airport, but were not able to operate it.
