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USAID helps refurbish Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad, Iraq
October 2003
The Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport) has been refurbished and repaired as part of a $17.5 million contract from USAID to SkyLink to rebuild Iraqi airports in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul . The Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war. The duty free shop is open and awaiting passengers. Currently only military, UN and one or two 15-seat propeller planes which carry aid workers land at the airport. The airport has the capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year but security concerns have kept commercial flights from returning.
The Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport) has been refurbished and repaired as part of a $17.5 million contract from USAID to SkyLink to rebuild Iraqi airports in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul . The Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war. The duty free shop is open and awaiting passengers. Currently only military, UN and one or two 15-seat propeller planes whcih carry aid workers land at the airport. The airport has the capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year but security concerns have kept commercial flights from returning.
The Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport) has been refurbished and repaired as part of a $17.5 million contract from USAID to SkyLink to rebuild Iraqi airports in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul . The Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war. The duty free shop is open and awaiting passengers. Currently only military, UN and one or two 15-seat propeller planes whcih carry aid workers land at the airport. The airport has the capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year but security concerns have kept commercial flights from returning.
Shoppers at the duty free shop in the Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport) which has been refurbished and repaired as part of a $17.5 million contract from USAID to SkyLink to rebuild Iraqi airports in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul . The Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war. The duty free shop is open and awaiting passengers. Currently only military, UN and one or two 15-seat propeller planes whcih carry aid workers land at the airport. The airport has the capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year but security concerns have kept commercial flights from returning.
The Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport) has been refurbished and repaired as part of a $17.5 million contract from USAID to SkyLink to rebuild Iraqi airports in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul . The Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war. The duty free shop is open and awaiting passengers. Currently only military, UN and one or two 15-seat propeller planes whcih carry aid workers land at the airport. The airport has the capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year but security concerns have kept commercial flights from returning.
The Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport) has been refurbished and repaired as part of a $17.5 million contract from USAID to SkyLink to rebuild Iraqi airports in Bghdad, Basr and Mosul . The Baghdad airport was severely damaged during the war. The duty free shop is open and awaiting passengers. Currently only military, UN and one or two 15-seat propeller planes whcih carry aid workers land at the airport. The airport has the capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers a year but security concerns have kept commercial flights from returning.

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Airports

USAID’s goal is to provide material and personnel for the repair of airport facilities, rehabilitate airport terminals, facilitate humanitarian and commercial flights, and assist the Iraqi Airport Commission Authority.

Highlights This Week:

Major Accomplishments to Date:

    Photo: Thomas Hartwell
    Baghdad International Airport has been refurbished and repaired with assistance from USAID and CPA.
  • Flights have been arriving and departing Baghdad International Airport since July 2003. BIAP is processing an average of 45 nonmilitary arrivals and departures daily.
  • Completed emergency infrastructure work at BIAP for civil air operations, including repairing Terminal C and administration offices and installing VSAT communications systems and adding power generators.
  • Completed work to prepare Al Basrah International Airport for commercial operations, including installing VSAT and radio communications; runway, taxiway, and apron striping; and installing baggage x-ray units and a perimeter fence. Work to rehabilitate the water and wastewater treatment facilities are almost complete.

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