Khartoum International Airport
Khartoum International Airport
Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSK) (Arabic: ???? ??????? ??????) is an international airport serving Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The airport was shut down from 15 April 2023 to 25 March 2025 at the Battle of Khartoum during the Sudanese civil war.
Location
15.589°N, 32.553°E · 386 m s. n. m. (1.265 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The airport originated as the Royal Air Force airfield Gordon's Tree. By January 1940, No. 223 Squadron RAF was located at Gordon's Tree, in the south of Khartoum. Later the area became known as El Shajjara ("The Tree"). By January 1942, No. 71 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RAF was operating from the airfield; among aircraft operated were Curtiss Tomahawks and Vickers Wellesleys. Reportedly the OTU had at one stage 50 Harvards and 20 Hurricane fighters on strength.
Sudanese independence was granted on 1 January 1956. The last Royal Air Force flying unit reported at Khartoum was No. 8 Squadron RAF, which arrived in November 1953, and stayed until July 1956.
The current airport is scheduled to be replaced by the New Khartoum International Airport in Omdourman 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the centre of Khartoum. This is planned to have two 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) runways, a passenger terminal of 86,000 m2 (930,000 sq ft) and a 300-room international hotel. Construction is to be carried out by China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC). On 4 March 2021, the airport's ICAO code was changed from HSSS to HSSK.
At the start of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) on 15 April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked key installations in Khartoum, including Khartoum International Airport. The RSF reportedly fired on a Saudia airliner which was arriving at the airport, but no casualties were reported among the aircraft's passengers and crew. However, two civilians were killed in separate incidents in the airport. A total of 20 aircraft were believed to have been destroyed during the fighting. The RSF subsequently occupied the airport, which was closed to aviation and subjected to attacks by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) during the Battle of Khartoum. The SAF regained control of the airport on 26 March 2025. The airport reopened for domestic flights on 22 October 2025 when Badr Airlines resumed flights between Port Sudan and Khartoum. International flights resumed on 28 April 2026 with the arrival of a Kuwait Airways flight.
On 4 May 2026, another drone attack was carried out on the airport, which the SAF blamed on Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates.
Airlines operating here · 2
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Khartoum International Airport (KRT). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KRT
MLA
“Khartoum International Airport (KRT).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KRT. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Khartoum International Airport (KRT)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KRT},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KRT}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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