SHJOMSJ

Sharjah International Airport

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates · Asia

Asia Asia/Dubai IVCA 49.7

102direct destinations

27airlines

1runway

4,060 mLongest runway

1977opened

Sharjah International Airport (Arabic: ???? ???????, romanized: Ma??r aš-Š?riqa) (IATA: SHJ, ICAO: OMSJ) is an international airport located 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of 15,200,000 m2 (3,800 acres). It is the 3rd busiest airport in the country as well as the 10th busiest airport in the Middle East. It has one runway, and is the only airport in Sharjah capable of international flights as of 2025. By 2027, it is expected to increase its capacity to 25 million passengers annually.

Location

25.329°N, 55.517°E · 34 m s. n. m. (111 ft)

General data

CountryUnited Arab Emirates

CitySharjah

IATA codeSHJ

ICAO codeOMSJ

Coordinates25.329°N, 55.517°E

Elevation34 m s. n. m. (111 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Dubai

Runways1

Longest runway4,060 m

Opened1977

Direct destinations102

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

12/30

Length4,060 m13,320 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.600

ATIS (automatic information)

122.400

Approach

124.675

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

Airlines operating here · 27

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Air Arabia

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Fadi Fayad Al Taoba · CC BY 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Sharjah International Airport (SHJ). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHJ

MLA

“Sharjah International Airport (SHJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHJ. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_shj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SHJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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