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Sharjah International Airport

Sharjah International Airport is an located 7 nautical miles east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is spread over an area of 15,200,000 m2.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Sharjah, UAE
  • Also known as: “OMSJ” and “SHJ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sharjah National Park and Muweilah.

Park
Photo: Jaiprakashsingh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in , the . The park is the largest in , covering approximately 630,000 m2. The park includes many recreational facilities, such as a children's play area, an electronic games area, and sports fields including a football field, a handball court, and a basketball court.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site in , . it is located in what is now the suburb of Al Jurainah near Sharjah University City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emirates City and Ajman.

Village
is a residential and commercial development that is under development. The project is located in the Emirate in the and is expected to cost $4.1 billion US. is situated 9 km northeast of Sharjah International Airport.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Emirate of is one of the seven emirates of the . It joined the United Arab Emirates federation on December 2, 1971. It has an area of 259 square kilometers, which makes it the smallest of the emirates in area, while its population of approximately 582,852 in 2024 makes it the fourth most populous emirate.

Sharjah International Airport

Latitude
25.33043° or 25° 19′ 50″ north
Longitude
55.51636° or 55° 30′ 59″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
IATA airport code
SHJ
ICAO airport code
OMSJ
Open location code
7HQQ8GJ8+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 626238342
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6300099
Wiki­data ID
Q635826
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Sharjah International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sharjah Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار الشارقة الدولي”
  • Armenian: “Շարջայի միջազգային օդանավակայան”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Sharjah”
  • Avaric: “Шарджа”
  • Bengali: “শারজাহ আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Xarjah”
  • Cebuano: “Sharjah International Airport”
  • Chinese: “沙迦国际机场”
  • Chinese: “沙迦國際機場”
  • Czech: “mezinárodní letiště Šardžá”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Šardžá”
  • Dutch: “Sharjah International Airport”
  • Finnish: “Sharjahin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Sharjan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international de Charjah”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Charjah”
  • French: “OMSJ”
  • French: “SHJ”
  • German: “Flughafen Schardscha”
  • German: “OMSJ”
  • German: “SHJ”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Sharjah”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי של שארג’ה”
  • Hindi: “शारजाह विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Sardzsai nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Sharjah”
  • Indonesian: “OMSJ”
  • Indonesian: “SHJ”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto internazionale di Sharjah”
  • Japanese: “シャールジャ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “シャールジャ空港”
  • Korean: “샤르자 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Sharjah”
  • Malayalam: “ഷാർജ അന്താരാഷ്‌ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “शारजा आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਰਜਾਹ ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی شارجه”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Szardża”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Sharjah”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Xarja”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Sharjah”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sharjah”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Шарджа”
  • Russian: “Шарджа”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Шарџа”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Sharjah”
  • Swedish: “Sharjah International Airport”
  • Swedish: “Sharjas internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурӯдгоҳи байналмилалии Шарҷа”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ шарҷа”
  • Tamil: “சார்ஜா பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Turkish: “Şârika Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт Шарджі”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарджа”
  • Urdu: “شارجہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Sharja xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Sharjah”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Sharjah”
  • Western Panjabi: “شارجہ انٹرنیشنل ایئرپورٹ”
  • “OMSJ”
  • “SHJ”

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