Runways at OSDI
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Damascus International Airport has one runway: 05R/23L - 3,600 m long (11,811 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
Damascus International Airport (OSDI / DAM)
Syria · elevation 2020 ft AMSL
· 33.4115, 36.5156
About Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport is an airport with the ICAO code OSDI and the IATA code DAM. Country: Syria. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Damascus. OurAirports classifies it as a large airport. Its ICAO code starts with the OS prefix, which marks airports in Syria. The four-letter code OSDI is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code DAM is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 33°24'41"N, 36°30'56"E, at an elevation of 2,020 ft (616 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Damascus.
Satellite view of OSDI
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of OSDI
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05R | 50° | 3,600 m (11,811 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 23L | 230° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Damascus International Airport - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from OSDI for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 22,619 METAR reports issued by OSDI in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 89% of the time, MVFR 8% and IFR or LIFR 3%. Best month for VFR flying: June (99% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: December (15%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 05:00 UTC (8% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 18:00 UTC (1%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 31 days a year on average, most often in December. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 3.3 days a year on average, and snowfall practically never.
The wind most often blows from SW (225°) - 20% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 9% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in <1%. Warmest month: August (average high 38.5 °C); coldest: February (average low 2.9 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 89%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 3%
- Avg high
- 27.8 °C
- Avg low
- 11.9 °C
- Fog days
- 31
- Thunderstorm days
- 3.3
- Snow days
- 0
- Prevailing wind
- SW · 20%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- <1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 89%
- MVFR 8%
- IFR 2%
- LIFR 1%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 9%
Most often: SW - 20% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8 | 3.5 | 71% | 11% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 15.1 | 2.9 | 77% | 6% | 6.9 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 21.0 | 6.3 | 88% | 1% | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0 |
| April | 25.8 | 9.5 | 89% | 2% | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 |
| May | 30.4 | 13.0 | 93% | 1% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| June | 36.4 | 17.8 | 99% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 38.4 | 20.2 | 95% | 2% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 38.5 | 20.7 | 91% | 2% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| September | 34.3 | 16.5 | 97% | <1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 28.5 | 12.0 | 97% | 1% | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| November | 22.4 | 8.0 | 87% | 3% | 3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| December | 15.9 | 4.2 | 66% | 15% | 11 | 0.9 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 05R/23L on 50° and 230° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 05R/23L axis, wind from the south-east (around 140°) or from the north-west (around 320°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 50° or 230° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for OSDI
Weather reports for Damascus International Airport are published under the ICAO code OSDI. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the OSDI report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for OSDI, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Damascus zone stays at GMT+03:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Rayak Air Base (OLRA, 69 km), Kiryat Shmona Airport (LLKS, 88 km), Rosh Pina Airport (LLIB, 100 km). When no report is available for OSDI, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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