Sharjah International Airport SHJ / OMSJ
Sharjah, Sharjah · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah Airport Authority (Government of Sharjah)
19.5Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATAOMSJ / SHJ
OperatorSharjah Airport Authority (Government of Sharjah)
Coordinates25.3292°N, 55.5161°E
Elevation116 ft · 35 m
Time zoneGST (UTC+4, no DST)
Passengers / yr19,480,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceOMSJ -- AIP United Arab Emirates (GCAA)
Operating hoursH24 (24-hour operation); no published curfew, but a landing permit and parking-slot PPR are mandatory for all flights, arranged via a local handling agent.
TerminalsOne passenger terminal (~125,000 sqm floor area); separate air-cargo terminal (Sharjah Cargo) adjoining the SAIF Zone free-trade area
Runways (1)
- 12/30 · 4,060 m / 13,320 ft · 60 m wide · Asphalt · ILS ILS both ends (Jeppesen/AIP charts titled plain 'ILS RWY 12' / 'ILS RWY 30', i.e. standard CAT I; Air Arabia separately holds GCAA approval for lower-than-standard CAT I minima on 12/30 -- no evidence of a published CAT II/III procedure)
Airport contact
Air Arabia's home hub and one of the UAE's busiest low-cost/cargo gateways; single runway (12/30) today. The airport has publicly stated a goal of growing to roughly 25M passengers/year by 2027 (19.48M handled in 2025); specific claims of a second runway or a wholly new terminal under construction could not be independently confirmed in current public reporting -- treat as unverified pending a primary-source capital-plan citation.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS)
Sole/exclusive ground-handling provider at Sharjah International Airport (passenger, ramp, load control) for all scheduled and cargo carriers; independently confirmed by the airport authority's own stakeholder page, Air Arabia Cargo's airport-facilities page ('sole ground handling agent, Sharjah Aviation Services'), and multiple third-party directory/career listings, plus ISAGO and IATA CEIV/RA3 certifications quoted on sharjahaviation.com. ~900 ramp staff (company-wide headcount over 1,300 per the airport authority page), 24/7 flight operations and dispatch desk covering weight & balance, load control, marshalling/Follow Me and pushback. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 4 providers
ADNOC (Aviation Fuelling)
One of exactly four jet fuel (Jet A-1) suppliers listed on the Sharjah Airport Authority's own 'Fuel Companies' stakeholder page ('There are four fuel suppliers at Sharjah Airport... for the 45 passenger and cargo airlines currently servicing the airport'), independently re-confirmed with matching phone/email.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air BP
One of four jet fuel suppliers listed on the Sharjah Airport Authority's own 'Fuel Companies' stakeholder page; contact re-confirmed exactly (phone and email match, page also lists a fax number •••).
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
ENOC
One of four jet fuel suppliers listed on the Sharjah Airport Authority's own 'Fuel Companies' stakeholder page; contact re-confirmed as fax (•••) and email only, no voice line published — exactly as drafted.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Shell Aviation
One of four jet fuel suppliers listed on the Sharjah Airport Authority's own 'Fuel Companies' stakeholder page (regional aviation sales/ops contact serving Middle East/Africa); a second contact address ••• is also published on the same page.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available · 5 providers
Gama Aviation
Line maintenance (transit/daily checks) via the Gama Support Services engineering team at Sharjah; independently re-confirmed on gamaaviation.com as EASA/UAE-GCAA-approved line maintenance for Bombardier, Embraer, Beechcraft (Textron) and Hawker/Boeing types, and on the airport authority's hangarage-maintenance tenant page (contact Madis Kana, •••, •••).
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Arabia Maintenance (self-handled, Air Arabia)
In-house line maintenance for Air Arabia's A320-family fleet at its dedicated Sharjah hangar (~500 staff); independently re-confirmed on the airport authority's maintenance tenant page (Abdulaziz Qannati, Line Maintenance Manager, •••, •••) — exact match.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Global Jet Technic
UAE GCAA CAR-145 approved MRO operating a line-maintenance station at Sharjah International Airport (aircraft line maintenance, storage management and technical services), alongside stations at DXB, AUH, DWC and RAK; independently confirmed via gjt.aero and matching contact on the airport authority's maintenance tenant page (Mr Rao, Head of Maintenance, •••, •••).
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Connexus Air Maintenance Services LLC
Listed as a maintenance tenant on the Sharjah Airport authority's own hangarage/maintenance tenant page (Salem Almashgari, Director, •••, ••• — contact re-confirmed exactly); the specific scope (daily checks, transit servicing, AOG response) is not stated on the tenant listing itself and could not be, so downgraded from 'available' to 'unconfirmed' pending direct confirmation of service scope.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
MSB Helicopters FZE
Listed as a maintenance contact on the Sharjah Airport authority's own hangarage/maintenance tenant page (contact and phone re-confirmed exactly); exact scope of helicopter maintenance services could not be independently confirmed beyond this tenant listing.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Available · 3 providers
Gama Aviation
Maintenance capability for Bombardier, Embraer and Beechcraft (Textron) types independently confirmed; the specific Gulfstream and Daher approvals and the exact $50m Business Aviation Centre figure were not independently re-verified, but a large new Business Aviation Centre at Sharjah (reported elsewhere as ~80,000 sqm) with unveiled interior renders is confirmed as a real, current Gama development.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Gulf Aircraft & Engineering Services (GAES) FZE
Operates a 16,600 sqm hangar (simultaneous capacity for six narrow-body and two wide-body aircraft) plus 5,700 sqm of specialised workshops/storage at Sharjah Airport for heavy airframe maintenance; independently re-confirmed on both the airport authority's hangarage tenant page and its maintenance tenant page (contact Denis Sarbin, Chief Commercial Officer, •••, •••) — phone and email match exactly.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air Arabia Maintenance (self-handled, Air Arabia)
2,880 sqm Air Arabia hangar (opened 2011, up to A321 size) equipped for battery, painting, sanding, composite, sheet-metal, brakes/wheels and non-destructive-testing work, ~500 staff; independently re-confirmed on the airport authority's own hangarage page, which also notes the hangar is contracted out for maintenance of other global carriers.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Alpha Flight Services UAE L.L.C.
Exclusive flight-catering concessionaire at Sharjah Airport (Alpha/dnata joint venture with Air Arabia established 2007); the airport authority's own in-flight-catering stakeholder page confirms the concession was renewed through 2030 and services 'up to 30 airlines' including Air Arabia, Air India, Air India Express, Gama Aviation FBO clients, plus private, military and cargo operators — matching the draft verbatim. HACCP certification claim could not be independently re-verified on but is standard for IATA-area catering operations.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available · 2 providers
Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS)
Aircraft Appearance team provides interior/exterior aircraft cleaning, toilet and potable-water servicing per SAS's own site; dedicated team-leader contact (•••, •••) could not be independently re-verified beyond the original scrape since sharjahaviation.com blocks automated access, but the underlying cleaning service line is corroborated by SAS's ground-handling service listing. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Gama Aviation
Aircraft washing, polishing and cabin cleaning for business/GA aircraft at the Sharjah FBO, per the airport authority's own Business Aviation/Private Jet page.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available
Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS)
Owns and maintains its own ground support equipment fleet (200+ specialised vehicles per the airport authority's stakeholder page, including push-back tractors, air start units, ACUs, GPUs, potable water/lavatory trucks) with a scheduled daily/weekly/monthly maintenance program, per SAS's own ground-handling page.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS)
Operates five cargo terminals (total floor area reported as ~30,000-32,000 sqm across airport-authority and Air Arabia Cargo sources, consistent with the draft's 24,000+8,800 sqm split), sole cargo handling agent at SHJ, first cargo handler in the Middle East/Africa to attain IATA CEIV Pharma certification (confirmed via cargo.airarabia.com and the airport authority's cargo-centre page), with dedicated cold-chain (385 sqm), valuables (36.85 sqm), vulnerable-cargo (76.25 sqm) and human-remains (13.35 sqm) storage plus in-house road-feeder trucking. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS)
SAS's own site meta-description references 'ISAGO and IATA CEIVRA3' certification, implying RA3 regulated-agent status for cargo security screening/validation to EU standards at the SHJ cargo centre; the specific RA3 cargo-security service page could not be independently re-fetched (sharjahaviation.com returns 403 to automated requests), so this is marked unconfirmed rather than dropped since SAS's cargo security role at SHJ is otherwise well established.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available · 2 providers
Hertz
Car rental counter inside the Arrivals Terminal (Kiosk 2, outside baggage claim) at Sharjah International Airport; independently confirmed with a working SHJ-specific phone and email (•••, •••) added to the record — sources conflict on hours (24h vs 08:00-20:00) so hours left unset.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Avis
Car rental counter in the Arrivals Hall at Sharjah International Airport, per Avis's own SHJ listing ('Avis Rent A Car - Sharjah International Airport Arrival hall'); phone independently confirmed and added (•••), no public email found.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
Gama Aviation
FBO/VIP-handling operator at SHJ (Sharjah serves as Gama's Middle East regional HQ); dedicated customs/immigration, VIP lounge, concierge/trip support and landing-permit arrangements confirmed on the airport authority's own business-aviation page. IS-BAH accredited ('award winning IS-BAH approved FBO' per gamaaviation.com); FBO of the Year 2015 (Middle East Aviation Awards) independently confirmed on the airport authority's own stakeholder page. The aog number matches Gama's own published Hangarage line (•••); the main phone could not be independently re-confirmed beyond the original scrape. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Available
Sharjah Airport Hotel (Alpha Group, managed by Flora Hospitality)
Airside transit/layover hotel inside the SHJ terminal, close to departure gates (16 Deluxe rooms, 24 Executive PODs, male/female sharing dormitories); independently re-confirmed on the airport's own hotel page, which publishes a discounted 'Hotel Room Rates to Airline' tariff alongside public rates (e.g. Deluxe Single 300/495 AED to airline vs 400/660 AED public), confirming a standing crew/airline booking arrangement. Phone and email match exactly. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
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