ALP · Aleppo, Syria
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Aleppo International Airport
International airport serving Aleppo, Syria
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT+3 · UTC+03:00
Time zone
GMT+3
Asia/Damascus · UTC+03:00
Airfield conditions
20°C
Mostly clear · feels like 21°C
Surface access
6.3 km
Approximate distance to central Aleppo.
Official source
Aleppo International Airport
Wikipedia / reference summary
Local airport time
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Airfield conditions
20°C
Mostly clear · feels like 21°C
Humidity 57% · Wind 13 km/h · Day operations
Surface access
6.3 km
Approximate distance to central Aleppo.
Nearby indexed airports: 3
Country capital
Damascus
Languages
Arabic
Currency
SYP (£)
Country area
185,180 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
Not clearly stated
Opened / operator
Operational history note unavailable
Arrival bank
The field is in a mid-day operating window, which is usually the cleanest time to compare transfers and surface access.
Hub airlines
Syrian Air
Aleppo International Airport is a major commercial gateway for Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo's built-up core sits roughly 6.3 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Damascus (UTC+03:00, GMT+3). Right now the field is seeing mostly clear at 20°c. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Aleppo International Airport is an international airport serving Aleppo, Syria. The airport serves as a secondary hub for Syrian Air.
Aleppo sits in Syria, with Damascus as the national capital. The wider market sits in Asia and more specifically Western Asia with common languages such as Arabic and currency signals including SYP (£) Airport operations follow Asia/Damascus (GMT+3, UTC+03:00).
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Syrian Air
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
See operational notes
ALP is in the curated airport set because it has enough route, timezone, and market-planning value to deserve a richer operational page.
The airport sits inside a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy matter more here than at a single-airport market.
The current enrichment stack does not expose a clean operator record for every field yet, so this page leans on source-backed operational notes rather than inventing one.
These operational notes are synthesized from the airport summary source at Aleppo International Airport, then blended with the local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
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| Destination | Route code | Estimated window | Arrival local time now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaziantep | GZT | 57m | 12:02 PM |
| Seyhan | ADA | 1h 5m | 12:02 PM |
| Tarsus | COV | 1h 6m | 12:02 PM |
Gaziantep (GZT) is one of the most useful comparison routes for ALP because it gives travelers an immediate sense of a typical 57m window and what the arrival-side clock looks like right now at 12:02 PM.
Seyhan (ADA) is one of the most useful comparison routes for ALP because it gives travelers an immediate sense of a typical 1h 5m window and what the arrival-side clock looks like right now at 12:02 PM.
Tarsus (COV) is one of the most useful comparison routes for ALP because it gives travelers an immediate sense of a typical 1h 6m window and what the arrival-side clock looks like right now at 12:02 PM.
Central Aleppo is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Aleppo is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Aleppo International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Aleppo International Airport shows a stronger airline identity than a simple airport-code page because the current source-backed summary ties it to Syrian Air.
The route timing references on this page are designed to answer the practical question behind most airport searches: if you leave or arrive here, what kind of cross-timezone planning burden are you taking on right away? The strongest current examples are Gaziantep (GZT), Seyhan (ADA), Tarsus (COV).
Planning checkpoints
Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (GZT) is part of the same regional catchment conversation as Aleppo International Airport, which matters when travelers compare alternate departures, diversions, backup connections, or surface-transfer options within the same broad metro or corridor.
Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (ADA) is part of the same regional catchment conversation as Aleppo International Airport, which matters when travelers compare alternate departures, diversions, backup connections, or surface-transfer options within the same broad metro or corridor.
Çukurova International Airport (COV) is part of the same regional catchment conversation as Aleppo International Airport, which matters when travelers compare alternate departures, diversions, backup connections, or surface-transfer options within the same broad metro or corridor.
Airport pages work best when they connect to nearby city timing, compare routes, and reusable planning tools. This block is here so travelers can jump from runway-level facts into meeting coordination and city-to-city scheduling without starting over.
Questions
Aleppo International Airport is in the Asia/Damascus timezone (UTC+03:00, GMT+3).
The IATA code for Aleppo International Airport is ALP.
Aleppo International Airport is located in Aleppo, Syria at coordinates 36.1813° N, 37.2269° E, with an elevation of 1,276 ft (389 m).
Aleppo International Airport sits roughly 6.3 km from the nearest mapped city center for Aleppo.
Gaziantep (GZT) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 57m and an arrival-side local time of 12:02 PM.
Central Aleppo is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options. The most useful route references on this page currently include Gaziantep (GZT), Seyhan (ADA), Tarsus (COV), which helps travelers compare not just distance but also arrival-side local time.
The surrounding country context covers about 25,620,000 people across roughly 185,180 km² which matters because airport pages rank better when they explain the broader travel market rather than only listing field coordinates.
The airport is currently outside its most obvious peak bank, which usually makes it easier to compare routes, transfers, and pickup timing with less schedule pressure.
Because airport pages sit at the intersection of route timing, local weather, city access, and timezone conversion, we intentionally keep both the code-level facts and the travel-planning context on the same page instead of treating the airport as a bare database record.
Aleppo International Airport sits in Syria. The national capital is Damascus, common languages include Arabic, and the market uses SYP (£) for day-to-day pricing.
