Dalma Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAbu Dhabi Airports Company
ServesDalma Island, UAE
Focus city for
Time zoneUAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00)
Elevation AMSL16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates24°30′11″N 052°20′09″E / 24.50306°N 52.33583°E / 24.50306; 52.33583
Map
ZDY is located in United Arab Emirates
ZDY
ZDY
Location in the UAE
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Sources: Google Earth, Abu Dhabi Airports Company[1]

Dalma Airport (IATA: ZDY, ICAO: OMDL) is a small airport serving Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates. It is capable of handling small and medium size aircraft, most of which shuttle workers and visitors between the island and other cities.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Abu Dhabi Aviation Abu Dhabi
Rotana JetAbu Dhabi[2]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 15 May 1990, a twin engine Piper PA-31-310 Navajo aircraft following a cartography mission over the area crashed short of the runway on landing attempt. All four occupants were killed.[3]

References

  1. Delma Island & Sir Bani Yas Island Airports
  2. "Rotana Jet moves base to Abu Dhabi International". thenational.ae. 27 October 2014.
  3. "Crash of a Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurized Navajo in Delma Island: 4 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2021.


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