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Posted by Steve Kightlinger on 01/03/2024

DotM March 2024

Airport: OBBI - Bahrain International Airport, Manama, Bahrain

 

This month is the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix so let’s bring in the pit crews, drivers, and fans.

 

OBBI was established in 1927 and is the Persian Gulf’s oldest international airport.  During Bahrain’s time as a British Protectorate from 1943 to 1971 the Royal Air Force used the airport as a military installation, sharing it at times with the US Air Force during World War II.  Bahrain’s flag carrier Gulf Air is based here, and for a brief period in the 1990s established a non-stop flight to New York utilizing Airbus A340s.  Sometimes these flights required a technical refuel stop in Cyprus if the winds were unfavorable to go the full distance.

 

The location of the airport on the island limited its size through the latter part of the 20th century and held the airport’s annual capability to just 9 million people.  Island reclamation projects have since allowed Bahrain to expand in size meaning the airport can as well.  Expansion plans began in 2010 and a $1.1 Billion terminal opened in January 2021 boosting the capacity to 14 million.  Further expansion projects up to around 2040 should cap the airport at about 27 million passengers a year.




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MACAUSGA132Jim SimsYPKAYPPDBEECH 35000.28-105 ft/m Accepted
MACATX211Norman Swanson33AK6J0GA LIGHT AIR00.38-2 ft/m Accepted
MACAXB41Tom TaylorOTBDOBBI737-80000.22-26.1442 ft/m Accepted
MACATX001Randy HowardKNQAKDYRGA LIGHT AIR00.16-3.84473 ft/m Accepted
MACATX210Norman SwansonKCUB33AGA LIGHT AIR00.32-68 ft/m Accepted
MACATX209Norman SwansonKUZAKCUBGA LIGHT AIR00.24-78 ft/m Accepted
MACATX208Norman SwansonKBBPKUZAGA LIGHT AIR00.28-48 ft/m Accepted
MACATX207Norman SwansonK5J9KBBPGA LIGHT AIR00.19-78 ft/m Accepted
MACWAS-160Steve KightlingerCZAMCYYFDASH 600.30-23.8374 ft/m Accepted
MACWAS-159Steve KightlingerCYKACZAMDASH 600.25-83.8152 ft/m Accepted

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Joseph has chosen flight CHR13717 departing from KTRI arriving at KAUS,and will be flying a PA-46T (CSJ-PA46T)

Mark has chosen flight CRGFDX5221 departing from CYSB arriving at CYYZ,and will be flying a CESSNA 208C (FDX-C208F)

Kevin has chosen flight CRGFDX1523 departing from KLAX arriving at KBDL,and will be flying a A300-600R FR (FDX-A306F)

Kevin has chosen flight CRGFDX2043 departing from PANC arriving at KLAX,and will be flying a A300-600R FR (FDX-A306F)

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MAC0568 Jim Sims has filed a PIREP from YPKA to YPPD View Flight Report



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