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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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MACFDB47Ian BuchananOMDBOBBI737-80000.56-238 ft/m Pending
MACATX003Randy HowardKHZDKSNHGA LIGHT AIR00.50-133.028 ft/m Pending
MACATX002Randy HowardKDYRKHZDGA LIGHT AIR00.33-89.9668 ft/m Accepted
MACRYR1988Iain SloanLIRPGCLP737-80004.48-334 ft/m Accepted
CRGUPS489Michael SchmittKRFDKDFW757-200 FREI01.43-349.871 ft/m Accepted
MACATX034Norman SwansonKGBRKEENGA LIGHT AIR00.27-98 ft/m Accepted
MACATX033Norman SwansonKCZGKGBRGA LIGHT AIR00.41-30 ft/m Accepted
MACBAW564Iain SloanEGLLLIRPA32001.57-505 ft/m Accepted
MACLEB-119Steve KightlingerLEZGLEBLGA LIGHT AIR01.12-40.7542 ft/m Accepted
MACLEB-118Steve KightlingerLEBBLEZGGA LIGHT AIR01.40-63.0536 ft/m Accepted

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Randy has chosen flight MACATX005 departing from KMRC arriving at KMQY,and will be flying a GA LIGHT AIR (GA-NH6A1)

Randy has chosen flight MACATX004 departing from KSNH arriving at KMRC,and will be flying a GA LIGHT AIR (GA-NH6A1)

Iain has chosen flight MACRYR1471 departing from GCLP arriving at EGPK,and will be flying a 737-800 (RYR-B738)

Michael has chosen flight MACASH14 departing from PHLI arriving at PHNL,and will be flying a CRJ-200 (ASH-CRJ2)

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MAC0412 Ian Buchanan has filed a PIREP from OMDB to OBBI View Flight Report



PRO0477 Randy Howard has filed a PIREP from KHZD to KSNH View Flight Report



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