Beirut Airport (BEY) Information

Where is Beirut Airport?  

Beirut International Airport (IATA: BEY, ICAO: OLBA), officially Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, also referred to as Beirut Rafic Hariri Airport, Beirut Hariri Airport, or simply Beirut Airport, is located 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) south of central Beirut, Lebanon.

In 2012, Beirut Airport served 5,960,414 passengers, and is Lebanon's only commercial airport.

Beirut Airport is a hub for Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), Med Airways and Wings of Lebanon. Other airlines that fly to Beirut Airport include Aeroflot, Air Algérie, Air Arabia, Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Bulgaria Air, Cyprus Airways, EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Flydubai, Germania, Gulf Air, Iran Air, Iraqi Airways, Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, Oman Air, Pegasus Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, Syrian Air, TAROM, Tunisair, Turkish Airlines and Vueling.

Cities with flights to Beirut Airport include Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Alexandria, Amman, Antalya, Athens, Baghdad, Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Erbil, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Jeddah, Kiev, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, London, Milan, Minsk, Moscow, Nice, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Sofia, Tehran and Warsaw.

Services at Beirut Airport include:

• Lounges
• Prayer rooms for both Muslims and Christians- Departures, 2nd level
• Postal services
• VAT tax refund
• Duty free
• Tourist Information Centre  - Arrivals Hall

 

The airport has previously been selected by the famed "Skytrax Magazine" as the second best airport and aviation hub in the Middle East; it came just behind Dubai International Airport.

Additional Beirut Airport information may be found by visiting their official website below.

• Official BEY Beirut International Airport Website