FBOs at Khartoum International Airport HSSK KRT

Airport security

Khartoum remains an active conflict zone, with ongoing armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, and affiliated militias generating conditions of extreme and unpredictable violence across the capital and its surroundings.

The city faces compounding risks including active terrorism, kidnapping, widespread criminal activity including armed robbery and carjacking, and frequent drone strikes that have directly targeted Khartoum International Airport and military installations in the capital as recently as May 2026.

Multiple governments — including the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada — have issued their highest-tier travel advisories for Sudan, with several specifically citing Khartoum as an area of active armed conflict.

Khartoum International Airport is a joint civil-military facility that serves as Sudan's primary international hub and is operating under severely degraded and limited commercial traffic conditions as of early 2026.

No current official post-conflict classification of its access control or screening standard has been established by ICAO, the Department of Civil Aviation, or any other recognized authority; the last verified ICAO compliance audit predates the outbreak of armed conflict and cannot be considered applicable to current conditions.

Given the joint civil-military nature of the facility, the active conflict environment, and reported incidents of passenger aircraft being targeted by gunfire at the airport, security conditions should be assessed as highly uncertain and well below any pre-war baseline.

Customs, immigration and regulatory

• Hours: Available in principle
• no verified published schedule post-reopening — confirm hours directly with the Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority or via local ground handler prior to operation Customs and immigration services resumed alongside phased airport reopening (domestic Feb 2026, international Apr 2026)
• processing capacity and staffing levels remain uncertain during post-conflict rehabilitation
• overtime arrangements unverified

Ground corridor

Ground transport in Khartoum carries an extreme risk profile encompassing active armed conflict residue, widespread war damage to road infrastructure, numerous military and unofficial checkpoints, kidnapping threat, and severe traffic safety hazards including landmines and unexploded ordnance on routes beyond main cleared corridors.

The airport sits approximately 3–4 km from the city center, but surrounding neighbourhoods remain heavily damaged and partially uninhabited, and movement on any corridor should be treated as potentially hazardous.

Independent or unvetted transport is strongly inadvisable; only pre-arranged vehicles with vetted professional drivers operating through an established ground support team should be considered, and even then only on routes confirmed cleared by de-mining authorities.

All major international governments advise against all travel to Sudan, and movement restrictions, curfews, and checkpoint denials can be imposed with no warning — any ground movement plan must account for contingency shelter-in-place.

City threat summary

Khartoum remains an active conflict zone, with ongoing armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, and affiliated militias generating conditions of extreme and unpredictable violence across the capital and its surroundings.

The city faces compounding risks including active terrorism, kidnapping, widespread criminal activity including armed robbery and carjacking, and frequent drone strikes that have directly targeted Khartoum International Airport and military installations in the capital as recently as May 2026.

Multiple governments — including the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada — have issued their highest-tier travel advisories for Sudan, with several specifically citing Khartoum as an area of active armed conflict.

Country overview

Sudan remains engulfed in active civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its fourth year, with fighting spanning Khartoum, Omdurman, Kordofan, Darfur, Blue Nile, and White Nile regions.

The country is effectively partitioned between rival zones of control, with the SAF-backed transitional government operating from a partially reclaimed Khartoum and an RSF-aligned parallel government established in July 2025.

The security environment is violent, volatile, and extremely unpredictable, with drone-dominated warfare, artillery shelling, and aerial bombardment ongoing across multiple frontlines.

Higher-risk locations nearby

• Khartoum HSSK CRITICAL
• Port Sudan HSPN CRITICAL