RSF occupation of the Khartoum International Airport

RSF occupation of the Khartoum International Airport
Part of the Battle of Khartoum in the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)

Khartoum International Airport in 2011
Date15 April 2023 – 25 March 2025
(1 year, 11 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
Khartoum International Airport, Khartoum, Sudan
15°35′22″N 32°33′11″E / 15.58944°N 32.55306°E / 15.58944; 32.55306
Status

SAF victory

  • RSF retreated from airport on 25 March 2025
Belligerents
Rapid Support Forces
Casualties and losses
2 civilians killed

From 15 April 2023 to 25 March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) occupied the Khartoum International Airport, Sudan's most important airport, during the War in Sudan as part of the Battle of Khartoum.

The RSF forces managed to capture the airport in the early hours of the attacks on Khartoum, the airport itself was the place of the first official attack of the entire conflict. The attack also killed two people.

The occupation of the airport caused the destruction of between 10 and 20 civilian aircraft from several countries. Attacks on it continued across the occupation, destroying the airport.

On 25 March 2025, RSF forces retreated from the airport after SAF forces came closer to Jabal Awliya, which was a last RSF's point of connection with Khartoum.