It has the IATA Airport Code SHJ.

On 10 January, 2004, a Kish Air Fokker F-50 crashed, killing 43 of its 46 occupants, which consisted of 6 crew and 40 passengers.

The following passenger airlines fly to Sharjah Airport:

• Aeroflot
• Aerovista
• African Express Airways
• Air Arabia
• Aria Tour
• Ariana Afghan Airlines
• Arp 410
• Atria Aue Joly
• Belair
• British Gulf International Airlines
• Caspian Airlines
• China Southern
• Dairo Air
• Djibouti Airlines
• Egyptair
• Indian Airlines
• Iran Air
• Irbis
• Jubba Airways
• Kaban Airlines
• Kish Air
• Kyrghyzstan Airlines
• Mahan Air
• MALEV Hungarian
• Martinair
• Mytravel
• Orbit Express
• Pakistan International Airlines
• Phoenix Aviation
• Qatar Airways
• Saha Airlines
• Saratov Aviation
• Saudi Arabian Airlines
• Sudan Airways
• Syrian Arab Airlines
• Tajikistan Airlines
• Thai Jet Intergroup
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Trans Mediterranean Airlines
• Uzbekistan Airways
• Vim Airlines

• Azza Transport
• Cargolux
• Lufthansa cargo
• Singapore Airlines cargo