Ahvaz International Airport

Ahvaz International Airport
فرودگاه بین المللی اهواز
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Iran
Operator Iran Airports Company
Serves Ahvaz, Khuzestan
Location Ahvaz, Iran
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates 31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°E / 31.33750; 48.76194Coordinates: 31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°E / 31.33750; 48.76194
Website http://ahwaz.airport.ir/
Map
AWZ
Location of the airport in Iran
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,398 11,148 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft Movements 24,449 Increase 3%
Passengers 2,939,958 Increase 10%
Cargo 26,312 tons Increase 28%

Ahvaz International Airport (IATA: AWZ, ICAO: OIAW) (Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی اهواز‎) is an airport serving the city of Ahvaz, Iran. It offers flights to domestic destinations as well as regional international destinations such as Dubai, Istanbul and Kuwait.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
ATA Airlines Tabriz
Atrak Air Tehran–Mehrabad
Charter: Mashhad
Caspian Airlines Isfahan, Tehran, Mashhad
Flydubai Dubai-International
Georgian Airways Charter: Tbilisi
Iran Air Isfahan, Bandar Abbas, Kuwait City, Mashhad, Rasht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Yazd
Iran Air Tours Dubai-International, Isfahan, Kish Island, Mashhad, Sari, Tehran, Tabriz
Iran Aseman Airlines Asaluyeh, Kuwait, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tehran
Iraqi Airways Najaf
Karun Airlines Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Bushehr, Dubai-International, Isfahan, Kharg Island, Lamerd, Lavan, Mashhad, Rasht, Shiraz, Sirri Island, Tehran, Yazd
Seasonal: Yerevan
Kish Air Kish, Mashhad, Tehran
Mahan Air Kerman, Shiraz, Tehran
Qeshm Airlines Isfahan, Tehran
Saudia Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Taban Air Mashhad, Tehran
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Zagros Airlines Bushehr, Kish Island, Mashhad, Tehran

Accidents and incidents

  • On 19 April 1970, Douglas C-47B EP-AGZ of the Air Taxi Co stalled on take-off and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed by the subsequent fire. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All 25 people on board survived.[2]

Airport move

In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.[3] In June, 2017 Ahwaz Airport measured a record breaking temperature as it hit 129.2 F/54 C, breaking its previous record of 127.4 F

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "EP-AGZ Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Iran to move airport after oil found under runway, Iran Focus, 29 December 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.