Shahid Sadooghi Airport
Shahid Sadooghi Airport فرودگاه يزد | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Iranian Airports Holding Company | ||||||||||
| Operator | Iranian Airports Holding Company | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yazd | ||||||||||
| Location | Yazd, Iran | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,054 ft / 1,236 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°54′18″N 054°16′35″E / 31.90500°N 54.27639°E | ||||||||||
| Website | yazd.airport.ir | ||||||||||
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Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company[1] | |||||||||||
Yazd Airport
فرودگاه يزد | |
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airport | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Yazd |
| County | Yazd |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Fajr |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Yazd-Shahid Ayatollah Sadooghi Airport (Persian: فرودگاه شهید آيت‌اللّه صدوقی یزد) (IATA: AZD, ICAO: OIYY) is an airport in Yazd, Iran. The airport lies 10 kilometers away from the city center of Yazd and serves the city as well as all of the surrounding counties. The Shahid Sadooghi Airport also serves as a part of the important North-South transportation corridor within the Islamic Republic of Iran.[2] For administrative and census purposes, it is a treated as a village in Fajr Rural District, in the Central District of Yazd County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 127, in 33 families.[3]
The airport was established in 1970 upon 575 hectares of land.[2] Even though the airport does not have an international status, there are occasional charter flights as well as scheduled passenger services to neighboring countries such as Iraq and Syria.[2] Furthermore, the airport provides routine international service to Jeddah and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj season.[2]
Despite operating at 40-50% capacity, a total of 431,500 passengers traveled through Shahid Sadooghi Airport in 2012, making it the eleventh busiest airport in Iran in terms of passenger traffic and number of flight operations.[4]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Iran Air | Baghdad,[5] Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad, Najaf |
| Iran Airtour Airline | Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Bandar Abbas, Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad |
| ATA Airlines (Iran) | Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad |
| Taban Air | Mashhad |
| Zagros Airlines | Mashhad |
| Iranian Naft Airlines | Ahwaz, Bandar Abbas,[6] Tehran-Mehrabad Seasonal: Kish[7] |
| Kish Air | Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad Seasonal: Kish[8] |
| Saudia | Hajj: Jeddah,[8] Riyadh[9] |
Statistics
Busiest routes out of Yazd
| Rank | City | (#) of Flights per Week | Carriers |
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| 1 |  Tehran, Iran
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42 | Iran Air, Iran Airtour Airline, Iran Aseman Airlines, Iranian Naft Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Kish Air |
| 2 | Mashhad, Iran
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25 | Iran Air, Iran Airtour Airline, Iran Aseman Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Kish Air, Taban Air, Zagros Airlines |
| 3 | Bandar Abbas, Iran
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4 | Iran Aseman Airlines, Iranian Naft Airlines |
| 4 |  Medina, Saudi Arabia
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2 | Saudia Airlines |
| 5 |  Baghdad, Iraq
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1 | Iran Air |
Aircraft Serving Yazd
| Aircraft | Approx. (#) of Passengers | Carriers | Notes |
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| Airbus A300B4 | 248 | Iran Air | Used on Yazd-Baghdad route |
| Airbus A320 | 147 | Iran Air | Used on Yazd-Tehran route |
| Airbus A330-300 | 298 | Saudia Airlines | |
| Airbus A340-300 | 295 | Saudia Airlines | |
| Boeing 727-200 | 175 | Iran Aseman Airlines | Used on Yazd-Mashhad route |
| Fokker 100 | 107 | Iran Air, Iran Aseman Airlines, Iranian Naft Airlines, Kish Air | Serves the bulk of flight operations at airport |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 160 | Iran Airtour Airline | Replaced the banned Tupolev Tu-154M |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 162 | Kish Air | Used on Yazd-Kish Island route |
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c d [2]
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ "جایگاه یازدهم فرودگاه یزد به لحاظ تعداد پرواز و مسافر در کشور". 1 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ a b [3]
- ^ "مسیر اهواز به پروازهای فرودگاه شهید صدوقی یزد اضافه شد". 14 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "پرواز یزد - کیش- یزد از فردا برقرار می‌شود". 30 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ a b [4]
- ^ a b "پروازهای حج عمره از فردا در فرودگاه یزد از سر گرفته می شود". 20 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ a b [5]
- ^ "ایرنا - پروازهای فرودگاه یزد در مسیر مشهد و تهران افزایش یافت". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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