Qasem Soleimani International Airport
Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani International Airport فرودگاه بین المللی شهید سپهبد حاج قاسم سلیمانی | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Iran | ||||||||||
| Operator | Iran Airports Company | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ahvaz, Khuzestan | ||||||||||
| Location | Ahvaz, Iran | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 20 m / 66 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://ahwaz.airport.ir/ | ||||||||||
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  AWZ Location of the airport in Iran | |||||||||||
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Source: Iran Airports Company[1] | |||||||||||
Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani International Airport (previously named Ahvaz International Airport)[2] (IATA: AWZ, ICAO: OIAW) (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی اهواز) is an airport serving the city of Ahvaz, Iran.[3] It offers flights to domestic destinations as well as regional international destinations such as Dubai, Istanbul and Kuwait.
Airlines and destinations
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.[4]
Airport move and rename
In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.[5] On January 3, 2020, Ahwaz city officials renamed this facility from Ahvaz International Airport to Qasem Soleimani International Airport, honoring the Iranian General shortly after his death. 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
- Iran Civil Aviation Organization
- Transport in Iran
- List of airports in Iran
- List of the busiest airports in Iran
- List of airlines of Iran
- Ahvaz
- Iran
References
- ^ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Daragahi, Borzou. Independent.co.uk https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-trump-us-suleimani-troops-rouhani-nuclear-deal-a9271131.html. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "List of all airports in Iran". The Airport Authority. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "EP-AGZ Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Iran to move airport after oil found under runway, Iran Focus, 29 December 2012.
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