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Qasem Soleimani International Airport

Coordinates: 31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°E / 31.33750; 48.76194
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Ahwaz International Airport

فرودگاه بین‌المللی اهواز
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorIranian Airports Holding Company
ServesAhvaz, Iran
Hub for
Elevation AMSL20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates31°20′15″N 048°45′43″E / 31.33750°N 48.76194°E / 31.33750; 48.76194
Websitehttp://ahwaz.airport.ir/
Map
AWZ is located in Iran
AWZ
AWZ
Location of the airport in Iran
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,398 11,148 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft Movements19,714
Passengers2,159,315
Cargo19,128 tons

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

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
ATA Airlines TabrizDomestic
Atrak Air Tehran–Mehrabad
Charter: Mashhad		Domestic
Caspian Airlines Isfahan, Tehran, MashhadDomestic
Flydubai Dubai-InternationalInternational
Georgian Airways Charter: TbilisiInternational
Iran Air Isfahan, Bandar Abbas, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, TehranDomestic
Iran Air Tours Isfahan, Mashhad, Sari, Tehran, Kish, TabrizDomestic
Iran Air Tours Dubai-InternationalInternational
Iran Aseman Airlines Asaluyeh, Shiraz, Tehran, MashhadDomestic
Iran Aseman Airlines KuwaitInternational
Iranian Naft Airlines Rasht, Shiraz, Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Yazd, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Sirri Island, Kish, Bushehr, Lamerd, Lavan, KhargDomestic
Iranian Naft Airlines Dubai-International, YerevanInternational
Kish Air Tehran, Mashhad, KishDomestic
Mahan Air Kerman, Gachsaran, Shiraz, TehranDomestic
Qeshm Airlines Tehran, IsfahanDomestic
Taban AirTehran, MashhadDomestic
Turkish Airlines IstanbulInternational
Zagros Airlines Tehran, Mashhad, KishDomestic

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Iranian Airports Holding Company (Feb 2016). International Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). گروه آمار و اطلاعات هوانوردی و فرودگاهی. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  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


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