Ahvaz International Airport

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Ahwaz International Airport
فرودگاه بین‌المللی اهواز
File:Ahwaz International Airport.jpg
IATA: AWZ – ICAO: OIAW
Summary
Serves Ahvaz, Iran
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website http://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 (2014)
Aircraft Movements 18,828 Increase 2%
Passengers 2,157,135 Increase 8.2%
Cargo 19,702 Increase 18.2%
Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company[1]

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

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Ata Airlines Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Atrak Air Charter: Mashhad[2]
Caspian Airlines Dubai-International
flydubai Dubai-International
Iran Air Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Jeddah, Kuwait, Mashhad, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iran Air Tours Isfahan, Mashhad, Sary, Shiraz
Iran Aseman Airlines Asalouyeh, Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iranian Naft Airlines Asalouyeh, Dubai-International, Isfahan, Kharg, Kish Island, Lavan Island, Rasht, Sary, Shiraz, Sirri Island, Tehran-Mehrabad, Yazd[3]
Kish Air Isfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad
Mahan Air Kerman, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Qeshm Air Tehran-Mehrabad
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk,[4][5] Kermanshah[6]
Zagros Airlines Tehran-Mehrabad

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.[7]

Airport move

In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Flight status
  2. ↑ http://www.atrakair.com/EN/Flightmap.aspx
  3. ↑ Mehr News
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/corporate/announcements/announcement/turkish-airlines-launches-a-new-route-to-ahvaz
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Iran to move airport after oil found under runway, Iran Focus, 29 December 2012


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