Ahvaz International Airport
| Ahwaz International Airport فرودگاه اهواز | |||||||||||
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| IATA: AWZ – ICAO: OIAW | |||||||||||
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| Serves | 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°ECoordinates: 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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| Statistics (1392 (2013)) | |||||||||||
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Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company[1] | |||||||||||
Ahvaz International Airport (IATA: AWZ, ICAO: OIAW) is an airport serving the city of Ahvaz, Iran. It offers jet service to domestic destinations including the capital, Tehran, and regional international destinations such as Kuwait.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Ata Airlines | Tabriz |
| 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, Tehran-Mehrabad, Shiraz, Sirri Island, Yazd[2] |
| Kish Air | Isfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad |
| Mahan Air | Kerman, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad |
| Qeshm Air | Tehran-Mehrabad |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk [3][4] |
| 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.[5]
Airport move
In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.[6]
References
- ↑ Flight status
- ↑ Mehr News
- ↑ "برقراري پرواز در مسير اهواز به استانبول از 24 اسفندماه". cao.ir.
- ↑ "Turkish Airlines Adds Ahwaz Service from mid-March 2015". airlineroute.net. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "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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