Arak Airport is an international airport in Arak, the capital of Markazi Province in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The airport, one of the oldest in Iran, was opened in 1938.

History

The airport was established by the Britain in 1938 and named Sultanabad (the former name of Arak). Following the establishment of the consulates of England, Germany, and Switzerland and companies such as Ziegler & Co. in Arak, the British thought of establishing an airport due to the city's distance from the sea and maritime facilities as well as major airports. During

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, the airport was used by

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and its

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for military purposes. With the arrival of a Boeing 707 aircraft carrying the former President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on June 9th, 2013, Arak airport was officially re-opened along with a new runway and apron. The runway, 3,700 meters long and over 75 meters wide, has all the facilities for the takeoff and landing of all classes of aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

ARAK airport Map Route Between 1939 and 1979

Statistics

References

External links

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