Bandar Abbas International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین المللی بندرعباس) is an international airport located in 12 kilometers east of the city of
Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās ( fa, , , ), is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow Strait of Hormuz (just across from Musand ...
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Hormozgan Province, in southern
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 has flight connections to different parts of
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 ...
and countries of south of
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...
, and about 1,289,000 passengers passed through it in 2017. This airport is able to handle widebody aircraft such as
Boeing 777
The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet.
The 777 was designed to bridge the gap betw ...
or
Boeing 747.
Airlines and destinations
Incidents
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Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired by the , a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, ...
was shot down after departing from Bandar Abbas in 1988.
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F-4 Phantom II crashed near Bandar Abbas on October 14, 2012, killing two airmen.
Gallery
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See also
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Iran Civil Aviation Organization
The Civil Aviation Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI), ( fa, سازمان هواپیمایی کشوری جمهوری اسلامی ایران[Transport in Iran
Iran has a long paved road system linking most of its towns and all of its cities. In 2011 the country had of roads, of which 73% were paved. In 2008 there were nearly 100 passenger cars for every 1,000 inhabitants.
Trains operate on 11,106&nb ...]
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List of airports in Iran
This is a list of airports in Iran, grouped by type and sorted by location.
As of 2013, Iran had 319 airports which made Iran the 22nd country in the world with most airports.
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Centr ...
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List of the busiest airports in Iran
2019 Statistics
2018 Statistics
Notes
:1.The results had been converted from a report generated in Persian Solar Hijri calendar
:2.The reports of the airports in Iranian islands had not been published since 2017; All the existing reports ...
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List of airlines of Iran
Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is the Iranian Airways Company, founded in 1944 (known as Iran Air since 1961).
As of June 2009, Iranian planes fly 45 international flight routes. Most of the fleet o ...
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Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās ( fa, , , ), is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow Strait of Hormuz (just across from Musand ...
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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 ...
References
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Airports in Iran
Transportation in Hormozgan Province
Buildings and structures in Hormozgan Province
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