Urmia Shahid Bakeri International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید باکری ارومیه) is an airport serving the Central District of

Urmia County Urmia County ( fa, شهرستان ارومیه) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' ...

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 ...

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

*On January 9, 2011,

Iran Air Flight 277 Iran Air Flight 277 was a scheduled Iran Air flight from Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran to Urmia, Iran. On January 9, 2011, the Boeing 727 serving the flight crashed after an aborted approach to Urmia Airport in poor weather. Of the 105 ...

crashed after a

go-around In aviation, a go-around is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach or has already touched down. A go-around can either be initiated by the pilot flying or requested by air traffic control for various reasons, such as an unstab ...

was initiated during final approach in bad weather conditions, killing 77.

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* * Airports in Iran Transportation in West Azerbaijan Province Buildings and structures in Urmia {{Urmia-geo-stub