Ahvaz International Airport
is an airport serving the city of
Ahvaz
Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...
,
Iran
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. It offers flights to domestic destinations as well as regional international destinations, such as
Dubai
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,
Istanbul
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and
Kuwait
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.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
On 13 April 1970,
Douglas C-47B
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A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to su ...
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.
Airport move and rename
In December 2012,
Agence France-Presse
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AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C ...
reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.
In June 2017, Ahwaz Airport measured a record breaking temperature as it hit , breaking its previous record of .
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 ...
References
Airports in Iran
Transportation in Khuzestan Province
Buildings and structures in Khuzestan Province
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