Ahvaz International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Iran | ||||||||||
Operator | Iran Airports Company | ||||||||||
Serves | Ahvaz, Khuzestan | ||||||||||
Location | 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°E | ||||||||||
Website | http://ahwaz.airport.ir/ | ||||||||||
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Source:
Iran Airports Company
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Ahvaz International Airport [2] ( IATA: AWZ, ICAO: OIAW) (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی اهواز) is an airport serving the city of Ahvaz, Iran. [3] It offers flights to domestic destinations as well as regional international destinations, such as Dubai, Kuwait City, and Istanbul.
On 13 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]
In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it. [6]
In June 2017, Ahwaz Airport measured a record breaking temperature as it hit 129.2 °F (54.0 °C), breaking its previous record of 127.4 °F (53.0 °C). [7]