Gorgan Airport
Gorgan International Airport فرودگاه گرگان | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Iran | ||||||||||
| Operator | Iran Airports Company | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gorgan, Golestan | ||||||||||
| Location | Gorgan, Iran | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | −24 ft / −7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°54′33.8″N 54°24′04.8″E / 36.909389°N 54.401333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Gorgan International Airport | ||||||||||
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Source: Iran Airports Company[1] | |||||||||||
Gorgan Airport (Persian: فرودگاه گرگان) (IATA: GBT, ICAO: OING) is an international airport in the city of Gorgan, Golestan province, Iran.[2]
The airport is 2 km west of the Gorgan-Aq Qala Highway and 6 km north of Gorgan, the capital of Golestan province.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Asa Jet | Tehran–Mehrabad |
| Caspian Airlines | Kish, Zahedan[3] |
| Iran Air | Tehran–Mehrabad Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Asaluyeh, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad |
| Kish Air | Kish, Tehran–Mehrabad |
| Pars Air | Aktau,[4] Chabahar/Konarak, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad |
| Pouya Air | Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad |
| Qeshm Air | Aktau,[5] Asaluyeh, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan |
| Yazd Airways | Istanbul,[6] Tehran–Mehrabad |
Development and expansion
The airport terminal expansion is currently underway: the new wing will be reserved for international flights and will extend for 10,550 sq.[7][8]
Accidents and incidents
- On 17 May 2001, a short-haul trijet Yakovlev Yak-40 being operated by Faraz Qeshm Airlines crashed while en route to Gorgan Airport from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in Iran. The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while flying in poor weather conditions about twenty kilometers south of Sari, killing all 30 people on board.
References
- ^ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "List of all airports in Iran". The Airport Authority. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Caspian Airlines launches weekly flights between Gorgan and Zahedan". 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Flights between Gorgan and Aktau resume". 26 April 2024.
- ^ "New international route from Gorgan Airport is established". 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Flights from Gorgan to Istanbul to begin next week". 12 January 2025.
- ^ http://en.valad.ir/project/construction-of- Golestan-provinces-international-airport-terminal/
- ^ "گرگان – showews". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2018.