Chabahar Konarak Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Chabahar Konarak International Airport

| nativename = {{lang|fa|فرودگاه کنارک}}

| IATA = ZBR

| ICAO = OIZC

| pushpin_map = Iran

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Iran

| pushpin_label = ZBR

| pushpin_label_position = right

| type = Public/Military

| owner = Government of Iran

| operator = Iran Airports Company
Iranian Air Force

| city-served = Chabahar and Konarak
Sistan and Baluchestan

| location = Konarak, Iran

| elevation-m = 13

| elevation-f = 43

| coordinates = {{Coord|25|26|36|N|060|22|55|E|type:airport}}

| website =

| metric-elev = yes

| metric-rwy = yes

| r1-number = 09R/27L

| r1-length-m = 3,000

| r1-length-f = 9,844

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| r2-number = 09L/27R

| r2-length-f = 12,514

| r2-length-m = 3,814

| r2-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2017

| stat1-header = Aircraft Movements

| stat1-data = 1,971 {{increase}} 6%

| stat2-header = Passengers

| stat2-data = 221,859 {{increase}} 20%

| stat3-header = Cargo

| stat3-data = 2,422 tons {{increase}} 19%

| footnotes = Source: Iran Airports Company{{cite web|url=https://statistics.airport.ir/documents/452656/1334099/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1+%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C+2017/17610fa1-d994-4a68-bf61-8cb8f2475fee?version=1.0|title=Traffic Figures|accessdate=14 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

}}

Chabahar/Konarak International Airport {{Airport codes|ZBR|OIZC}} ({{langx|fa|فرودگاه بین المللی کنارک/چابهار}}) is an international airport located in 49 kilometers west of the city of Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, in Konarak.{{Cite web|url=https://airport-authority.com/browse-IR|title=List of all airports in Iran|website=The Airport Authority|access-date=2019-01-02}} The airport has flight connections to different parts of Iran and serves both cities. There are also flights offered to United Arab Emirates and to Oman.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents

  • On July 2, 2024, a Boeing 737 of Varesh Airlines, registration EP-VAF, was undergoing maintenance: the right-hand engine was running with the cowlings open, when a maintenance engineer entered the safety zone to retrieve tools, was sucked into the engine and was killed.{{cite web |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=51ae2671 |title=Accident: Varesh B735 at Chah Bahar on Jul 2nd 2024, ground worker ingested into engine |publisher=The Aviation Herald}}

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