Chabahar Konarak Airport
Chabahar Konarak International Airport فرودگاه کنارک | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Iran Airports Company Iranian Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Chabahar and Konarak Sistan and Baluchestan | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Konarak, Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 m / 43 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°26′36″N 060°22′55″E / 25.44333°N 60.38194°E | ||||||||||||||
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  ZBR Location of airport in Iran | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Iran Airports Company[1] | |||||||||||||||
Chabahar/Konarak International Airport (IATA: ZBR, ICAO: OIZC) (Persian: 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.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "List of all airports in Iran". The Airport Authority. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "Accident: Varesh B735 at Chah Bahar on Jul 2nd 2024, ground worker ingested into engine". The Aviation Herald.