Abadan Airport

Abadan International Airport
IATA: ABD – ICAO: OIAA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Abadan, Iran
Elevation AMSL	7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	30°21′55″N 048°13′59″E / 30.36528°N 48.23306°ECoordinates: 30°21′55″N 048°13′59″E / 30.36528°N 48.23306°E
Map
ABD Location of airport in Iran
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14R/32L 3,101 10,174 Asphalt 14L/32R 2,265 7,430 Asphalt
Statistics (۱۳۹۳ - 2014)
Aircraft Movements 3,942 17.5% Passengers 435,911 22.8% Cargo 3,944 tonnes 13.4%
Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company[1]

Abadan International Airport (IATA: ABD, ICAO: OIAA) is situated 12 kilometers away from the city of Abadan, Iran.

History

During World War II, Abadan Airport was a major logistics center for Lend-Lease aircraft being sent to the Soviet Union by the United States. Beginning in May 1942, the United States Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command and the Douglas Aircraft Company established a plant here, with the 17th Air Depot Group assembling newly arrived aircraft and flight-testing them. Once prepared, they were flown to Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, for delivery to the Soviets.^[2][3] The airport was designated as Station #3, by the Air Transport Command North African Wing, with connecting routes to Mehrabad Airport, Tehran; RAF Habbaniya, Iraq, and Bahrain Airport, Bahrain.^{[4] [5]}

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
Air Arabia	Sharjah [6]
Iran Air	Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iran Air Tours	Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iran Aseman Airlines	Isfahan, Kuwait,[7] Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iranian Naft Airlines Cancelled All Flights	Kish Air
Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad	Mahan Air
Mashhad	Qeshm Air
Tehran-Mehrabad	Taban Air
Isfahan	Zagros Airlines
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport, Mashhad

Incidents and accidents

• On 24 January 2010, Taban Air Flight 6437, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashed whilst making an emergency landing at Mashhad International Airport due to a medical emergency; all 157 and 13 crew survived the accident with 42 receiving minor injuries.^[8] The flight originated from Abadan the day before but had to overnight stop in Isfahan due to weather in Mashhad.^[9][10]

References

2. USAFHRA document 00190278
3. USAFHRA document 00096444
4. USAFHRA document 00181371
5.  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
6. http://airlineroute.net/2014/10/14/g9-oct14/
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
8. Taban Air Flight 6437
9. Iranian plane catches fire on landing
10. Plane catches fire trying to land in Iran

External links

• Accident history for ABD at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for OIAA at NOAA/NWS