Arak Airport

Arak International Airport

IATA: AJK – ICAO: OIHR

AJK
Location of airport in Iran

Summary
Serves Arak
Location Arak, Iran
Opened 1938
Website http://arak.airport.ir//
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 12,139 3,700 Paved[1]
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft Movements 92
Passengers 5,900
Cargo 63 tons
Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company[2]

Arak Airport (IATA: AJK, ICAO: OIHR) is an airport in Arak, the capital of Markazi Province in Iran. The airport, one of the oldest in Iran, was opened in 1938.

History

The airport was established by the British in 1938 and named Sultanabad[3] (former name of Arak). The main reason for the founding of the city away from the sea and airports and maritime facilities were not. Transfer from the airport for Ziegler rugs and traveling by Swiss company employees and families of three consulates of Germany, England and Switzerland have been used in the city.

With the arrival of the aircraft carrier on Sunday, June 9, 2013 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, Arak airport was officially opened a new runway. The runway length of 3,700 meters and a width of over 60 meters and has all the facilities for the takeoff and landing of aircraft in all classes.

Vantage Destinations 1938 to 1979

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Borajet Istanbul, Ardabil Soon
Pouya Cargo Air Tehran, Erbil Soon
Zagros Airlines Kish Island, Mashhad

References

  1. ↑ Source: OurAirports Pilot Info .
  2. ↑ (May 2015).
  3. ↑ Aircraft Record Cards of the United States Air Force: How to Read the Codes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arak Airport.

Coordinates: 34°08′17″N 49°50′50″E / 34.13806°N 49.84722°E / 34.13806; 49.84722


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, May 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.