Tabriz International Airport

Tabriz International Airport
IATA: TBZ – ICAO: OITT TBZ Location of airport in Iran
Summary
Airport type		Joint (Civil and Military)
Location		Tabriz, Iran
Hub for		ATA Air
Elevation AMSL		4,459 ft / 1,359 m
Coordinates		38°08′02″N 46°14′06″E / 38.13389°N 46.235°E / 38.13389; 46.235Coordinates: 38°08′02″N 46°14′06″E / 38.13389°N 46.235°E / 38.13389; 46.235
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12L/30R	11,995	3,656	Asphalt
12R/30L	11,537	3,516.5	Asphalt

Tabriz International Airport (Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی تبریز) (IATA: TBZ, ICAO: OITT) is an airport that serves Tabriz, Iran. It is the primary airport of Tabriz. It also serves as a military for IRIAF as second fighter base of IRIAF.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
ATA Air	Ahwaz, Bandar Abbas, Damascus, Istanbul-Atatürk, Baghdad, Kish, Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad, Shiraz
Bulgaria Air	Seasonal: Varna [1]
Caspian Airlines	Dubai, Tehran-Mehrabad
Sky Airlines	Gaziantep, Seasonal: Antalya
Iran Air	Ahwaz, Baghdad, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Istanbul-Atatürk, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iran Air Tours	Mashhad, Baghdad
Iran Aseman Airlines	Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Kish Air	Asalouyeh, Baku, Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kish, Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad
Mahan Air	Mashhad
Naft Airlines	Mahshahr
Saudi Arabian Airlines	Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Tailwind Airlines	Seasonal: Adana
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk

Accidents and incidents

On 25 August 2010, Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 773, operated by a Fokker 100, overran the runway on landing. The aircraft was substantially damaged.^[2]

External links

• (Persian) Tabriz International Airport official website
• [1]

Footnotes

1. ^ http://www.payvand.com/news/10/aug/1208.html
2. ^ "Plane Skids off Runway in Northwestern Iran". Fars News Agency. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8906050742. Retrieved 27 August 2010.