Gorgan Airport
Gorgan International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Iran | ||||||||||
| Operator | Iran Airports Company | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gorgan, Golestan | ||||||||||
| Location | Gorgan, Iran | ||||||||||
| Opened | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | −24 ft (−7.3 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°54′33.8″N 54°24′04.8″E / 36.909389°N 54.401333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Gorgan International Airport | ||||||||||
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| Source: Iran Airports Company[1] | |||||||||||
Gorgan Airport (Persian: فرودگاه گرگان) (IATA: GBT, ICAO: OING) is an international airport in the city of Gorgan, Golestan province, Iran.[2]
The airport is 2 km west of the Gorgan-Aq Qala Highway and 6 km north of Gorgan, the capital of Golestan province.
Airlines and destinations
Site
Prior to the airport's construction, the area was occupied by the Narges Tepe archeological mound. Rescue excavations were carried out in 2004 and 2006 which yielded artifacts ranging from the 2nd Millenium BCE to the Safavid period.[6]
Development and expansion
The airport terminal expansion is currently underway: the new wing will be reserved for international flights and will extend for 10,550 sq.[7][8]
Accidents and incidents
- On 17 May 2001, a short-haul trijet Yakovlev Yak-40 being operated by Faraz Qeshm Airlines crashed while en route to Gorgan Airport from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in Iran. The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while flying in poor weather conditions about twenty kilometers south of Sari, killing all 30 people on board.
References
- ↑ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ "List of all airports in Iran". The Airport Authority. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ↑ "Caspian Airlines begins service twice a week between Kish and Gorgan". 7 January 2025.
- ↑ "Caspian Airlines launches weekly flights between Gorgan and Zahedan". 5 October 2024.
- ↑ "Haj flights from 23 locations by Iran Air and Flynas". 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Narges Tepe – Iran Gazetteer". Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ http://en.valad.ir/project/construction-of- Golestan-provinces-international-airport-terminal/
- ↑ "گرگان – showews". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2018.