| Ahvaz International Airport | |
| Iata: | AWZ |
| Icao: | OIAW |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Iran |
| Pushpin Label: | AWZ |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Government of Iran |
| Operator: | Iran Airports Company |
| Hub: | |
| City-Served: | Ahvaz, Khuzestan |
| Location: | Ahvaz, Iran |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Elevation-M: | 20 |
| Coordinates: | 31.3375°N 48.7619°W |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 12/30 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3398 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2017 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft Movements |
| Stat1-Data: | 24,449 3% |
| Stat2-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat2-Data: | 2,939,958 10% |
| Stat3-Header: | Cargo |
| Stat3-Data: | 26,312 tons 28% |
| Website: | http://ahwaz.airport.ir/ |
| Footnotes: | Source: Iran Airports Company[1] |
Ahvaz International Airport[2] (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی اهواز) is an airport serving the city of Ahvaz, Iran.[3] It offers flights to domestic destinations as well as regional international destinations, such as Dubai, Kuwait City, muscat, teblisi, batumi, and Istanbul.
On 13 April 1970, Douglas C-47B EP-AGZ of the Air Taxi Co. stalled on take-off and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed by the subsequent fire. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All 25 people on board survived.[4]
In December 2012, Agence France-Presse reported that Ahwaz airport was to be relocated because oil had been discovered underneath it.[5]
In June 2017, Ahwaz Airport measured a record breaking temperature as it hit, breaking its previous record of .[6]