AirportsQasem Soleimani International Airport is a large airport serving Ahvaz, in Khuzestan Province, Iran. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AWZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AWZ
- ICAO code
- OIAW
- City
- Ahvaz
- State or region
- Khuzestan Province
- Country
- Iran
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 31.3364° N, 48.7638° E
- Elevation
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,398 m (11,149 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AWZ means Qasem Soleimani International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OIAW. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 31.3364° N, 48.7638° E. It stands 20 metres (66 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Tehran, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Qasem Soleimani International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,398 metres (11,149 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 44 airports of Iran on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 20.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,398 m 11,149 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mahshahr AirportMahshahr | MRX | 94 km |
| Abadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportAbadan | ABD | 119 km |
| Dezful AirportDezful | DEF | 127 km |
| Basra International AirportBasra, Iraq | BSR | 137 km |
| Gachsaran AirportGachsaran | GCH | 227 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,740 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,772 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 936 km | 1 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,563 km | 6 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,071 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,633 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,677 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,133 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,929 km | 16 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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