36°13′06″N 46°17′56″E / 36.21833°N 46.29889°E Saqqez Airport, sometimes called Saghez Airport, (ICAO: OITS) is a domestic airport near Saqqez located in the province of Kurdistan in Iran.[1][2] The airport has been newly constructed for the use of the people of the northern cities of Kurdistan province and the southern cities of West Azerbaijan, especially the free trade zones of Baneh and Marivan.
History
Start date
Saqqez Airport was started in 2005 with a credit of 15,000 million Rials (from regional development and balance credits) on the southeastern side of Saqez at km (0 + 500) of Marivan Road with an area of 220 hectares.
Commissioning Saqqez airport in 2021
Kurdistan Province governor said :"The Saqqez city airport in the Kurdistan Province (western Iran) will be commissioned fully by the end of 9th month of next Iranian year ( December 21, 2021), the Head of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) Siavash Amir Mokri said, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development of Iran".[3]
The first phase
The first phase of the airport opened on July 21, 2021, and the first Flight Check aircraft landed at the airport.[4]
The Project completion
The completion of this airport was resumed in 2023, and with a special budget of 1000 billion Iranian Rials, an effort was made to build other parts of it and to resolve the issues that the experts of the Civil Aviation Organization had announced as the problems of the project. The governor of Kurdistan emphasized the completion of this airport in a meeting with the head of the Civil Aviation Organization.[5][6][7][8]
Specifications
The airport has an area of 220 hectares, has a runway with a length of 2,930 meters, a taxiway with a length of 450 meters, an apron with an area of 2,500 square meters, and an access route to the airport of 450 meters. Also, the airport terminal building with an area of 2,298 square meters includes a waiting hall and transit, and a side building with an area of 330 square meters has been constructed.[9]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Iran Air | Tehran–Mehrabad |
References
- ^ "OITS — Saghez, 16, IR — Airport — Great Circle Mapper". www.gcmap.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ "SAGHEZ AIRPORT | openAIP". www.openaip.net. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ Iran's Saqqez Airport to be Commissioned, AviationPros, 2020
- ^ The first phase of Saqez Airport was put into operation, IRNA, 2021
- ^ تاکید استاندار کردستان برای اتمام فرودگاه سقز، ISNA, July 2023
- ^ استاندار کردستان بر اتمام زودهنگام پروژه فرودگاه سقز تاکید کرد , Fars News, July 2023
- ^ What will happen to Saqqez Airport?, TINN, July 2023
- ^ Visiting the project under construction of Saqqez airport , President.ir, 2022
- ^ Operation of Saqez Airport next year / 63% progress in the construction of Saqez Airport terminal