Abadan Airport
| Abadan Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | OIAA |
| IATA code | ABD |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 6 m (20 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 6.5 km northwest of Abadan |
| Street | A81 |
| Local transport | Bus, taxi |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Iranian Airports Company |
| Runways | |
| 14R / 32L | 3104 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 14L / 32R | 2266 m × 35 m asphalt |
The Abadan Airport is an airport on the outskirts of Abadan , Iran , about 50 km north of the Persian Gulf .
history
During the Second World War , the airport was an important logistics center for the USA . From May 1941, the United States Army Air Forces maintained an Air Technical Service Command there: the Douglas Aircraft Company operated an assembly and maintenance workshop for newly arrived aircraft with the 17th Air Depot Group. As part of the Lend Lease Act , the partially delivered aircraft were assembled here and test flights were carried out.
In 1942/1943, the Soviet Union was increasingly supplied with war goods and food from the USA via this airfield. The airport was designated as Station # 3 . For the Air Transport Command it was the hub with the connecting routes Mehrabad Airport , RAF Habbaniya in Iraq and Bahrain Airport in Bahrain .
today
Today the airport is used as a hub by the following airlines:
- Iran Air , route: Isfahan , Tehran
- Iran Air Tours , Route: Isfahan, Mashad , Shiraz , Tehran
- Zagros Airlines , route: Erbil , Dubai
- Iran Aseman Airlines , route: Dubai, Shiraz
- Kish Air , route: Tehran
Incidents
- On September 14, 1955, on an Avro York C.1 of the Iranian company Persian Air Services ( aircraft registration EP-ADA ), shortly after take-off from Abadan Airport, engine 3 (right inside) initially lost power when the aircraft reached an altitude of around 150 Meters. Shortly afterwards, engine 4 (far right) began to stutter severely. An emergency landing was carried out on Iraqi territory, about 20 kilometers south of the take-off airport. All 13 occupants, 4 crew members and 9 passengers survived the emergency landing.
Individual evidence
- ↑ USAFHRA document 00190278
- ↑ USAFHRA document 00096444
- ↑ USAFHRA document 00181371
- ↑ Air Force Logistics Command Fact Sheet ( Memento September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Accident report Avro York EP-ADA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 5, 2020.