Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport

Shiraz International Airport

فرودگاه بین‌المللی شیراز
Shiraz International Airport; فرودگاه بین‌المللی شیراز
	IATA: SYZ; ICAO: OISS;
Summary
Airport type	Public/military
Owner	Government of Iran
Operator	Iran Airports Company; Iranian Air Force; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation; Iranian Police Aviation
Serves	Shiraz, Fars
Location	Shiraz, Iran
Hub for	FlyPersia; Iran Aseman Airlines; Pars Air;
Focus city for	Iran Air; Karun Airlines; Qeshm Air;
Elevation AMSL	4,920 ft / 1,500 m
Coordinates	29°32′21″N 52°35′24″E / 29.53917°N 52.59500°E
Website	http://shiraz.airport.ir
Maps
	SYZ Location of airport in Iran
Runways
Statistics (2017)
Passengers
Passengers	3,530,525 7%
Aircraft movements	33,857 9%
Cargo	32,982 tons 7%
	Source: Iran Airports Company

Shiraz International Airport (IATA: SYZ, ICAO: OISS) (Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی شیراز) is an international airport located in Shiraz, Iran. It is the main international airport of Fars province as well as the largest airport in the southern region of Iran.

After undergoing renovation and redevelopment work in 2005, it was identified as the second most reliable and modern airport in Iran, after Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, in terms of flight safety, including electronic and navigation control systems of its flight tower.

Terminals

Shiraz International Airport has two main passenger terminals which are connected to each other.

Domestic Terminal

Domestic Terminal or Terminal 1 is the older and larger than the other terminal, and exclusively handles domestic flights within Iran.

International Terminal

International Terminal or Terminal 2 is used for all scheduled and charter international flights. An international terminal is under construction for international flights, and was due to be built by 2024. After its completion the current International Terminal will be used for Hajj flights.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate passenger flights at Shiraz International Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Air1Air^[2]	Tehran–Mehrabad
Air Arabia	Sharjah
Asa Jet	Tehran–Mehrabad
ATA Airlines	Kish, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines	Asaluyeh, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Chabahar Airlines	Tehran–Mehrabad
flydubai	Dubai–International
FlyPersia	Asaluyeh, Chabahar/Konarak, Isfahan, Kish, Mashhad, Qeshm, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Iran Air	Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Doha, Dubai–International, Kuwait City, Lamerd, Tehran–Mehrabad Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Iran Airtour	Dubai–International, Istanbul, Kish, Mashhad, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad Seasonal: Denizli
Iran Aseman Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Kish, Mashhad, Rasht, Sari, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait City^[3]
Karun Airlines	Ahvaz, Bahregan, Bandar Abbas, Kharg, Lavan, Mahshahr, Sirri Island, Tehran–Mehrabad
Kish Air	Asaluyeh, Kish, Mashhad, Muscat, Tehran–Mehrabad Seasonal: Najaf
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait City
Mahan Air	Ahvaz, Kerman, Tehran–Mehrabad
Oman Air	Muscat
Pars Air	Ahvaz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Kish, Mashhad, Muscat, Najaf, Tabriz, Tbilisi,^[4] Tehran–Mehrabad
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen^[5]
Pouya Air	Bandar Abbas, Rasht, Tehran–Mehrabad
Qatar Airways	Doha
Qeshm Air	Dubai–International, Isfahan, Kharg, Kish, Mashhad, Muscat, Noshahr, Qeshm, Sohar, Tehran–Mehrabad
Saha Airlines	Asaluyeh, Kish, Lavan, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
SalamAir	Muscat, Sohar^[6]
Sepehran Airlines	Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Taban Air	Kish, Mashhad, Muscat, Sohar, Tehran–Mehrabad
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Varesh Airlines	Mashhad, Sari, Tehran–Mehrabad
Zagros Airlines	Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad

Accidents and incidents

On 15 June 1971, Douglas C-47A EP-ADG of the Air Taxi Co was damaged beyond economic repair in an accident at Shiraz Airport.^[7]
On 14 December 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 LN-BKE, operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle, flight DY 1933, delivered only in October 2018, made a forced landing at Shiraz Airport after a technical failure with one of its two engines. The passengers and crew disembarked and the next day continued their journey originating in Dubai, UAE to Oslo, Norway. Until February 2019, the aircraft had not yet been recovered due to strict technical embargoes by the United States against the state of Iran.^[8]^[9] By the end of January 2019, the status of LN-BKE had changed to "stored".^[10] On 22 February, the aircraft was finally recovered and flown to Sweden.^[11] It was then transferred to Norwegian Air Sweden and its registration was then changed to SE-RYB. The aircraft was then stored again when all Boeing 737 MAX's were grounded worldwide.

References

^ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ "The country's newest airline has been launched". 3 May 2023.
^ "JAZEERA AIRWAYS NETWORK EXPANSION FROM LATE-DEC 2022". Aeroroutes. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ "Pars Air launches Shiraz-Tbilisi flights". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ "Pegasus to Expand Iran Network From late-Sep 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
^ "SalamAir to Launch Direct Flights From Oman's Sohar to Shiraz in Iran". 20 June 2023.
^ "EP-ADG Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ Karasz, Palko (9 January 2019). "A Norwegian Air Jet Landed in Iran 4 Weeks Ago. It Can't Leave Yet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "Norwegian's brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 'stuck' in Iran for weeks". www.aerotime.aero. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "SE-RYB Norwegian Air Sweden Boeing 737 MAX 8". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "Iran-stranded Boeing airliner took off and expected in Sweden -Norwegian Air". Reuters. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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