Gorgan Airport

Gorgan International Airport
فرودگاه گرگان
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Iran
OperatorIran Airports Company
ServesGorgan, Golestan
LocationGorgan, Iran
Elevation AMSL−24 ft / −7 m
Coordinates36°54′33.8″N 54°24′04.8″E / 36.909389°N 54.401333°E / 36.909389; 54.401333
WebsiteGorgan International Airport
Map
GBT
Location of airport in Iran
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 7,540 2,298 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers304,735
Source: Iran Airports Company[1]

Gorgan Airport (Persian: فرودگاه گرگان) (IATA: GBT, ICAO: OING) is an international airport in the city of Gorgan, Golestan province, Iran.[2]

The airport is 2 km west of the Gorgan-Aq Qala Highway and 6 km north of Gorgan, the capital of Golestan province.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Asa Jet Tehran–Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines Kish,[3] Zahedan[4]
Iran Air Tehran–Mehrabad
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina[5]
Iran Aseman Airlines Asaluyeh, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Kish Air Kish, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pars Air Chabahar/Konarak, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pouya Air Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Qeshm Air Asaluyeh, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan

Development and expansion

The airport terminal expansion is currently underway: the new wing will be reserved for international flights and will extend for 10,550 sq.[6][7]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 17 May 2001, a short-haul trijet Yakovlev Yak-40 being operated by Faraz Qeshm Airlines crashed while en route to Gorgan Airport from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in Iran. The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while flying in poor weather conditions about twenty kilometers south of Sari, killing all 30 people on board.

References

  1. ^ "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. ^ "List of all airports in Iran". The Airport Authority. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Caspian Airlines begins service twice a week between Kish and Gorgan". 7 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Caspian Airlines launches weekly flights between Gorgan and Zahedan". 5 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Haj flights from 23 locations by Iran Air and Flynas". 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ http://en.valad.ir/project/construction-of- Golestan-provinces-international-airport-terminal/
  7. ^ "گرگان – showews". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2018.