Airport · Iran
Qasem Soleimani International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Ahvāz.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Iran at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Codes
- AWZ · OIAW
- Serves
- Ahvāz
- 7.8 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Tehran
- Elevation
- 20 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,398 m
- From DXB
- 936 km
- 1 hr 50 mins · Estimate
Facts
AWZ at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA AWZICAO OIAW
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Ahvāz
- To the city centre
- 7.8 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,398 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Tehran
- When to go
- Ahvāz, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
AWZ from the UAE
From DXBAWZ
936 km
1 hr 50 mins · Estimate
From AUHAWZ
960 km
1 hr 55 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near AWZ
- MRXMahshahr AirportMedium · Bandar-e Māhshahr94 km away
- ABDAbadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportLarge · Ābādān119 km away
- DEFDezful AirportMedium · Dezful127 km away
- BSRBasra International AirportLarge · Basra137 km away
- GCHGachsaran AirportMedium · Dogonbadan227 km away
- KHDKhoram Abad AirportMedium · Khorramabad238 km away
- KWIKuwait International AirportLarge · Kuwait City247 km away
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Iran, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Asia/Tehran
- Country
- Iran
- Currency
- Iranian Rial IRRToday's indicative rate: IRR 1,000 ≈ USD 0.001Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and F220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110police115ambulance125fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +98 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Iran at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)