Gorgan Airport

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

Gorgan International Airport فرودگاه گرگان
IATA: GBT ICAO: OING
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Iran
Operator	Iran Airports Company
Serves	Gorgan, Golestan
Location	Gorgan, Iran
Elevation AMSL	−24 ft / −7 m
Coordinates	36°54′33.8″N 54°24′04.8″E
Website	Gorgan International Airport
Map
GBT Location of airport in Iran
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 7,540 2,298 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 304,735
Source: Iran Airports Company[1]

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

Airlines	Destinations
Asa Jet	Tehran–Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines	Kish,[citation needed] Zahedan[3]
Iran Air	Tehran–Mehrabad Seasonal: Jeddah,[citation needed] Medina[citation needed]
Iran Aseman Airlines	Asaluyeh, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Kish Air	Kish, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pars Air	Aktau,[4] Chabahar/Konarak, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pouya Air	Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Qeshm Air	Aktau,[5] Asaluyeh, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan
Yazd Airways	Istanbul,[6] Tehran–Mehrabad

Iran Air ATR 72-600 at Gorgan Airport

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.^[7][8]

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.