Chabahar Konarak Airport

Airport in Konarak, Iran

Chabahar/Konarak International Airport (IATA: ZBR, ICAO: OIZC) (Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی کنارک/چابهار) is an international airport located in 49 kilometers west of the city of Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, in Konarak.^[2] The airport has flight connections to different parts of Iran and serves both cities. There are also flights offered to United Arab Emirates and to Oman.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents

• On July 2, 2024, a Boeing 737 of Varesh Airlines, registration EP-VAF, was undergoing maintenance: the right-hand engine was running with the cowlings open, when a maintenance engineer entered the safety zone to retrieve tools, was sucked into the engine and was killed.^[3]

References

1. "Traffic Figures". Retrieved 14 February 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "List of all airports in Iran". The Airport Authority. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
3. "Accident: Varesh B735 at Chah Bahar on Jul 2nd 2024, ground worker ingested into engine". The Aviation Herald.