Yasuj Airport

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Yasuj Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Iran
Operator Iran Airports Company
Serves Yasuj,
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
LocationYasuj, Iran
Elevation  AMSL 5,939 ft / 1,810 m
Coordinates 30°42′02″N051°32′42″E / 30.70056°N 51.54500°E / 30.70056; 51.54500
Map
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YES
Location of airport in Iran
Yasuj Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/312,5988,522 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1]

Yasuj Airport( IATA : YES [2] [3] , ICAO : OISY [1] ) is an airport serving Yasuj, a city in the Zagros Mountains of southwestern Iran, and capital of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. A public airport, it is operated by Iran Airports Company.

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Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Mahan Air Tehran–Mehrabad
Pars Air Tehran–Mehrabad

Accidents

On 18 February 2018, Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 from Tehran Mehrabad International Airport to Yasuj crashed; all 65 passengers on board were presumed to be killed. Initial reports revealed that the aircraft collided into Mount Dena due to bad weather. [4] The caused of the crash is currently under investigation.

References

  1. 1 2 "Airport information for OISY: Yasouj". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Route map: Tehran to YES Archived 2023-06-21 at the Wayback Machine . Iran Aseman Airlines. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  3. Yasouj Airport (YES/OISY) - Yasouj, Iran. Handbook of Business Aviation. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  4. "Pakistan condoles over death of 66 Iranians in crash of Aseman Airlines – Dispatch News Desk". Dispatch News Desk. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-02-18.