Urmia Airport
Encyclopedia
Urmia Airport is an airport in Urmia
, a city in the West Azarbaijan Province
of Iran
. Alternate spellings of the city and airport name include Urmieh, Uromiyeh, Orumieh, and Orumiyeh.
Urmia
- Demographics :According to official census of 2006, the population of Urmia is about 871,204.- Language :The population of Urmia is mainly Azerbaijani people, with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities...
, a city in the West Azarbaijan Province
West Azarbaijan Province
West Azerbaijan Province or West Azarbaijan Province , is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in the North West of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Nakhchivan, and the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan....
of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. Alternate spellings of the city and airport name include Urmieh, Uromiyeh, Orumieh, and Orumiyeh.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On January 9, 2011, Iran Air Flight 277Iran Air Flight 277Iran Air Flight 277 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that crashed on , 2011 after a go-around was initiated during final approach in poor weather conditions to Urmia Airport, West Azarbaijan province, Iran...
crashed after a go-around was initiated during final approach in bad weather conditions, killing 77.