Seyf Abad, IR 🇮🇷 Closed Airport
IR-0150
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4823 ft
IR-07
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 29.2824° N, 52.96275° E
Continent: AS
Type: Closed Airport
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The exact closure date is not publicly documented. However, analysis of historical satellite imagery indicates the airport was already in a state of disuse by the early 2000s. It is estimated to have closed in the late 20th century, likely between the 1980s and late 1990s.
The primary reason for closure was its redundancy and operational conflict with the nearby, much larger Shiraz International Airport (OISS/SYZ). Seyf Abad Airport is located less than 5 kilometers north of the main runways of Shiraz International. As Shiraz International grew into a major commercial and military hub for southern Iran, the smaller, secondary airfield became obsolete and was likely decommissioned to deconflict airspace and allow for the expansion of the city and the main airport's operations.
The airport is completely closed and defunct. The site is no longer used for any aviation purposes. Current satellite imagery shows that the land has been partially redeveloped. Roads, agricultural plots, and some light industrial or residential structures have been built over the former airfield. The faint, ghostly outline of the north-south runway is still visible from the air, but the pavement is gone or deteriorated, and the area is completely integrated into the surrounding landscape.
Seyf Abad Airport was a small, single-runway airfield. Its runway was approximately 1,800 meters (5,900 feet) long. It likely served as a general aviation facility for the Shiraz region, handling private aircraft, flight training, and possibly agricultural aviation. It was not a major commercial airport and did not handle scheduled passenger flights. It may have served as an earlier, more basic airfield for the area before Shiraz International Airport was developed to its modern capacity. The ICAO code 'IR-0150' is a non-standard identifier typically used for smaller, registered airfields within a country's internal system, rather than a standard 4-letter ICAO code for international airports.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Seyf Abad Airport. Its revival is considered highly improbable due to several factors: the complete lack of any remaining infrastructure, the partial redevelopment of the land, and its extremely close proximity to the fully operational and expanding Shiraz International Airport, which serves all of the region's aviation needs.
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