# Qasem Soleimani International Airport (AWZ / OIAW)

**Qasem Soleimani International Airport** (IATA: AWZ, ICAO: OIAW) is a large airport in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran. It has one runway, 3,398 m (11,149 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2019 it handled 2.4 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AWZ / OIAW
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company
- Serves: Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Elevation: 20 m / 66 ft
- Coordinates: 31.3364, 48.7638
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,398 m / 11,149 ft
- Passengers: 2,374,417 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran
- Website: http://ahwaz.airport.ir/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani_International_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622296
- Weather station: OIAW · WMO 40811
- Ident: OIAW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,398 m / 11,149 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 1,922,186 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,118,225 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,948,688 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,172,888 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,159,315 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,671,622 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,939,958 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,338,332 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,374,417 | Wikidata |

## Routes

23 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (21)

- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 247 km / 153 mi · Karun Airlines
- [KHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibq.md) Khark Airport · Iran · 275 km / 171 mi · Karun Airlines
- [BUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibb.md) Bushehr Airport · Iran · 332 km / 206 mi · Karun Airlines
- [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 334 km / 208 mi · Zagros Airlines, Karun Airlines
- [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 418 km / 260 mi · Mahan Air, Karun Airlines, Pars Air
- [AZD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiyy.md) Shahid Sadooghi Airport · Iran · 526 km / 327 mi · Karun Airlines
- [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 539 km / 335 mi · Mahan Air, Air1Air, Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Pouya Air, Karun Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Pars Air, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, FlyPersia, Caspian Airlines
- [PGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibp.md) Persian Gulf International Airport · Iran · 585 km / 364 mi · Mahan Air, Karun Airlines
- [LFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oisr.md) Lamerd Airport · Iran · 615 km / 382 mi · Karun Airlines
- [RAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oigg.md) Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · Iran · 670 km / 416 mi · Karun Airlines
- [LVP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibv.md) Lavan Airport · Iran · 672 km / 418 mi · Karun Airlines
- [KIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibk.md) Kish International Airport · Iran · 737 km / 458 mi · Kish Air, Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air, Pars Air
- [TBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitt.md) Tabriz International Airport · Iran · 790 km / 491 mi · Karun Airlines
- [KER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikk.md) Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport · Iran · 791 km / 492 mi · Mahan Air
- [SXI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibs.md) Siri Airport · Iran · 826 km / 513 mi · Karun Airlines
- [GSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikq.md) Qeshm International Airport · Iran · 861 km / 535 mi · Karun Airlines
- [BND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikb.md) Bandar Abbas International Airport · Iran · 869 km / 540 mi · Karun Airlines, Iran Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 936 km / 582 mi · Qeshm Air, Iran Air
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 939 km / 583 mi · Caspian Airlines
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,142 km / 710 mi · Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Karun Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Varesh Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, Caspian Airlines
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 1,273 km / 791 mi · Pars Air

### Seasonal (2)

- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,166 km / 725 mi · Iran Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,436 km / 892 mi · Iran Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AWZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- NV [Karun Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/karun-airlines) · 16

### Passenger (15)

- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 6
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 5
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 4
- QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 4
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines) · 4
- RV [Caspian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caspian-airlines) · 3
- Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 3
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 2
- [AVA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ava-airlines) · 2
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 2
- IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 2
- HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 2
- INA [Air1Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air1air) · 1
- FP [FlyPersia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flypersia) · 1
- PYA [Pouya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pouya-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.4M (2019) | #528 of 3,974 | #26 in Middle East | #6 in IR |
| Longest runway | 3,398 m / 11,149 ft | #619 of 29,858 | #77 in Middle East | #25 in IR |
| Elevation | 20 m / 66 ft | =38,344 of 43,403 | =379 in Middle East | #136 in IR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =23 in IR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.400 |
| GND |  | 121.100 |
| TWR |  | 120.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [QMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiai.md) Shahid Asiyaee Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [MRX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiam.md) Mahshahr Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [AKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiag.md) Aghajari Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [ABD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaa.md) Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [DEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiad.md) Dezful Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [BSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ormm.md) Basra International Airport · 137 km / 85 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Qasem Soleimani International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qasem_Soleimani_International_Airport&oldid=1376140837), revision of 22 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaw/data