KIH

Kish International Airport

ICAO OIBK26.5254°N 53.9805°E31 m / 101 ftLarge airport
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Kish International Airport (IATA: KIH, ICAO: OIBK) is a large airport in Kish Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran. It opened in 1977. It has one runway, 3,659 m (12,004 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2019 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1977–1977
1977
OpenedKish International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
ترمینال پروازهای داخلیترمینال پروازهای بین المللیترمینال جدید فرودگاه
09R/27L095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH3,659 m12,004 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2019
2.3M
2.6M
2.6M
2.7M
2.7M
2.8M
2.9M
3.2M
1112131415161719

Routes

22 destinations · 4 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miPGU · Persian Gulf International Airport · 156 km / 97 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 199 km / 124 miBND · Bandar Abbas International Airport · 250 km / 155 miSYZ · Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · 362 km / 225 miKER · Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport · 508 km / 316 miAZD · Shahid Sadooghi Airport · 599 km / 372 miABD · Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport · 706 km / 439 miIFN · Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · 722 km / 449 miAWZ · Qasem Soleimani International Airport · 737 km / 458 miZAH · Zahedan International Airport · 755 km / 469 miTHR · Mehrabad International Airport · 1,050 km / 652 miKSH · Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport · 1,087 km / 675 miNJF · Al Najaf International Airport · 1,109 km / 689 miSRY · Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport · 1,128 km / 701 miGBT · Gorgan Airport · 1,155 km / 718 miBGW · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 1,201 km / 746 miMHD · Mashhad International Airport · 1,205 km / 749 miJWN · Zanjan Airport · 1,257 km / 781 miRAS · Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · 1,269 km / 789 miTBZ · Tabriz International Airport · 1,480 km / 920 miOMH · Urmia Airport · 1,495 km / 929 miDYU · Dushanbe International Airport · 1,924 km / 1,196 miDYUOMHRASMHDBGWGBTSRYNJFKSHTHRZAHAWZIFNABDAZDKERSYZBNDDXBPGUTBZJWNKIH
Year-round21
PGUPersian Gulf International AirportIran · Kish Air, Iran Air156 km97 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Kish Air199 km124 miBNDBandar Abbas International AirportIran · Kish Air, Qeshm Air, Iran Air250 km155 miSYZShiraz Shahid Dastghaib International AirportIran · Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour +8362 km225 miKERAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportIran · Mahan Air, Kish Air508 km316 miAZDShahid Sadooghi AirportIran · Yazd Airways, Kish Air, Pars Air +1599 km372 miABDAbadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportIran · Kish Air, Pars Air706 km439 miIFNIsfahan Shahid Beheshti International AirportIran · Kish Air, Saha Airlines, AVA Airlines +6722 km449 miAWZQasem Soleimani International AirportIran · Kish Air, Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air +1737 km458 miZAHZahedan International AirportIran · Kish Air755 km469 miTHRMehrabad International AirportIran · Mahan Air, Air1Air, Taban Air +131,050 km652 miKSHShahid Ashrafi Esfahani AirportIran · AVA Airlines1,087 km675 miNJFAl Najaf International AirportIraq · Taban Air1,109 km689 miSRYSari Dasht-e Naz International AirportIran · Kish Air, Varesh Airlines1,128 km701 miGBTGorgan AirportIran · Kish Air, Caspian Airlines1,155 km718 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Taban Air, Iraqi Airways1,201 km746 miMHDMashhad International AirportIran · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Kish Air +81,205 km749 miJWNZanjan AirportIran · Kish Air1,257 km781 miRASSardar-e-Jangal AirportIran · Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Varesh Airlines1,269 km789 miTBZTabriz International AirportIran · Kish Air, Iran Airtour, ATA Airlines (Iran)1,480 km920 miOMHUrmia AirportIran · Kish Air1,495 km929 mi
Most destinationsKish Air 20Pars Air 9ATA Airlines (Iran) 6Qeshm Air 5Taban Air 5Iran Airtour 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KIH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kish International Airport” (revision of 13 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.2M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#442of 3,974 · #22 Middle East · #4 IRLongest runway3,659 m12,004 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=318of 29,823 · #63 Middle East · #20 IRElevation31 m101 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,753of 43,341 · =351 Middle East · #127 IRAgeOpened 19772026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,549of 15,079 · =56 Middle East · =18 IRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =72 Middle East · =23 IR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
ATISATIS128.000
TWRTWR118.450