# Kish International Airport (KIH / OIBK)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KIH / OIBK
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company
- Serves: Kish Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran
- Opened: 1977
- Elevation: 31 m / 101 ft
- Coordinates: 26.5254, 53.9805
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,659 m / 12,004 ft
- Passengers: 3,206,496 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran
- Website: http://kishairport.ir/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2670526
- Weather station: OIBK
- Ident: OIBK

## Timeline

- 1977: Kish International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09R/27L | 3,659 m / 12,004 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 095° / 275° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 2,304,523 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,623,993 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,643,581 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,698,354 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,740,076 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,825,549 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,926,752 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,206,496 | Wikidata |

## Routes

22 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (21)

- [PGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibp.md) Persian Gulf International Airport · Iran · 156 km / 97 mi · Kish Air, Iran Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 199 km / 124 mi · flydubai, Kish Air
- [BND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikb.md) Bandar Abbas International Airport · Iran · 250 km / 155 mi · Kish Air, Qeshm Air, Iran Air
- [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 362 km / 225 mi · Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Saha Airlines, Qeshm Air, Pars Air, ATA Airlines (Iran), Chabahar Airlines, Iran Air, FlyPersia, Caspian Airlines
- [KER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikk.md) Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport · Iran · 508 km / 316 mi · Mahan Air, Kish Air
- [AZD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiyy.md) Shahid Sadooghi Airport · Iran · 599 km / 372 mi · Yazd Airways, Kish Air, Pars Air, ATA Airlines (Iran)
- [ABD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaa.md) Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport · Iran · 706 km / 439 mi · Kish Air, Pars Air
- [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 722 km / 449 mi · Kish Air, Saha Airlines, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), FlyPersia, Caspian Airlines
- [AWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaw.md) Qasem Soleimani International Airport · Iran · 737 km / 458 mi · Kish Air, Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air, Pars Air
- [ZAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizh.md) Zahedan International Airport · Iran · 755 km / 469 mi · Kish Air
- [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Mahan Air, Air1Air, Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Saha Airlines, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Asa Jet, ATA Airlines (Iran), Chabahar Airlines, Iran Air, FlyPersia, Caspian Airlines
- [KSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oicc.md) Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport · Iran · 1,087 km / 675 mi · AVA Airlines
- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 1,109 km / 689 mi · Taban Air
- [SRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oinz.md) Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport · Iran · 1,128 km / 701 mi · Kish Air, Varesh Airlines
- [GBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oing.md) Gorgan Airport · Iran · 1,155 km / 718 mi · Kish Air, Caspian Airlines
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 1,201 km / 746 mi · Taban Air, Iraqi Airways
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,205 km / 749 mi · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), FlyPersia, Caspian Airlines
- [JWN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitz.md) Zanjan Airport · Iran · 1,257 km / 781 mi · Kish Air
- [RAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oigg.md) Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · Iran · 1,269 km / 789 mi · Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Varesh Airlines
- [TBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitt.md) Tabriz International Airport · Iran · 1,480 km / 920 mi · Kish Air, Iran Airtour, ATA Airlines (Iran)
- [OMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitr.md) Urmia Airport · Iran · 1,495 km / 929 mi · Kish Air

### Seasonal (1)

- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 1,109 km / 689 mi · Kish Air

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 1,924 km / 1,196 mi · Kish Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (19)

- Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 20
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 9
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 6
- RV [Caspian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caspian-airlines) · 5
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 5
- QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 5
- HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 5
- [AVA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ava-airlines) · 4
- FP [FlyPersia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flypersia) · 4
- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 4
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines) · 4
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 3
- IRZ [Saha Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saha-airlines) · 3
- IRU [Chabahar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chabahar-airlines) · 2
- IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 2
- INA [Air1Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air1air) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 1
- [Yazd Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yazd-airways) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.2M (2019) | #442 of 3,974 | #22 in Middle East | #4 in IR |
| Longest runway | 3,659 m / 12,004 ft | =319 of 29,858 | #63 in Middle East | #20 in IR |
| Elevation | 31 m / 101 ft | =36,808 of 43,403 | =351 in Middle East | #127 in IR |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =56 in Middle East | =18 in IR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =23 in IR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [LVP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibv.md) Lavan Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [BDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibl.md) Bandar Lengeh International Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [SXI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibs.md) Siri Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [LFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oisr.md) Lamerd Airport · 123 km / 76 mi
- [AEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiba.md) Abu Musa Island Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [LRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oisl.md) Lar Airport · 134 km / 83 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: “Kish International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kish_International_Airport&oldid=1363958276), revision of 13 Jul 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/oibk/data