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Imam Khomeini International Airport

ICAO OIIE35.4161°N 51.1522°E1,007 m / 3,305 ftLarge airport
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Imam Khomeini International Airport (IATA: IKA, ICAO: OIIE) is a large airport in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. It opened on 8 May 2004. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,198 m (13,772 ft). It is operated by Imam Khomeini Airport City. In 2024 it handled 7.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2004–2004
08 MAY 2004
OpenedImam Khomeini International Airport opens.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
ترمینال ۱VIP terminalترمینال بین‌المللی سلام
11L/29R109° / 289° · LIT
LENGTH4,198 m13,772 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11R/29L109° / 289° · LIT
LENGTH4,092 m13,425 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2024
4.4M
4.8M
6.2M
6.9M
7.4M
8.5M
6.8M
6.0M
4.0M
6.3M
7.4M
7.7M
121314151617181921222324

Routes

39 destinations · 23 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miISU · Jalal Talabani International Airport · 529 km / 329 miGYD · Heydar Aliyev International Airport · 570 km / 354 miEBL · Erbil International Airport · 656 km / 408 miBGW · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 679 km / 422 miNJF · Al Najaf International Airport · 731 km / 454 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 750 km / 466 miEVN · Zvartnots International Airport · 793 km / 493 miTBS · Tbilisi International Airport · 879 km / 546 miGRV · Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport · 1,002 km / 623 miBUS · Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · 1,078 km / 670 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 1,129 km / 702 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 1,197 km / 744 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 1,200 km / 746 miMZR · Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport · 1,449 km / 900 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 1,483 km / 921 miDYU · Dushanbe International Airport · 1,605 km / 997 miKBL · Kabul International Airport · 1,646 km / 1,023 miESB · Esenboğa International Airport · 1,676 km / 1,041 miTAS · Tashkent International Airport · 1,705 km / 1,059 miKHI · Jinnah International Airport · 1,928 km / 1,198 miISB · Islamabad International Airport · 1,993 km / 1,238 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 1,999 km / 1,242 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,054 km / 1,276 miLHE · Allama Iqbal International Airport · 2,194 km / 1,363 miALA · Almaty International Airport · 2,382 km / 1,480 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 2,512 km / 1,561 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 2,554 km / 1,587 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 2,799 km / 1,739 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 3,161 km / 1,964 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 3,775 km / 2,346 miPEK · Beijing Capital International Airport · 5,647 km / 3,509 miHKT · Phuket International Airport · 5,663 km / 3,519 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 6,069 km / 3,771 miSZX · Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · 6,154 km / 3,824 miKUL · Kuala Lumpur International Airport · 6,336 km / 3,937 miPVG · Shanghai Pudong International Airport · 6,443 km / 4,003 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 1,633 km / 1,015 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 1,921 km / 1,194 miHKG · Hong Kong International Airport · 6,182 km / 3,841 miPVGKULHKGHKTPEKFRAVIEBOMDELSVOALAISTISBKHIJEDTASMEDMCTMZRDOHBUSKWINJFEBLGYDLHEESBKBLDYUDXBGRVTBSEVNCANBGWISUSAWIKA
Year-round36
ISUJalal Talabani International AirportIraq · Mahan Air529 km329 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Iran Airtour, Azerbaijan Airlines, Iran Air570 km354 miEBLErbil International AirportIraq · Mahan Air656 km408 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Sepehran Airlines +3679 km422 miNJFAl Najaf International AirportIraq · Taban Air, Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air +4731 km454 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, ATA Airlines (Iran), Kuwait Airways750 km466 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Armenia Airways793 km493 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air879 km546 miGRVAkhmat Kadyrov Grozny International AirportRussia · Mahan Air1,002 km623 miBUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Varesh Airlines1,078 km670 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways1,129 km702 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia1,197 km744 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Mahan Air, Iran Airtour +41,200 km746 miMZRMazar-i-Sharif International AirportAfghanistan · Meraj Airlines1,449 km900 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Taban Air, SalamAir, Sepehran Airlines +21,483 km921 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Somon Air, Varesh Airlines1,605 km997 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Mahan Air, Iran Airtour, Varesh Airlines1,646 km1,023 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · Mahan Air, AJet1,676 km1,041 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Zagros Airlines1,705 km1,059 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · Taban Air1,928 km1,198 miISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · Mahan Air, Iran Airtour1,993 km1,238 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · AJet1,999 km1,242 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Mahan Air, Turkish Airlines2,054 km1,276 miLHEAllama Iqbal International AirportPakistan · Mahan Air2,194 km1,363 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Qeshm Air2,382 km1,480 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Mahan Air, Aeroflot2,512 km1,561 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Mahan Air2,554 km1,587 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Iran Air2,799 km1,739 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines3,161 km1,964 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Lufthansa3,775 km2,346 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Mahan Air5,647 km3,509 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Mahan Air5,663 km3,519 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Mahan Air6,069 km3,771 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Mahan Air6,154 km3,824 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Iran Airtour6,336 km3,937 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Mahan Air6,443 km4,003 mi
Most destinationsMahan Air 17Qeshm Air 7Meraj Airlines 7Iran Air 6Iran Airtour 5Sepehran Airlines 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IKA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Imam Khomeini International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers7.7M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#258of 3,974 · #13 Middle East · #3 IRLongest runway4,198 m13,772 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#59of 29,823 · #15 Middle East · #7 IRElevation1,007 m3,305 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=4,729of 43,341 · #104 Middle East · #82 IRAgeOpened 20042026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,914of 15,079 · #95 Middle East · #30 IRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =13 Middle East · =1 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

3 channels
ATISATIS127.200
GNDGND121.600
TWRTWR118.700