KER

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport

ICAO OIKK30.2713°N 56.9497°E1,750 m / 5,741 ftLarge airport
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Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport (IATA: KER, ICAO: OIKK) is a large airport in Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran. It opened in 1956. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,851 m (12,635 ft). It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2019 it handled 768 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1956–1956
1956
OpenedAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16L/34R158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH3,851 m12,635 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16R/34L · LIT
LENGTH3,850 m12,631 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2019
759K
787K
691K
803K
775K
818K
846K
772K
768K
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Routes

12 destinations · 4 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miSYZ · Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · 428 km / 266 miKIH · Kish International Airport · 508 km / 316 miPGU · Persian Gulf International Airport · 521 km / 324 miIFN · Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · 554 km / 344 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 580 km / 360 miMHD · Mashhad International Airport · 709 km / 441 miAWZ · Qasem Soleimani International Airport · 791 km / 492 miTHR · Mehrabad International Airport · 799 km / 496 miNJF · Al Najaf International Airport · 1,209 km / 751 miTBZ · Tabriz International Airport · 1,316 km / 818 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 1,815 km / 1,128 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 2,015 km / 1,252 miJEDMEDTBZNJFTHRAWZMHDDXBIFNPGUKIHSYZKER
Most destinationsMahan Air 7Asa Jet 4Iran Air 3Kish Air 1flydubai 1Pouya Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KER. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers768K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#928of 3,974 · #37 Middle East · #11 IRLongest runway3,851 m12,635 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#185of 29,823 · #43 Middle East · #15 IRElevation1,750 m5,741 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=1,252of 43,341 · #19 Middle East · #10 IRAgeOpened 19562026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,178of 15,079 · =25 Middle East · #11 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

2 channels
ATISATIS127.250
TWRTWR122.500