# Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport (KER / OIKK) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikk ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: KER / OIKK - Type: Large airport - Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company - Serves: Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran - Opened: 1956 - Elevation: 1,750 m / 5,741 ft - Coordinates: 30.2713, 56.9497 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 3,851 m / 12,635 ft - Passengers: 768,096 (2019) - Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran - Website: http://kerman.airport.ir/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah_Hashemi_Rafsanjani_Airport (18 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1285726 - Weather station: OIKK · WMO 40841 - Ident: OIKK ## Timeline - 1956: Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 16L/34R | 3,851 m / 12,635 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | yes | | 16R/34L | 3,850 m / 12,631 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 759,095 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 787,086 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 690,796 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 802,918 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 774,802 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 818,047 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 846,317 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 771,722 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 768,096 | Wikidata | ## Routes 12 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (10) - [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 428 km / 266 mi · Mahan Air - [KIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibk.md) Kish International Airport · Iran · 508 km / 316 mi · Mahan Air, Kish Air - [PGU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibp.md) Persian Gulf International Airport · Iran · 521 km / 324 mi · Asa Jet - [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 554 km / 344 mi · Mahan Air - [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 580 km / 360 mi · flydubai - [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 709 km / 441 mi · Mahan Air, Pars Air - [AWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaw.md) Qasem Soleimani International Airport · Iran · 791 km / 492 mi · Mahan Air - [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 799 km / 496 mi · Mahan Air, Pouya Air, Karun Airlines, Qeshm Air, Asa Jet, ATA Airlines (Iran), Chabahar Airlines, Iran Air - [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 1,209 km / 751 mi · Pars Air - [TBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitt.md) Tabriz International Airport · Iran · 1,316 km / 818 mi · Mahan Air ### Seasonal (2) - [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,815 km / 1,128 mi · Iran Air - [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,015 km / 1,252 mi · Iran Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KER, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (10) - W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 7 - [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 4 - IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 3 - I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 1 - IRU [Chabahar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chabahar-airlines) · 1 - FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1 - NV [Karun Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/karun-airlines) · 1 - Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 1 - PYA [Pouya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pouya-air) · 1 - QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 768K (2019) | #928 of 3,974 | #37 in Middle East | #11 in IR | | Longest runway | 3,851 m / 12,635 ft | #185 of 29,858 | #43 in Middle East | #15 in IR | | Elevation | 1,750 m / 5,741 ft | =1,254 of 43,403 | #19 in Middle East | #10 in IR | | Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =25 in Middle East | #11 in IR | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =1 in IR | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | ATIS | ATIS | 127.250 | | TWR | TWR | 122.500 | ## Nearby airports - [IR-0074](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ir-0074.md) Afshid Airport · 25 km / 16 mi - [IR-0243](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ir-0243.md) Bardsir Airfield · 58 km / 36 mi - [RJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikr.md) Rafsanjan Airport · 87 km / 54 mi - [SYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiky.md) Sirjan Airport · 147 km / 91 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: “Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayatollah_Hashemi_Rafsanjani_Airport&oldid=1376146398), 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/oikk/data