# Qeshm International Airport (GSM / OIKQ)

**Qeshm International Airport** (IATA: GSM, ICAO: OIKQ) is a large airport in Qeshm(Dayrestan), Hormozgan Province, Iran. It opened in 1970. It has one runway, 4,226 m (13,864 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2019 it handled 435 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GSM / OIKQ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company
- Serves: Qeshm(Dayrestan), Hormozgan Province, Iran
- Opened: 1970
- Elevation: 14 m / 45 ft
- Coordinates: 26.7546, 55.9024
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,226 m / 13,864 ft
- Passengers: 435,193 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran
- Website: http://qeshmairport.ir/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604547
- Weather station: OIKQ
- Ident: OIKQ

## Timeline

- 1970: Qeshm International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,226 m / 13,864 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 245,964 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 342,052 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 397,099 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 437,090 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 519,097 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 435,193 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (12)

- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 163 km / 101 mi · Caspian Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 176 km / 109 mi · flydubai, Qeshm Air
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 425 km / 264 mi · Qeshm Air
- [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 449 km / 279 mi · Yazd Airways, Qeshm Air, Iran Air, FlyPersia
- [AZD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiyy.md) Shahid Sadooghi Airport · Iran · 594 km / 369 mi · Yazd Airways
- [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 772 km / 480 mi · Yazd Airways, Qeshm Air, Asa Jet, ATA Airlines (Iran), FlyPersia
- [AWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiaw.md) Qasem Soleimani International Airport · Iran · 861 km / 535 mi · Karun Airlines
- [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 1,085 km / 674 mi · Yazd Airways, Air1Air, Taban Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Saha Airlines, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Pouya Air, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Asa Jet, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, FlyPersia, Caspian Airlines
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,112 km / 691 mi · Taban Air, Zagros Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines, Caspian Airlines
- [SRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oinz.md) Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport · Iran · 1,129 km / 702 mi · Varesh Airlines
- [KSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oicc.md) Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport · Iran · 1,188 km / 738 mi · Qeshm Air
- [RAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oigg.md) Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · Iran · 1,315 km / 817 mi · Pouya Air, Asa Jet

### Seasonal (2)

- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,641 km / 1,020 mi · Iran Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,788 km / 1,111 mi · Iran Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (18)

- QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 7
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 5
- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 4
- [Yazd Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yazd-airways) · 4
- RV [Caspian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caspian-airlines) · 3
- FP [FlyPersia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flypersia) · 3
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 2
- PYA [Pouya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pouya-air) · 2
- IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 2
- HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 2
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines) · 2
- INA [Air1Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air1air) · 1
- [AVA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ava-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 1
- NV [Karun Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/karun-airlines) · 1
- Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 1
- IRZ [Saha Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saha-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 435K (2019) | #1,184 of 3,974 | #48 in Middle East | #17 in IR |
| Longest runway | 4,226 m / 13,864 ft | #51 of 29,858 | #13 in Middle East | #6 in IR |
| Elevation | 14 m / 45 ft | =39,570 of 43,403 | =395 in Middle East | #138 in IR |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =39 in Middle East | #14 in IR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =23 in IR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [BND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikb.md) Bandar Abbas International Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [KHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ookb.md) Khasab Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [BDH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibl.md) Bandar Lengeh International Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [RKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omrk.md) Ras Al Khaimah International Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [AEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiba.md) Abu Musa Island Airport · 131 km / 81 mi
- [IR-0161](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ir-0161.md) Oghab 44 Airbase · 149 km / 92 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #51

## 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: “Qeshm International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_International_Airport&oldid=1374048451), revision of 9 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/oikq/data