# Birjand International Airport (XBJ / OIMB)

**Birjand International Airport** (IATA: XBJ, ICAO: OIMB) is a large airport in Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Iran. It opened in 1933. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,902 m (9,521 ft). It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XBJ / OIMB
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company
- Serves: Birjand, South Khorasan Province, Iran
- Opened: 1933
- Elevation: 1,509 m / 4,952 ft
- Coordinates: 32.8965, 59.2813
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,902 m / 9,521 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran
- Website: https://birjand.airport.ir/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birjand_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1955907
- Weather station: OIMB · WMO 40809
- Ident: OIMB

## Timeline

- 1933: Birjand International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,902 m / 9,521 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 099° / 279° |  |
| 08/26 | 2,162 m / 7,093 ft | 25 m / 82 ft | Asphalt | 079° / 259° |  |

- 08/26 slopes 1.1%: threshold 08 at 1,484 m / 4,870 ft, threshold 26 at 1,508 m / 4,947 ft.

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 373 km / 232 mi · Iran Air
- [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 795 km / 494 mi · Mahan Air, Yazd Airways, Iran Airtour, Pars Air, Iran Air

### Seasonal (2)

- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,118 km / 1,316 mi · Iran Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,341 km / 1,455 mi · Iran Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 4
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 1
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 1
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,902 m / 9,521 ft | #1,499 of 29,858 | #168 in Middle East | #50 in IR |
| Elevation | 1,509 m / 4,952 ft | =2,092 of 43,403 | #41 in Middle East | #31 in IR |
| Age | Opened 1933 | =521 of 15,079 | #4 in Middle East | #2 in IR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =1 in IR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 127.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [IR-0163](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ir-0163.md) ??? 'Greenhouse town' Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [IR-0017](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ir-0017.md) Birjand/Khor Airport · 80 km / 50 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: “Birjand International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birjand_International_Airport&oldid=1363184919), revision of 8 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/oimb/data