# Ardabil Airport (ADU / OITL)

**Ardabil Airport** (IATA: ADU, ICAO: OITL) is a medium airport in Ardabil, Ardabil Province, Iran. It has one runway, 3,299 m (10,823 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2012 it handled 261 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ADU / OITL
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company
- Serves: Ardabil, Ardabil Province, Iran
- Elevation: 1,315 m / 4,315 ft
- Coordinates: 38.3257, 48.4244
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,299 m / 10,823 ft
- Passengers: 261,144 (2012)
- Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran
- Website: http://ardabil.airport.ir/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardabil_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2365437
- Weather station: OITL
- Ident: OITL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,299 m / 10,823 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Paved | 150° / 330° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 260,418 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 261,144 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 390 km / 242 mi · Mahan Air, Iran Aseman Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Pouya Air, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,019 km / 633 mi · Mahan Air, Iran Aseman Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran)

### Seasonal (3)

- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 793 km / 493 mi · Zagros Airlines
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,738 km / 1,080 mi · Iran Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,052 km / 1,275 mi · Iran Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 3
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 2
- EP [Iran Aseman Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-aseman-airlines) · 2
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 2
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines) · 2
- PYA [Pouya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pouya-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 261K (2012) | #1,410 of 3,974 | #56 in Middle East | #21 in IR |
| Longest runway | 3,299 m / 10,823 ft | =739 of 29,858 | #89 in Middle East | #30 in IR |
| Elevation | 1,315 m / 4,315 ft | =2,935 of 43,403 | #61 in Middle East | #48 in IR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =23 in IR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [LLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbl.md) Lankaran International Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [AZ-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/az-0021.md) Qizilagach Air Base · 83 km / 51 mi
- [PFQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitp.md) Parsabad-Moghan Airport · 150 km / 93 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: “Ardabil Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ardabil_Airport&oldid=1376146448), 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/oitl/data