# Zahedan International Airport (ZAH / OIZH) **Zahedan International Airport** (IATA: ZAH, ICAO: OIZH) is a large airport in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. It opened in 1953. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,280 m (14,042 ft). It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2019 it handled 485 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizh ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: ZAH / OIZH - Type: Large airport - Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company - Serves: Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran - Opened: 1953 - Elevation: 1,391 m / 4,564 ft - Coordinates: 29.4757, 60.9062 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 4,280 m / 14,042 ft - Passengers: 485,466 (2019) - Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran - Website: http://zahedan.airport.ir/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan_Airport (20 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559454 - Weather station: OIZH · WMO 40856 - Ident: OIZH ## Timeline - 1953: Zahedan International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17R/35L | 4,280 m / 14,042 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | yes | | 17L/35R | 4,280 m / 14,042 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 509,694 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 497,368 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 397,048 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 435,688 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 413,795 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 485,734 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 554,683 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 483,589 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 485,466 | Wikidata | ## Routes 10 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (8) - [ZBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizc.md) Chabahar Konarak International Airport · Iran · 451 km / 280 mi · Mahan Air, Iran Air - [UET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opqt.md) Quetta International Airport · Pakistan · 588 km / 365 mi · Iran Air - [KIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibk.md) Kish International Airport · Iran · 755 km / 469 mi · Kish Air - [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 761 km / 473 mi · Taban Air, Iran Airtour, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, Caspian Airlines - [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 933 km / 580 mi · Mahan Air - [GBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oing.md) Gorgan Airport · Iran · 1,024 km / 636 mi · Qeshm Air, Caspian Airlines - [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,030 km / 640 mi · Iran Air - [THR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiii.md) Mehrabad International Airport · Iran · 1,133 km / 704 mi · Mahan Air, Air1Air, Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Saha Airlines, AVA Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Pars Air, ATA Airlines (Iran), Chabahar Airlines, Iran Air, Caspian Airlines ### Seasonal (2) - [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,167 km / 1,347 mi · Iran Air - [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,342 km / 1,455 mi · Iran Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ZAH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (14) - IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 7 - RV [Caspian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caspian-airlines) · 3 - W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 3 - QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 3 - I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 2 - B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 2 - Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 2 - IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 2 - INA [Air1Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air1air) · 1 - [AVA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ava-airlines) · 1 - IRU [Chabahar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chabahar-airlines) · 1 - [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 1 - IRZ [Saha Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saha-airlines) · 1 - HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 485K (2019) | #1,125 of 3,974 | #45 in Middle East | #15 in IR | | Longest runway | 4,280 m / 14,042 ft | #45 of 29,858 | #12 in Middle East | #5 in IR | | Elevation | 1,391 m / 4,564 ft | #2,591 of 43,403 | #50 in Middle East | #38 in IR | | Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =22 in Middle East | =9 in IR | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =1 in IR | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | ATIS | ATIS | 128.450 | | TWR | TWR | 118.100 | ## Nearby airports - [OP35](https://dromopedia.com/airports/op35.md) Juzzak Airport · 87 km / 54 mi - [TFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/optt.md) Taftan Airport · 88 km / 55 mi - [AF04](https://dromopedia.com/airports/af04.md) Helmand Airport · 131 km / 81 mi - [REQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pk-req.md) Reko Diq Airport · 134 km / 83 mi - [IR-0016](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ir-0016.md) Khāsh Airport · 140 km / 87 mi ## In collections - [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #45 ## 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: “Zahedan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zahedan_Airport&oldid=1371397766), revision of 26 Aug 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/oizh/data