How many airports does Iran have in this index?

This index retains 6 airport records for Iran (6 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.

Which is the largest airport in Iran?

Large-airport records appear first in this index. The top entries for Iran include Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IFN), Mashhad International Airport (MHD). No quoted passenger-volume figure is attached to those records in the curated airport-facts file.

Which timezone is Iran in?

All retained airport records in Iran resolve to Asia/Tehran. The zone does not observe a seasonal DST shift in the IANA database.

Does Iran have international airports?

Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 6 records with an international-gateway role label in Iran. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

How does Iran compare with regional peers for airport count?

Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Iran has 6 records vs. Pakistan (6), Taiwan (6), Vietnam (6). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country airport index

Airports in Iran.

6 airportsPrimary zone: Asia/Tehran

This page lists 6 retained airport records in our curated Iran airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.

Timezones in Iran

Airport index methodology

How we calculate this: Airports are grouped by country code, then sorted with large airports first and named airports alphabetically inside each type. Local time uses each airport’s stored IANA timezone identifier. Passenger figures, hub-airline tags, and operational facts come from the per-airport curation file when available; absent figures are left blank rather than estimated.
Data sources: OurAirports for IATA/ICAO, coordinates, elevation, and airport type; IANA Time Zone Database for local-time rules; airport-shaped Wikipedia summaries for the curated facts file (passengers, runways, terminals, hub airlines, operator, year opened); hand-curated country dossier sources (FAA, CAAC, DGCA, Rosaviatsiya, IATA, national civil-aviation authorities) for the editorial dossier block where present; curated country records for country names and locale-safe slugs.
Update cadence: Airport country pages revalidate weekly. The OurAirports source CSV was last fetched 2026-04-25; the airport-facts snapshot was last generated 2026-05-21. This page currently represents 6 large airports rather than a complete national aviation registry.

Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Iran; it lists 6 retained airport records (6 large airports) across Asia/Tehran.

Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.

Country airport evidence

Why this Iran airport page is retained

11/12 signals

This page is classified as a compact gateway set. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.

Retained scope

compact gateway set

Iran has 6 retained large/medium airport records (6 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.

Code and entity coverage

6 IATA, 6 ICAO

6 retained records have airport-facts rows; 6 cite official airport domains and 6 carry Wikidata entity links.

Traffic and operation facts

0 passenger rows

No retained record quotes passenger-volume facts yet; operational depth comes from type, code, timezone, runway, source, and scheduled-service fields where available.

Timezone pattern

single airport-timezone cluster

The retained airport set resolves to one dominant local-clock pattern, but each airport still stores its own IANA identifier for DST-safe calculations.

Verification boundary

24 source URLs

Visible source hosts include isfahan.airport.ir, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, ikia.ir, mashhad.airport.ir, payamaviation.ir, tabrizairport.ir. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.

Editorial status

manual dossier attached

Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.

Source hosts seen in retained airport facts

isfahan.airport.iren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.comikia.irmashhad.airport.irpayamaviation.irtabrizairport.ir

Traveler planning patterns

How to use Iran airport data without overreading it

Country-specific caveats

Start with the gateway layer

Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) is the first retained airport to check for Iran; then scan the 6 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.

Keep airport-local time explicit

The retained airport set behaves like a single local-clock cluster, but the airport-specific IANA zone still matters around DST transitions and imported calendar events.

Use codes for the search, city pages for context

5 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.

Treat schedules as live elsewhere

6 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.

Watch holidays and local operating days

No holiday country page is attached here yet, so verify public holidays and local operating restrictions with country or airport authorities before travel.

Know what the passenger data covers

No retained airport quotes passenger-volume facts yet, so the page avoids traffic rankings and leans on source-backed type, code, timezone, and city context.

Airport coverage patterns

How the Iran airport index is structured

This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.

Coverage pattern

Only 6 airport records are retained for Iran, mapped across 5 localities — a deliberately small set (6 large and 0 medium; 6 large airports) covering the airports most likely to anchor a city clock or travel check.

Code reliability

Every retained Iran record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (6 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.

Timezone spread

Every retained airport in Iran resolves to Asia/Tehran (6), so the country's airport clocks move together and a single offset check covers the whole set.

Major airport examples

Standout anchors here include Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) in Tehran, Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IFN) in Isfahan, Mashhad International Airport (MHD) in Mashhad, and Mehrabad International Airport (THR) in Tehran. Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.

City-clock handoff

Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as Tehran (IKA, THR), Isfahan (IFN), Karaj (PYK), and Mashhad (MHD). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.

International gateway count

6 retained records carry an international-gateway role label in the curated airport facts for Iran. Role labels are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

Regional peer comparison

Iran has 6 retained airport records vs. Pakistan 6, Taiwan 6, Vietnam 6 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.

Operational depth

Across the retained Iran set we have 11 curated runway records, 2 curated terminal records, and 6 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.

Editorial dossier

Iranian airports handled roughly 40.75 million passengers in Iranian calendar year 1403 (March 2024 – March 2025) per the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO.Iran), up about 6% year-on-year. Tehran Mehrabad (THR) is the busiest field at 13.75 million passengers and Iran's main domestic hub; Imam Khomeini International (IKA, Tehran) anchors international service, growing international passenger traffic 21% in 2024. Iran Air (the flag carrier), Mahan Air, Aseman, Qeshm Air, and Iran Air Tours dominate. CAO.Iran is the regulator; IAC (Iran Airports Company) operates most fields. Sanctions, sourcing of substitute parts, and IKA's October 2024 Israeli airstrike are the dominant policy and security anchors.

Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.

Country aviation profile

Aviation profile snapshot for Iran

Curated airport facts

These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.

International gateways

Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.

Scheduled service

6 / 6

Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.

Runway records

Tabriz · TBZ · Asia/Tehran

OITT

OurAirports classifies TBZ as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Tabriz.

Operations

scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 11,825 ft / 3,604 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 19 coverage signals

tabrizairport.iren.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Time-zone span

Single-zone airport clock for Iran

All retained airport records resolve to one IANA timezone (Asia/Tehran, UTC+03:30 IRST no DST). Local-clock math is simpler here than in multi-zone countries, but the airport’s stored IANA identifier is still the authoritative reference for DST transition weekends.

Regional peer comparison

Iran vs. Asia peers

Retained-record counts

Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.

Country	Airports	Large / medium	IANA zones
Iran	6	6 / 0	1
Pakistan	6	6 / 0	1
Taiwan	6	6 / 0	1
Vietnam	6	6 / 0	2

Country aviation dossier

Editorial context for Iran aviation

Hand-curated

Sources

Last verified 2026-05-11 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.

Frequently asked

Iran airport questions

How many airports does Iran have in this index?: This index retains 6 airport records for Iran (6 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
Which is the largest airport in Iran?: Large-airport records appear first in this index. The top entries for Iran include Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA), Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IFN), Mashhad International Airport (MHD). No quoted passenger-volume figure is attached to those records in the curated airport-facts file.
Which timezone is Iran in?: All retained airport records in Iran resolve to Asia/Tehran. The zone does not observe a seasonal DST shift in the IANA database.
Does Iran have international airports?: Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 6 records with an international-gateway role label in Iran. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.
How does Iran compare with regional peers for airport count?: Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Iran has 6 records vs. Pakistan (6), Taiwan (6), Vietnam (6). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country overview

Airport coverage for Iran

The retained catalog currently includes 6 airport records in 5 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.

Retained records

Airport localities

Timezone records

1 zone

Time-zone planning

Use the airport clock for travel math

For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.

Asia/Tehran6 airports

Codes, clocks, and city mapping

How to read the Iran airport index

IATA + ICAO reference

IATA coverage

6 codes

Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.

ICAO coverage

6 codes

Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.

Airport mix

6 large / 0 medium

Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.

DST travel risk

Single-zone

Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.

Major city to airport links

These rows connect retained airport records to city-time pages, so a reader can move from a flight code to the local clock, nearby planning context, and meeting-time checks.

Tehran

2 linked airports

city clock

IKA Imam Khomeini International Airport (Asia/Tehran); THR Mehrabad International Airport (Asia/Tehran)

Isfahan

1 linked airport

city clock

IFN Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (Asia/Tehran)

Karaj

1 linked airport

city clock

PYK Payam International Airport (Asia/Tehran)

Mashhad

1 linked airport

city clock

MHD Mashhad International Airport (Asia/Tehran)

Major airport list

Key airports in Iran

Large airports first

These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.

Imam Khomeini International Airport

Tehran

IKA

large airport · Asia/Tehran

Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport

Isfahan

IFN

large airport · Asia/Tehran

Mashhad International Airport

Mashhad

MHD

large airport · Asia/Tehran

Mehrabad International Airport

Tehran

THR

large airport · Asia/Tehran

Payam International Airport

Karaj

PYK

large airport · Asia/Tehran

Tabriz International Airport

Tabriz

TBZ

large airport · Asia/Tehran

Route-planning cues

When this airport index is useful

Start with gateway airports

6 large airports

Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.

Check the local clock

1 timezone

Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.

Move to city context

5 linked airports

Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.

Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.

City coverage

Airport cities with time pages

Tehran2 airports Isfahan1 airport Karaj1 airport Mashhad1 airport

Illustrative airport time board

Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.

Destination

Flight

Gate

Local Time

TEHRAN (IKA)

BA 961

B12

ISFAHAN (IFN)

AA 647

A07

MASHHAD (MHD)

AA 570

A07

TEHRAN (THR)

UA 455

B05

KARAJ (PYK)

AF 125

C02

TABRIZ (TBZ)

JL 385

C21

IATA	Name	City	Type
IKA	Imam Khomeini International Airport	Tehran	large airport
IFN	Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport	Isfahan	large airport
MHD	Mashhad International Airport	Mashhad	large airport
THR	Mehrabad International Airport	Tehran	large airport
PYK	Payam International Airport	Karaj	large airport
TBZ	Tabriz International Airport	Tabriz	large airport

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