RunwayLongest Commercial Runways in Iran
Compiled by Bill Gao
National Commercial Aviation Runway Registry & Rankings (ISO: IR)
14 Commercial Aerodromes
Longest National Runway
14,425 ft
4,397 meters
Indexed Commercial Hubs
14
Paved primary runways (≥3,000 ft)
Iran Runway Facts at a Glance
Top 5 longest runways: #1 Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IFN) 14,425 ft; #2 Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport (SYZ) 14,345 ft; #3 Zahedan International Airport (ZAH) 14,042 ft; #4 Qeshm International Airport (GSM) 13,864 ft; #5 Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) 13,772 ft. The gap from IFN to IKA is 653 ft.
Elevation: Highest: Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport (KER) at 5,741 ft (1,750 m); lowest: ABD at 10 ft, a spread of 5,731 ft.
Runway count: 14 published airports, 24 active runways in total; 4 with 1 active runway, 10 with 2 active runways.
National Runway Inventory & Ranking Table
Commercial aerodromes in Iran ordered by longest active runway dimension.
| National Rank | Aerodrome Name | IATA | Municipality | Longest Runway | Elevation | Published Global Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 in IR | Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport | IFN | Isfahan | 14,425 ft (4397m) | 5,059 ft | #19 of 650 |
| #2 in IR | Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport | SYZ | Shiraz | 14,345 ft (4372m) | 4,927 ft | #20 of 650 |
| #3 in IR | Zahedan International Airport | ZAH | Zahedan | 14,042 ft (4280m) | 4,564 ft | #23 of 650 |
| #4 in IR | Qeshm International Airport | GSM | Qeshm(Dayrestan) | 13,864 ft (4226m) | 45 ft | #27 of 650 |
| #5 in IR | Imam Khomeini International Airport | IKA | Tehran | 13,772 ft (4198m) | 3,305 ft | #34 of 650 |
| #6 in IR | Mehrabad International Airport | THR | Tehran | 13,258 ft (4041m) | 3,962 ft | #46 of 650 |
| #7 in IR | Mashhad International Airport | MHD | Mashhad | 12,877 ft (3925m) | 3,263 ft | #97 of 650 |
| #8 in IR | Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport | KER | Kerman | 12,635 ft (3851m) | 5,741 ft | #105 of 650 |
| #9 in IR | Bandar Abbas International Airport | BND | Bandar Abbas | 12,008 ft (3660m) | 22 ft | tied #177 of 650 |
| #10 in IR | Payam International Airport | PYK | Karaj | 12,005 ft (3659m) | 4,170 ft | tied #183 of 650 |
| #11 in IR | Kish International Airport | KIH | Kish Island | 12,004 ft (3659m) | 101 ft | #185 of 650 |
| #12 in IR | Tabriz International Airport | TBZ | Tabriz | 11,825 ft (3604m) | 4,459 ft | #215 of 650 |
| #13 in IR | Qasem Soleimani International Airport | AWZ | Ahvaz | 11,149 ft (3398m) | 66 ft | #344 of 650 |
| #14 in IR | Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport | ABD | Abadan | 10,169 ft (3100m) | 10 ft | tied #527 of 650 |