Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Also known as IKA, OIIE, IKA Airport, Imam Khomeini Airport, IKIA Airport, IKAC Airport
Major international airport in Tehran, Iran
Key facts
- Airport type
- Public
- Owner
- Government of Iran
- Operator
- Imam Khomeini Airport City Company
- Serves
- Tehran metropolitan area
- Location
- Vahnabad , Tehran Province , Iran
- Opened
- 30 April 2005 ; 21 years ago ( 2005-04-30 )
- Hub for
- ATA Airlines Caspian Airlines Iran Air Iran Airtour Iran Aseman Airlines Mahan Air Meraj Airlines Qeshm Air Sepehran Airlines Taban Air Varesh Airlines Zagros Airlines
- Time zone
- IRST ( UTC+3:30 )
- Elevation amsl
- 1,007 m / 3,305 ft
- Website
- ikac .ir
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
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Statistics (21 March 2018–20 March 2019)
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IATA: IKA, ICAO: OIIE) (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی امام خمینی) is the international airport of Tehran, the capital of Iran. It is located 2 kilometers (1 mi) from Vahnabad and 35 kilometres (22 miles) southwest of Tehran and is named after Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989), Iran's first supreme leader. The airport is operated by Imam Khomeini Airport City Company. It covers 13,400 hectares (33,000 acres) and has two terminals and two runways. All international flights into Tehran are served by the airport, and all domestic flights land at Mehrabad Airport. Imam Khomeini Airport is a hub for multiple airlines. As of the fiscal year ending on 20 March 2019, it ranked third in terms of passenger traffic in Iran.