Busiest airports in Islamic Republic of Iran
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2009 final statistics
| Rank | Airport | City | Passengers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tehran Mehrabad International Airport | Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
12,094,218 |
| 2. | Mashhad International Airport Mashhad International Airport Mashhad International Airport or Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport is an airport in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.The airport is country's second busiest only to Tehran Mehrabad Airport and above the famous Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. In 2009 airport handled 5,005,645 passengers... |
Mashhad Mashhad Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its... |
5,005,645 |
| 3. | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport | Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
4,252,065 |
| 4. | Shiraz International Airport Shiraz International Airport Shiraz International Airport is located in Shiraz, Iran. It is the main international airport of Fars province.After undergoing renovation and redevolopment work in 2005, Shiraz Airport was identified as the second most reliable and modern airport in Iran in terms of flight safety including... |
Shiraz Shiraz Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor... |
2,291,060 |
| 5. | Ahwaz Airport | Ahwaz | 1,924,456 |
| 6. | Isfahan International Airport Isfahan International Airport Isfahan International Airport is an international airport located at the city of Isfahan in the Isfahan Province of Iran.Named in honor of Shahid Beheshti. The international airport is a one level building with limited services... |
Isfahan | 1,791,560 |
| 7. | Tabriz International Airport Tabriz International Airport Tabriz International Airport is an airport that serves Tabriz, Iran. It is the primary airport of Tabriz. It also serves as a military for IRIAF as second fighter base of IRIAF.- Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:... |
Tabriz Tabriz Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former... |
1,062,245 |
| 8. | Bandar Abbas International Airport Bandar Abbas International Airport Bandar Abbas International Airport is an airport in Bandar Abbas, the capital of Hormozgān Province in Iran.-Airlines and destinations:-Incidents:... |
Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Bandar-Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās , also Romanized as Bandar ‘Abbās, Bandar ‘Abbāsī, and Bandar-e ‘Abbās; formerly known as Cambarão and Port Comorão to Portuguese traders, as Gombroon to English traders and as Gamrun or Gumrun to Dutch merchants) is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on... |
1,013,768 |
| 9. | Kerman Airport | Kerman Kerman - Geological characteristics :For the Iranian paleontologists, Kerman has always been considered a fossil paradise. Finding new dinosaur footprints in 2005 has now revealed new hopes for paleontologists to better understand the history of this area.- Economy :... |
639,272 |
| 10. | Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport | Kermanshah Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families.The overwhelming majority of Kermanshahi people are Shi'a Muslims... |
562,530 |