Imam Khomeini International Airport

Imam Khomeini International Airport فرودگاه بین‌المللی امام خمینی
IATA: IKA ICAO: OIIE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Iran
Operator	Imam Khomeini Airport City Company
Serves	Tehran metropolitan area
Location	Vahnabad, Tehran, Iran
Opened	30 April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-30)
Hub for	Iran Air Iran Aseman Airlines Mahan Air Meraj Airlines
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
Elevation AMSL	1,007 m / 3,305 ft
Coordinates	35°24′58″N 051°09′08″E / 35.41611°N 51.15222°E / 35.41611; 51.15222
Website	ikac.ir
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11L/29R 4,198 13,773 Asphalt, concrete 11R/29L 4,092 13,425 Asphalt
Statistics (21 March 2018–20 March 2019)
Aircraft movements 47,000 Passengers 7,270,000 Cargo (t) 142,000

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) of Vahnabad and 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Tehran and is named for Ruhollah Khomeini, 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 four airlines. As of the fiscal year ending on 20 March 2019, it ranks third in terms of passenger traffic in Iran.

The airport was conceived before the 1979 revolution, as Mehrabad Airport was becoming congested. It was scheduled to open in May 2004 under the management of Tepe-Akfen-Vie (TAV), a Turkish-Austrian consortium. However, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shut it down soon after the first plane landed, citing security fears over allowing foreigners to run the airport. Conservatives in parliament said that TAV had business ties with Iran's enemy Israel. The company stated it had no relationship with the country. The airport reopened in April 2005 with four Iranian carriers in charge of operations. In 2019, a second terminal was completed.