Imam Khomeini Airport
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Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) (فرودگاه بینالمللی امام خمینی (ره |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Iran Airports Company | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Iran Civil Aviation Organization | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ahmadabad, Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 May 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+04:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,305 ft / 1,007 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°24′58″N 051°09′08″E / 35.41611°N 51.15222°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | ikia |
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 IKA
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Source: Iran Airports Company
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| Aircraft Movements | 53,359  5.8% |
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| Passengers | 7,821,369 8.0% |
| Cargo (t) | 148,020 9.5% |
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی امام خمینی) (IATA: IKA, ICAO: OIIE), also known as Tehran-IKIA or IKIA, is the main international airport of Iran, located 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the city of Tehran, near the localities of Robat Karim and Eslamshahr, on a 13,500-hectare (135 km2) site. Along with Mehrabad International Airport, it is one of the two major commercial airports serving Tehran and the busiest international air passenger gateway to Iran. As of December 2016, it serves international destinations in Asia and Europe. All domestic flights in and out of Tehran are currently served by Mehrabad Airport.
The airport features one passenger terminal, two parallel runways and several logistics and maintenance facilities. Operated by the Iran Airports Company, it's one of the home bases of Iran Air, Meraj Airlines, Mahan Air, Iran Aseman Airlines, Qeshm Airlines, Taban Air, and Zagros Airlines.
Construction of the airport began prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution. The original designers were Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton (TAMS), an American engineering and architectural consulting partnership. A local joint venture was formed between TAMS and local firm Abdol Aziz Farmanfarmaian Associates called TAMS-AFFA, to carry out the full design and supervision of construction. Following the Iranian revolution, however, the project was abandoned until the government of Iran decided to design and build the airport using local expertise.
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