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Isfahan International Airport

Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IATA: IFN, ICAO: OIFM) (Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید بهشتی اصفهان) is an international airport serving the city of Isfahan, Iran.

Overview

The airport is named in honor of Shahid Beheshti. For administrative and census purposes, it is considered a village in Qahab-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. The airport has two terminals, one for domestic flights and one for international flights.

Just adjacent to the airport is Khatami Air Base, which was built in the 1970s specifically to cater to Iran's fleet of F-14 Tomcats.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air1Air Mashhad
Asa Jet Chabahar/Konarak, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
ATA Airlines Kish, Mashhad, Najaf, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines Asaluyeh, Kish, Mashhad, Najaf, Tehran–Mehrabad
Chabahar Airlines Tehran–Mehrabad
Fly Baghdad Najaf
flydubai Dubai–International
FlyPersia Kish, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Iran Air Bandar Abbas, Dubai–International, Istanbul, Kuwait City, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Iran Airtour Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Iran Aseman Airlines Abadan, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Mashhad, Najaf, Rasht, Sari, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Najaf
Karun Airlines Ahvaz, Bahregan, Bandar Abbas, Kharg, Lavan, Mahshahr, Mashhad, Sirri Island, Tehran–Mehrabad
Kish Air Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Kish, Mashhad
Mahan Air Asaluyeh, Kerman, Mashhad, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan
Meraj Airlines Asaluyeh, Kish, Mashhad, Najaf, Qeshm, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pars Air Aghajari, Asaluyeh, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pouya Air Tehran–Mehrabad
Qatar Airways Doha
Qeshm Air Dubai–International, Kharg, Kish, Mashhad, Qeshm, Tehran–Mehrabad
Saha Airlines Asaluyeh, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Sepehran Airlines Mashhad
Taban Air Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Varesh Airlines Kish, Mashhad, Muscat, Najaf, Qeshm, Sari, Tehran–Mehrabad
Zagros Airlines Ahvaz, Kish, Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad

Accidents and incidents

  • On 15 February 1965, Vickers Viscount EP-AHC of Iranian Airlines was damaged beyond economic repair when the port undercarriage collapsed as a result of a heavy landing.
  • On 18 November 2009, Iran Air Fokker 100 EP-CFO suffered an undercarriage malfunction on take-off. The aircraft was on a flight to Mehrabad Airport, Tehran when the undercarriage failed to retract. The aircraft landed at Isfahan but was substantially damaged when the left main gear collapsed.
  • On 15 January 2010, Iran Air Fokker 100 EP-IDA, operating Flight 223 was substantially damaged when the nose gear collapsed after landing.
  • On 24 January 2010, Taban Air Flight 6437, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashed whilst making an emergency landing at Mashhad International Airport due to a medical emergency; all 157 and 13 crew survived the accident, with 42 receiving minor injuries. The flight originated from Abadan the day before but had to overnight stop in Isfahan due to weather in Mashhad.

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