Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA)
A working profile of Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Imam Khomeini International Airport
- Serves: Tehran, Iran
- Coordinates: 35.4161, 51.1522
- Elevation: 3,305 ft
- Time zone: Asia/Tehran
Imam Khomeini International Airport sits inside the air network of Iran. It shows 60 distinct scheduled departures across 43 destinations and 21 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from IKA
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | IKA→IST | 5 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | IKA→DXB | 4 |
| DYU | Dushanbe Airport | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | IKA→DYU | 2 |
| FCO | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Rome | Italy | IKA→FCO | 2 |
| ARN | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | Stockholm | Sweden | IKA→ARN | 2 |
| ESB | Esenboğa International Airport | Ankara | Turkey | IKA→ESB | 2 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | IKA→FRA | 2 |
| GYD | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | Baku | Azerbaijan | IKA→GYD | 2 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | IKA→KUL | 2 |
| NJF | Al Najaf International Airport | Najaf | Iraq | IKA→NJF | 2 |
| VIE | Vienna International Airport | Vienna | Austria | IKA→VIE | 2 |
| SAW | Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | IKA→SAW | 2 |
| MSQ | Minsk National Airport | Minsk 2 | Belarus | IKA→MSQ | 1 |
| URC | Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport | Urumqi | China | IKA→URC | 1 |
| EVN | Zvartnots International Airport | Yerevan | Armenia | IKA→EVN | 1 |
| ISU | Sulaymaniyah International Airport | Sulaymaniyah | Iraq | IKA→ISU | 1 |
| KBL | Hamid Karzai International Airport | Kabul | Afghanistan | IKA→KBL | 1 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | IKA→AUH | 1 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | IKA→SHJ | 1 |
| BAH | Bahrain International Airport | Bahrain | Bahrain | IKA→BAH | 1 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | IKA→AMS | 1 |
| BEY | Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport | Beirut | Lebanon | IKA→BEY | 1 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | IKA→BOM | 1 |
| CGN | Cologne Bonn Airport | Cologne | Germany | IKA→CGN | 1 |
| GOT | Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport | Gothenborg | Sweden | IKA→GOT | 1 |
| HAM | Hamburg Airport | Hamburg | Germany | IKA→HAM | 1 |
| KHI | Jinnah International Airport | Karachi | Pakistan | IKA→KHI | 1 |
| LHR | London Heathrow Airport | London | United Kingdom | IKA→LHR | 1 |
| MXP | Malpensa International Airport | Milano | Italy | IKA→MXP | 1 |
| ORY | Paris-Orly Airport | Paris | France | IKA→ORY | 1 |
| PEK | Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | IKA→PEK | 1 |
| TAS | Tashkent International Airport | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | IKA→TAS | 1 |
| KWI | Kuwait International Airport | Kuwait | Kuwait | IKA→KWI | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | IKA→DOH | 1 |
| SVO | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow | Russia | IKA→SVO | 1 |
| ALA | Almaty Airport | Alma-ata | Kazakhstan | IKA→ALA | 1 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | IKA→BKK | 1 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | IKA→CAN | 1 |
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | IKA→DEL | 1 |
| DUS | Düsseldorf Airport | Duesseldorf | Germany | IKA→DUS | 1 |
| EBL | Erbil International Airport | Erbil | Iraq | IKA→EBL | 1 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | IKA→PVG | 1 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | IKA→MCT | 1 |
Airlines operating at IKA
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from IKA |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR | Iran Air | Iran | 22 |
| W5 | Mahan Air | Iran | 12 |
| EP | Iran Aseman Airlines | Iran | 7 |
| TK | Turkish Airlines | Turkey | 2 |
| 7J | Tajik Air | Tajikistan | 1 |
| AZ | Alitalia | Italy | 1 |
| B2 | Belavia Belarusian Airlines | Belarus | 1 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | 1 |
| EK | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| EY | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| G9 | Air Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| GF | Gulf Air Bahrain | Bahrain | 1 |
| J2 | Azerbaijan Airlines | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| KK | Atlasjet | Turkey | 1 |
| KU | Kuwait Airways | Kuwait | 1 |
| LH | Lufthansa Cargo | Germany | 1 |
| OS | Austrian Airlines | Austria | 1 |
| PC | Pegasus Airlines | Turkey | 1 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | 1 |
| SU | Aeroflot Russian Airlines | Russia | 1 |
| WY | Oman Air | Oman | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into IKA typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | 5 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 4 |
| DYU | Dushanbe Airport | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 2 |
| FCO | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Rome | Italy | 2 |
| ARN | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | Stockholm | Sweden | 2 |
| ESB | Esenboğa International Airport | Ankara | Turkey | 2 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | 2 |
| GYD | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | Baku | Azerbaijan | 2 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2 |
| NJF | Al Najaf International Airport | Najaf | Iraq | 2 |
| SVO | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow | Russia | 2 |
| VIE | Vienna International Airport | Vienna | Austria | 2 |
| SAW | Sabiha Gökçen International Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | 2 |
| MSQ | Minsk National Airport | Minsk 2 | Belarus | 1 |
| URC | Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport | Urumqi | China | 1 |
| EVN | Zvartnots International Airport | Yerevan | Armenia | 1 |
| ISU | Sulaymaniyah International Airport | Sulaymaniyah | Iraq | 1 |
| KBL | Hamid Karzai International Airport | Kabul | Afghanistan | 1 |
| MZR | Mazar I Sharif Airport | Mazar-i-sharif | Afghanistan | 1 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| BAH | Bahrain International Airport | Bahrain | Bahrain | 1 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 |
| BEY | Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport | Beirut | Lebanon | 1 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | 1 |
| CGN | Cologne Bonn Airport | Cologne | Germany | 1 |
| GOT | Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport | Gothenborg | Sweden | 1 |
| HAM | Hamburg Airport | Hamburg | Germany | 1 |
| KHI | Jinnah International Airport | Karachi | Pakistan | 1 |
| LHR | London Heathrow Airport | London | United Kingdom | 1 |
| MXP | Malpensa International Airport | Milano | Italy | 1 |
| ORY | Paris-Orly Airport | Paris | France | 1 |
| PEK | Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | 1 |
| TAS | Tashkent International Airport | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 1 |
| KWI | Kuwait International Airport | Kuwait | Kuwait | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 1 |
| ALA | Almaty Airport | Alma-ata | Kazakhstan | 1 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 1 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | 1 |
| DEL | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | India | 1 |
| DUS | Düsseldorf Airport | Duesseldorf | Germany | 1 |
| EBL | Erbil International Airport | Erbil | Iraq | 1 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | 1 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from IKA on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list IKA to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat IKA as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.