Editing Transport in Iran (section)

== Airports and airlines ==
{{Main|List of airports in Iran|Airlines of Iran}}

[[File:AIRPORTS IN IRAN.jpg|thumb|[[List of airports in Iran|Airports in Iran]].]]
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[[File:Ir747sp-narita.JPG|thumb|right|[[Iran Air]] [[Boeing 747SP]] at [[Narita International Airport]]]]

Iran handles about 50 million passengers annually (2016).<ref name=BYI1 /> Iran's airports are improving their international connections, and Arak Airport in Markazi province has recently begun to operate international flights, making a total of five such airports in the country, in addition to ten local airports.<ref name='transport'>{{Citation| contribution=Iran Travel And Tourism Forecast| title=Economist Intelligence Unit| date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> In May 2007 international flights into the capital, Tehran, were moved to the [[Imam Khomeini International Airport]] (IKIA), just outside the city because of capacity constraints at the existing central [[Mehrabad Airport]].

*Airports: 319 (2013)<ref name="CIA Factbook" />
*There are 54 "major" airports in Iran (2008): 8 international, 21 air border, and 25 domestic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3282/html/economy.htm |title= Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 11/29/08|website=www.iran-daily.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603071617/http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3282/html/economy.htm |archive-date=June 3, 2009}}</ref>
*Number of flights from airports nationwide reached 31,088 in a month (October 20 – November 20, 2008): 10,510 domestic, 4,229 international and 15,404 transit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0812105144192207.htm |title=وب سایتهای ایرنا - Irna |access-date=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301105618/http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0812105144192207.htm |archive-date=2012-03-01 }}</ref>
*Airport capacity for departures and arrivals: 73 million persons (2011)<ref name=CBI>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbi.ir/showitem/9506.aspx |title=Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |access-date=2012-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816054501/http://www.cbi.ir/showitem/9506.aspx |archive-date=2012-08-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Number of passengers departing and arriving at airports: 40.1 million persons (2011)<ref name=CBI />
*Share of non-public sector in domestic flights: 60% (2011)<ref name=CBI />
*Share of non-public sector in international flights: 58.7% (2011)<ref name=CBI />

'''National airline:'''
*[[Iran Air]] handles 6 million passengers annually (2016)<ref name=BYI1 />

=== Airports – with paved runways ===
[[File:Tehran IKIA at Night.jpg|thumb|Imam Khomeini International Airport]]
''Total:''
140 (2013)<ref name="CIA Factbook" />

:''over 3,047&nbsp;m:'' 42

:''2,438 to 3,047&nbsp;m:'' 29

:''1,524 to 2,437&nbsp;m:'' 26

:''914 to 1,523&nbsp;m:'' 36

:''under 914&nbsp;m:'' 7 (2013)

=== Airports – with unpaved runways ===
''Total:'' 179 (2013)<ref name="CIA Factbook" />

:''over 3,047&nbsp;m:'' 1

:''1,524 to 2,437&nbsp;m:'' 2

:''914 to 1,523&nbsp;m:'' 135

:''under 914&nbsp;m:'' 32 (2013)

=== Heliports ===
Total: 26 (2013)<ref name="CIA Factbook" />