Persian Gulf International Airport guide

Persian Gulf International Airport (ICAO: OIBP) sits inside the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Bushehr province, on the southern Iranian coast. The zone is one of the country's main gas and petrochemical hubs, and the airport exists mainly to move energy-sector workers, contractors and officials between the Asaluyeh area and the rest of Iran.

The airport has a single asphalt runway, 13/31, which is 3,997 metres long. That length is well beyond what the scheduled domestic fleet needs and leaves room for wide-body aircraft. The Iranian Ministry of Oil owns the airport and Iran Airports Company operates it.

Scheduled flights run to Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kermanshah, Tabriz, Ahvaz, Rasht and Kish Island, along with charter services. Saha Airlines uses the airport as a focus city. In 2017 it handled 852,990 passengers, 6,469 aircraft movements and 5,467 tonnes of cargo. A project of about US$62 million has been approved to add a 14,000 square metre terminal with seven air bridges, so that international and domestic traffic can be separated.