Ardabil Airport guide

Ardabil Airport (ICAO OITL) serves Ardabil, the capital of Ardabil Province in northwestern Iran. It sits about 15 kilometres northeast of the city centre, at an elevation of roughly 1,315 metres. Iran Airports Company operates the airfield, which the Government of Iran owns.

The airport has two runways. Runway 15/33 is asphalt and 3,298 metres long, and runway 07/25 measures 2,500 metres. In July 2015 an instrument landing system was planned for installation to cut the flight cancellations that affect winter flying in this mountainous region by up to 50 percent.

Scheduled service is domestic and centres on Tehran Mehrabad and Mashhad. Six Iranian carriers have operated here, among them Iran Air, Iran Aseman Airlines, Mahan Air, ATA Airlines, Zagros Airlines and Pouya Air. Iran Air also runs seasonal hajj flights to Jeddah and Medina. The airport recorded 203,797 passengers, 1,632 aircraft movements and 1,534 tonnes of cargo in 2014, with cargo volume up 52.8 percent on the previous year.