XBJOIMB

Birjand International Airport

Birjand, Iran · Asia

Asia Asia/Tehran

2direct destinations

2airlines

2runways

2,902 mLongest runway

1933opened

Birjand Airport (IATA: XBJ, ICAO: OIMB) is a small airport near Birjand, Iran. Due to the geopolitical eminence of Birjand in the eastern parts of Iran, Birjand airport started operation in 1933 as the 3rd operational airport in Iran. Birjand airport offers non-stop daily flights to Tehran and Mashhad. Birjand airport was established in 1933, beginning with small aircraft. The first passenger terminal was opened in 1976, and the same year saw the first flights from and to Mashhad as well as Tehran by Pars Air, the precursor of Iran Aseman Airlines.

Location

32.897°N, 59.281°E · 1.509 m s. n. m. (4.952 ft)

General data

CountryIran

CityBirjand

IATA codeXBJ

ICAO codeOIMB

Coordinates32.897°N, 59.281°E

Elevation1.509 m s. n. m. (4.952 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Tehran

Runways2

Longest runway2,902 m

OperatorIranian Airports Holding Company

Opened1933

Direct destinations2

Official website

Runways · 2

10/28

Length2,902 m9,521 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

08/26

Length2,162 m7,093 ft

Width25 m82 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

127.100INFO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

Birjand Airport is a small airport near Birjand, Iran. Due to the geopolitical eminence of Birjand in the eastern parts of Iran, Birjand airport started operation in 1933 as the 3rd operational airport in Iran. Birjand airport offers non-stop daily flights to Tehran and Mashhad. Birjand airport was established in 1933 but there were only flights for very small airplanes. There were no passenger terminals till 1354 Hejri-Shamsi (1975). The first passenger terminal was established in 1355 Hejri-Shamsi and flights from Mashhad and Tehran to Birjand were opened in 1355 Hejri-Shamsi by Pars-Air (Aseman) and Iran-air agencies. The chief executive of the airport was Mr Habibollah Dehghan Noudeh between 1342 and 1362, he did hard working to build a modernized airport in Birjand. Mr Dehghan Noudeh did great efforts to make Birjand airport as one of important airports in Iran. In his era a passenger terminal, cargo terminal, police station, weather forecast station, and many other buildings including administration and office building, air control tower also were built. Due to his effort the flights were opened from Tehran and Mashhad to Birjand for the first time in 1355 (Hejri-shamsi) by Pars Air (Asseman) and also it was about to start Iran Air flights from Tehran to Birjand before 1357.

Birjand airport became an international airport after the first international flight to Medina, KSA in June 2008. In 2009, the runway 10/28 was refurbished and extended to 4000 meters to accommodate larger aircraft. During that time, Iran Aseman used the older runway 08/26 for the daily flights to Tehran.

In February 2012, Birjand International Airport saw the first traffic by a large aircraft, Iran Air's Airbus 300, on a test flight in order to prepare for Hajj traffic.

Birjand Airport has since opened a second passenger terminal to for the increasing number of passengers.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Iran Air Iran Airtour

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Persian Bunny · CC BY 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Birjand International Airport (XBJ). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XBJ

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_xbj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Birjand International Airport (XBJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XBJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/XBJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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