BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 28. The number of passengers transported through Iranian airports increased by 20 percent, during the first 11 months of the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through February 19, 2023), compared to the same period in the preceding year, as was reflected in the statistics of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC), Trend reports.
According to the statistics, more than 31.9 million passengers were transported through Iranian airports in 11 months.
Meanwhile, the figure stood at over 26.7 million in the same period of the preceding Iranian year.
|
Month |
Number of passengers |
||
|
Last Iranian year (from March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023) |
Preceding Iranian year (from March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022) |
Percentage change (%) |
|
|
1st month (March 21 through April 20) |
2,826,824 |
1,923,526 |
+47 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
2,961,433 |
1,713,208 |
+73 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
3,047,235 |
2,297,241 |
+33 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
3,008,676 |
2,383,316 |
+26 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
2,793,606 |
2,037,799 |
+37 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
2,968,593 |
2,074,807 |
+43 |
|
7th month (September 23 through October 22) |
2,822,873 |
2,621,473 |
+8 |
|
8th month (October 23 through November 21) |
2,889,316 |
2,912,160 |
-1 |
|
9th month (November 22 through December 21) |
2,914,428 |
3,082,463 |
-5 |
|
10th month (December 22, 2022 through January 20, 2023) |
2,851,588 |
2,848,375 |
+0.1 |
|
11th month (January 21 through February 19) |
2,865,162 |
2,831,184 |
+1 |
|
Total |
31,949,734 |
26,725,534 |
+20 |
There are 54 civil active airports in Iran. Some 14 of them are international airports. An average of 30 million passengers are transported through Iranian airports per year.
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