BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11. Over 145,000 passenger planes landed at and took off from Iranian airports during the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through September 22, 2023), Trend reports.
Data from Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) shows that this is a decrease of 4.8 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
So, the number of flights via Iran’s airports exceeded 153,000 in the same period last Iranian year.
|
Month |
Number of planes |
||
|
Current Iranian year (from March 21, 2023 through March 19, 2024) |
Last Iranian year (from March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023) |
Percentage change (%) |
|
|
1st month (March 21 through April 20) |
24,365 |
25,550 |
-5 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
24,231 |
25,905 |
-6 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
24,937 |
26,329 |
-5 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
24,641 |
25,920 |
-5 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
23,604 |
24,353 |
-3 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
24,017 |
25,109 |
-4 |
|
Total |
145,795 |
153,166 |
-4.8 |
Meanwhile, a total of 301,403 passenger planes landed/took off from Iranian airports over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023). This is an increase of 5.44 percent compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 21, 2021, through March 20, 2022).
There are 54 civil active airports in Iran. Some 14 of them are international airports. On average, 30 million passengers are transported through Iranian airports per year.