BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. The number of passengers transported through Iranian airports decreased by 20 percent during four months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through July 22, 2025) compared to the same period of the last year (from March 20 through July 21, 2024).
The data obtained by Trend from the Iranian Airports Company shows that in the reporting period, this figure amounted to 10.6 million passengers against 13.3 million in the same period last year.
|
Month |
Current Iranian Year (from March 21, 2025, through March 20, 2026) |
Last Iranian Year (from March 20, 2024, through March 19, 2025) |
Change, % |
|
1st month (from March 21 through April 20, 2025) |
3.6 million |
2.9 million |
2 |
|
2nd month (from April 21 through May 22, 2025) |
3.55 million |
3.52 million |
5 |
|
3rd month (from May 23 through June 21, 2025) |
2.5 million |
3.53 million |
- 28 |
|
4th month (from June 22 through July 22, 2025) |
929,951 |
3.4 million |
-73 |
|
Total |
10.6 million |
13.3 million |
- 20 |
In the four months, the majority of passengers were carried out through Iran's Mehrabad Airport with 3.8 million, Mashhad Airport with 2.73 million, and Shiraz Airport with 804,000.
In the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2024, through March 20, 2025), 35.6 million passengers were transported through Iranian airports. The passenger traffic increased by six percent compared to the previous year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024).
A total of 54 civilian airports operate in Iran. Of these, 14 are international airports. Iranian airports transport an average of 30 million passengers annually.
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