Airports / Iran / XBJ
Birjand International Airport
OIMB / XBJBirjand, IranELEV 4,952 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
129 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tabas Airport (TCX).
Overview
Birjand International Airport (OIMB / XBJ) sits in Birjand, Iran, where it functions as a large commercial airport. Field elevation is 4,952 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list XBJ as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Tabas Airport (TCX, 129 nm), Zabol Airport (ACZ, 158 nm), and Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport (HEA, 167 nm).
Trip costs from XBJ are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from XBJ to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
OIMB
IATA
XBJ
FAA / Local
OIMB
Elevation
4,952 ft
Coordinates
32.8965° N · 59.2813° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Iran fields
state range -70–6,723 ft
At 4,952 ft, XBJ sits higher than 83% of the 63 Iran fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 129nmTCXTabas AirportTabas
- 158nmACZZabol AirportZabol
- 167nmHEAHerat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International AirportGuzara
- 198nmKERAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportKerman
- 201nmMHDMashhad International AirportMashhad
- 213nmAFZSabzevar National AirportSabzevar
Location
Open the full mapOIMB · Birjand International Airport · Birjand, Iran