List of Iranian Air Force bases

Last updated June 30, 2025

This page lists bases and airports operated or used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF). Categories include: (1) Tactical Air Bases (TAB), the 17 major IRIAF operational air bases, (2) Underground tactical air bases having Oghab 44, (3) Other Military Aviation Installations and joint civil/military, installations without TAB designation numbers, and (4) Civil Airports, facilities under civil authority that sources indicate to be of strategic importance to the IRIAF for contingency scenarios, etc.

Tactical air bases

TAB 1 – Mehrabad International Airport – 35°41′19″N51°18′46″E / 35.68861°N 51.31278°E / 35.68861; 51.31278 (Mehrabad International Airport) – F-14s located at this base
TAB 2 – Tabriz Air Base – 38°07′44″N46°14′24″E / 38.12889°N 46.24000°E / 38.12889; 46.24000 (Tabriz International Airport)
TAB 3 – Hamadan Airbase (Shahrokhi Air Base) – 35°12′37″N48°39′12″E / 35.21028°N 48.65333°E / 35.21028; 48.65333 (Shahrokhi Air Base) – F-4D/Es reported to serve here, 1990s^[1]
TAB 4 – Vahdati Air Base (Dezful) – 32°25′57″N48°24′07″E / 32.43250°N 48.40194°E / 32.43250; 48.40194 (Vahdati Air Base)
TAB 5 – Omidiyeh Air Base – 30°49′51″N49°32′35″E / 30.83083°N 49.54306°E / 30.83083; 49.54306 (Omidiyeh Air Base)
TAB 6 – Bushehr Airport – 28°56′41″N50°50′04″E / 28.94472°N 50.83444°E / 28.94472; 50.83444 (Bushehr Airport) – F-4D/Es reported to serve here, 1990s^[1]
TAB 7 – Shiraz International Airport – 29°32′11″N52°35′18″E / 29.53639°N 52.58833°E / 29.53639; 52.58833 (Shiraz International Airport)
TAB 8 – Isfahan International Airport – 32°44′49″N51°51′17″E / 32.74694°N 51.85472°E / 32.74694; 51.85472 (Khatami Air Base) – F-14 Tomcats based here^[2]
TAB 9 – Bandar Abbas International Airport – 27°13′5″N56°22′40″E / 27.21806°N 56.37778°E / 27.21806; 56.37778 – F-4D/Es^[1] and Su-22's based here^[3]
TAB 10 – Chahbahar Air Airport – 25°26′41″N60°22′55″E / 25.44472°N 60.38194°E / 25.44472; 60.38194 (Chahbahar Air Base)
TAB 11 – Doshan Tappeh Air Base – 35°42′11″N51°28′31″E / 35.70306°N 51.47528°E / 35.70306; 51.47528 (Doshan Tappeh Air Base)
TAB 12 – Birjand International Airport – 32°53′53″N59°15′58″E / 32.89806°N 59.26611°E / 32.89806; 59.26611
TAB 13 – Zahedan International Airport – 29°28′29″N60°54′22″E / 29.47472°N 60.90611°E / 29.47472; 60.90611 (Zahedan International Airport)
TAB 14 – Mashhad International Airport – 36°14′07″N59°38′38″E / 36.23528°N 59.64389°E / 36.23528; 59.64389 (Mashhad International Airport)
TAB 15 – Kermanshah Airport – 34°21′00.51″N047°09′53.26″E / 34.3501417°N 47.1647944°E / 34.3501417; 47.1647944
TAB 16 – Kerman Airport – 30°15′57″N56°57′34″E / 30.26583°N 56.95944°E / 30.26583; 56.95944 (Kerman Airport)
TAB 17 – Shahid Asyaee Airport (Masjed Soleyman) – 31°59′58″N49°16′16″E / 31.99944°N 49.27111°E / 31.99944; 49.27111 (Masjed Soleyman Air Base)

Underground tactical air bases

Oghab 44 28°03′23″N55°30′24″E / 28.05639°N 55.50667°E / 28.05639; 55.50667 (Oghab 44) (underground base)

Former military aviation installations

TAB 00 – Ghale Morghi Air Base (Qaleh Morgi) – 35°38′41″N51°22′51″E / 35.64472°N 51.38083°E / 35.64472; 51.38083 (Ghale Morghi Air Base)

converted into VELAYAT park

Other military aviation installations

Civil airports

References

1 2 3 World Air Power Journal, Volume 40, Spring 2000, p.83
↑ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/khatami-esfahan.htm
↑ مهرداد امیرزاده (2023-09-20). "تمرینات فانتوم‌ها و سوخوها برای رژه ۳۱ شهریور در بندرعباس".
↑ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/khatami-esfahan.htm

Federation of American Scientists, Iranian Air Fields
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Arms at Scramble magazine

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[WAPJ-1] 1 2 3 World Air Power Journal, Volume 40, Spring 2000, p.83

[2] ttps://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/khatami-esfahan.htm

[3] مهرداد امیرزاده (2023-09-20). "تمرینات فانتوم‌ها و سوخوها برای رژه ۳۱ شهریور در بندرعباس".

[4] ttps://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/khatami-esfahan.htm

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