AirportsSanandaj Airport is a medium-sized airport in Kurdistan Province, Iran. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SDG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SDG
- ICAO code
- OICS
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- Kurdistan Province
- Country
- Iran
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 35.2459° N, 47.0092° E
- Elevation
- 1,378 m (4,522 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,640 m (8,660 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SDG means Sanandaj Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OICS. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.2459° N, 47.0092° E. It stands 1,378 metres (4,522 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Sanandaj, about 8 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Tehran, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sanandaj Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,640 metres (8,660 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 44 airports of Iran on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 38.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,640 m 8,660 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani AirportKermanshah | KSH | 101 km |
| Hamadan AirportHamadan | HDM | 147 km |
| Jalal Talabani International AirportSulaymaniyah, Iraq | ISU | 157 km |
| Khoram Abad Airport | KHD | 233 km |
| Kirkuk International AirportKirkuk, Iraq | KIK | 243 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,924 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,110 km | 4 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,370 km | 2 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,149 km | 5 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,634 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,174 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,973 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,044 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,256 km | 16 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.