AirportsBirjand International Airport is a large airport serving Birjand, in South Khorasan Province, Iran. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is XBJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- XBJ
- ICAO code
- OIMB
- City
- Birjand
- State or region
- South Khorasan Province
- Country
- Iran
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 32.8965° N, 59.2813° E
- Elevation
- 1,509 m (4,952 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,902 m (9,521 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, XBJ means Birjand International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OIMB. 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 32.8965° N, 59.2813° E. It stands 1,509 metres (4,952 feet) above sea level.
Local time
Time now at the airport: loading
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
Birjand International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,902 metres (9,521 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 34.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,902 m 9,521 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 08/26 | 2,162 m 7,093 ft | 25 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International AirportGuzara, Afghanistan | HEA | 310 km |
| Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportKerman | KER | 366 km |
| Mashhad International AirportMashhad | MHD | 373 km |
| Sabzevar National AirportSabzevar | AFZ | 395 km |
| Zahedan International AirportZahedan | ZAH | 411 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,767 km | 2 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,046 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 931 km | 1 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,170 km | 6 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,526 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,579 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,833 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,187 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,125 km | 15 h 05 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.