Runways at OIBK
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Kish International Airport (Kish Island) has one runway: 09R/27L - 3,659 m long (12,004 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
Kish International Airport (Kish Island) (OIBK / KIH)
Iran · elevation 101 ft AMSL
· 26.5254, 53.9805
About Kish International Airport (Kish Island)
Kish International Airport (Kish Island) is an airport with the ICAO code OIBK and the IATA code KIH. Country: Iran. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Kish Island. OurAirports classifies it as a large airport. Its ICAO code starts with the OI prefix, which marks airports in Iran. The four-letter code OIBK is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code KIH is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 26°31'32"N, 53°58'50"E, at an elevation of 101 ft (31 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Tehran.
Satellite view of OIBK
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of OIBK
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09R | 90° | 3,659 m (12,004 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 27L | 270° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Kish International Airport (Kish Island) - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from OIBK for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 25,542 METAR reports issued by OIBK in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 34% of the time, MVFR 49% and IFR or LIFR 17%. Best month for VFR flying: January (71% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: July (35%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 02:00 UTC (33% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 13:00 UTC (9%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 14 days a year on average, most often in June. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 7.7 days a year on average, and snowfall practically never.
The wind most often blows from WNW (293°) - 17% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 8% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in <1%. Warmest month: July (average high 38.3 °C); coldest: January (average low 17.2 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 34%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 17%
- Avg high
- 32.0 °C
- Avg low
- 24.6 °C
- Fog days
- 14
- Thunderstorm days
- 7.7
- Snow days
- 0
- Prevailing wind
- WNW · 17%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- <1%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 34%
- MVFR 49%
- IFR 16%
- LIFR 1%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 8%
Most often: WNW - 17% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3 | 17.2 | 71% | 2% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| February | 24.5 | 17.8 | 65% | 4% | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| March | 27.5 | 19.8 | 51% | 9% | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 |
| April | 31.0 | 22.5 | 44% | 13% | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 |
| May | 35.7 | 26.0 | 46% | 11% | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
| June | 37.7 | 28.4 | 7% | 23% | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 38.3 | 31.1 | 2% | 35% | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 38.2 | 31.8 | 2% | 33% | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 36.6 | 30.0 | 8% | 35% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 34.3 | 27.2 | 24% | 17% | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
| November | 30.6 | 23.6 | 41% | 10% | 0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| December | 26.2 | 19.7 | 49% | 7% | 0 | 3.3 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 09R/27L on 90° and 270° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 09R/27L axis, wind from the south (around 180°) or from the north (around 360°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 90° or 270° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for OIBK
Weather reports for Kish International Airport (Kish Island) are published under the ICAO code OIBK. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the OIBK report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for OIBK, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Tehran zone stays at GMT+03:30 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Lavan Airport (OIBV, 70 km), Bastak Airport (OIBH, 83 km), Bandar Lengeh International Airport (OIBL, 84 km). When no report is available for OIBK, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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