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1964-1968: Iran Air, flying around Iran by twin aircraft

A Michel Lagneau historic route presented as a clear cockpit briefing, ready to help you prepare the simulator, follow each stopover and enjoy the journey.

Period1964AuthorMichel LagneauReading3 min
19Waypoints~ 6 675 kmDistance3Segments

Interactive route, leg by leg, with animated playback.

Real route map

Approximate track based on the article waypoints and available aeronautical coordinates.

01North and northeast02South and Gulf03Central and western Iran
Coordinates: OurAirports + historical points
Pre-flight briefing

Iran Air, flying around Iran by twin aircraft

01

Understand the mission

Start with the historic context: it sets the atmosphere, aircraft choice and overall logic of the journey.

02

Prepare the simulator

Check scenery, recommended aircraft, fuel and weather before launching the first leg.

03

Follow the legs

Use the airport codes, flying times and route notes to build your navigation leg by leg.

04

Enjoy the journey

Let the route shape the experience: adjust lighting, document waypoints and take time to rediscover the story.

Historic flight plan

Michel Lagneau route notebook

Settle into the cockpit, prepare your aircraft and follow the journey as a proper historic crossing.

Michel Lagneau

From private investors to the national Homa

Iran Air traces its roots to Iranian Airways, founded in 1944 by private investors, and Persian Air Service in 1954. After several serious accidents in the late 1950s, nationalization followed: United Iranian Airlines in 1961, then Iran National Airlines in 1962, known as Iran Air.

The route summarizes stopovers listed in the 1964 and 1968 brochures. It forms a grand tour of Iran: Tehran, Azerbaijan, the Caspian coast, Khorasan, southeast, Gulf, Fars, Isfahan, Khuzestan, Kurdistan and back to Tehran.

Period1964-1968
AirlineIran Air
Suggested aircraftTouring twin
NavigationGPS with VOR/DME and ADF/NDB

Flight notes

  • The route is highly varied: Caspian Sea, mountains, plateaus, desert, Gulf and historic cities.
  • Shiraz, Isfahan and Mashhad are key stops that give the journey meaning.
  • The return through Ahwaz, Kermanshah, Sanandaj and Hamedan gives a strong reading of western Iran.

Suggested route

North and northeast

This chapter structures the North and northeast segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

OIII → OITR → OITT → OINR → OIMM

South and Gulf

This chapter structures the South and Gulf segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

OIMM → OIKK → OIZH → OIKB → OIBB → OIAA

Central and western Iran

This chapter structures the Central and western Iran segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

OIAA → OISS → OIKR → OIYY → OIFM → OIAW → OIAI → OICC → OICS → OIHH → OIII

Navigation steps

  1. North and northeastTehran / Mehrabad OIII → Urmia / Rezayeh OITR 323 NM
    Urmia OITR → Tabriz OITT 62 NM
    Tabriz OITT → Ramsar OINR 223 NM
    Ramsar OINR → Mashhad OIMM 434 NM
  2. South and GulfMashhad OIMM → Kerman OIKK 382 NM
    Kerman OIKK → Zahedan OIZH 211 NM
    Zahedan OIZH → Bandar Abbas OIKB 275 NM
    Bandar Abbas OIKB → Bushehr OIBB 311 NM
    Bushehr OIBB → Abadan OIAA 159 NM
  3. Central and western IranAbadan OIAA → Shiraz OISS 233 NM
    Shiraz OISS → Rafsanjan OIKR → Yazd OIYY → Isfahan OIFM 185 NM, 132 NM then 132 NM
    Isfahan OIFM → Ahwaz OIAW → Masjed Soleiman OIAI 179 NM then 48 NM
    Masjed Soleiman OIAI → Kermanshah OICC → Sanandaj OICS → Hamedan OIHH → Tehran OIII 176 NM, 54 NM, 79 NM then 145 NM

© Michel Lagneau 2018