Baft Airport

A combination of economic and infrastructural factors. The primary reasons for its failure to launch were: 1) Economic Non-Viability: Airlines were unwilling to establish routes to Baft, citing low projected passenger demand that would make the service unprofitable. 2) Incomplete Infrastructure: Despite the construction of a runway, the airport was never fully equipped with the necessary navigation aids (e.g., VOR/DME), runway lighting systems, and standard terminal facilities required to support safe and regular commercial air traffic. It was essentially an incomplete project that was abandoned due to a lack of continued funding and commercial interest.

The site is abandoned and derelict. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows a single paved runway that is visibly deteriorating, with faded markings and signs of weathering. There are no significant terminal buildings, hangars, or other standard aviation infrastructure on site. The facility is completely unused and sits isolated in an arid, undeveloped landscape.

The airport was intended to be a key infrastructure project to connect the mountainous and relatively isolated city of Baft and its surrounding counties (like Rabor and Arzuiyeh) with major Iranian hubs such as Tehran and the provincial capital, Kerman. Its primary goal was to boost the local economy, facilitate business and administrative travel, and provide faster transportation services for the region's residents. However, as it never saw regular scheduled service, its significance lies in being a prominent example of an unfulfilled regional development project rather than in any operational history.

Very low. The topic of making the airport operational is periodically raised by local politicians and government officials, often as a political promise to the region. However, there are no concrete, funded plans for its revival. The original challenges—high costs for installing modern equipment and the fundamental lack of economic viability for airlines—remain significant barriers. The prospect of reopening is more a matter of recurring political rhetoric than a realistic, active project.