Sarakhs Airport — Sarakhs, Iran

Sarakhs Airport, known by its code CKT, sits at a historically loaded crossroads: the town of Sarakhs straddles Iran's northeastern frontier with Turkmenistan, a stretch of Khorasan that caravans once used as a Silk Road waypoint centuries before aviation existed. Today the airfield offers a modest gateway for a border community whose economy leans on cross-border trade, agriculture, and rail links rather than heavy tourism. Scheduled air service tends to be limited and irregular compared with Iran's major hubs in Tehran or Mashhad, reflecting the town's relatively small population and its remote position far from the country's principal population centers. The surrounding landscape is arid steppe, typical of the Khorasan borderlands, and the runway primarily supports domestic turboprop flights connecting Sarakhs with larger provincial cities rather than any international traffic.