Maku National Airport — Showt, Iran

IMQ marks Maku National Airport, located near Showt in Iran's West Azerbaijan province, close to the country's borders with Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan. The airport serves the Maku free trade zone, a designated economic area encouraging cross-border commerce, and provides domestic connections to cities like Tehran for business travelers and residents of this mountainous border region. Traffic through IMQ tends to be modest, reflecting the area's smaller population and its function as a trade and customs corridor rather than a major population center. The surrounding landscape near Mount Ararat and the historic Bazargan border crossing gives the region strategic importance beyond simple passenger volume.