Shiraz has two airports. One of these airports, called Old Airport, was built near Baba khan desert in 1308 AH. But the small space and the impossibility of its development led to a large airport being built in the southeast of Shiraz and near the village of Jaafar Abad. An airport that has the capability to land and take off large aircraft. The new airport, which was called Shiraz Airport, was opened in 1340 on an area of 500 hectares and since 45 it was also considered as an international airport .

Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib Airport was built in 1961 and was considered as one of Iran's international airports in 1966. In recent years, due to the expansion plans for the airport, the capacity of the airport has increased from 4 million to 10 million. The airport is considered Iran's second largest military and passenger airport after Imam Airport in Tehran because of its advanced equipment .

According to statistics published in recent years, there are an average of 10 international and 120 domestic flights a day, which is a significant figure .

Currently, the airport consists of two runways and two terminals for domestic and international flights. The runways of this airport are considered as one of the best and most equipped runways, which has made the airport capable of carrying out various flights and is considered as the second air control center in Iran .