Mehrabad International Airport
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| Mehrabad International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: THR - ICAO: OIII | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Serves | Tehran, Iran | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,962 ft (1,208 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11L/29R | 13,248 | 4,038 | Asphalt |
| 11R/29L | 13,098 | 3,992 | Asphalt |
| 09/27 | 1,554 | 474 | Concrete |
Mehrabad International Airport (IATA: THR, ICAO: OIII) is an airport that serves Tehran, Iran. It remains the primary airport of Tehran but will soon be replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport that was completed in 2004, although the exact date of the change has been postponed several times. It is located much closer to the city center than Khomeini Airport.
[edit] Airlines
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
- Armavia (Yerevan-Zvartnots)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- British Airways
- operated by BMED (London-Heathrow)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Iran Air (Ankara, Beijing, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dammam, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Isfahan, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Karachi,Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Shiraz, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tokyo-Narita, Vienna)
- Iran Aseman Airlines (Abadan, Ahwaz, Ardabil, Asalouyeh, Bahrain, Bam, Birjand, Bishkek, Bojnord, Bushehr, Doha, Dushanbe, Gheshm, Ilaam, Kabul, Kermanshah, Khoy, Kuwait, Lamerd, Lar, Mashad, Rafsanjan, Ramsar, Rasht, Sabzevar, Sahand, Sanandaj, Shiraz, Tabas, Tabriz, Yasouj, Yazd)
- Kish Air (Kish Island)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Madinah)
- Saha Airlines
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus)
- Tajikistan Airlines (Dushanbe)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On 19 June 2005 a Northwest Airlines DC-10 en route from Mumbai (Bombay) to Amsterdam diverted to Mehrabad Airport. No American airliners had landed in Iran since the revolution. The plane left 8 hours later without incident.
- On 6 December 2005 an Iranian Air Force C-130 Hercules crashed in Tehran shortly after taking off from the airport.
[edit] External links
- Mehrabad Airport's Website
- World Aero Data airport information for OIII
- A-Z World Airports Online: Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- ASN Accident history for OIII
Accidents: On 20 April 2005 a Boeing 707-3J9C had an accident while landing in Mehrabad airport.After touchdown on runway 29L problems with the undercarriage (failure of a landing gear or tyre burst) caused the Boeing 707 to slide off the runway into the Kan River. Three passengers were killed after they fell in the river during the evacuation.
