Mashhad International Airport

Mashhad International Airport Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید هاشمی‌نژاد مشهد
IATA: MHD – ICAO: OIMM
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner	Iranian Airports Holding Company
Operator	Iran Civil Aviation Organization/Iran Air Force
Serves	Mashhad
Location	Mashhad, Iran
Hub for	Iran Air (Secondary) Iran Air Tours Iran Aseman Airlines (East hub) Kish Air (Secondary) Mahan Air (Secondary) Meraj Airlines (Secondary) Taban Air
Elevation AMSL	3,263 ft / 995 m
Coordinates	36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.23500°N 59.64083°E / 36.23500; 59.64083Coordinates: 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.23500°N 59.64083°E / 36.23500; 59.64083
Website	mashhad.airport.ir
Map
MHD Location in Iran
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13R/31L 12,877 3,925 Asphalt 13L/31R 12,503 3,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft Movements 56,455 10% Passengers 8,210,170 12.1% Cargo 79,375 tons 10.8%
Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company[1]

Mashhad International Airport or Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport (IATA: MHD, ICAO: OIMM) is an airport in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.

The airport is the country's second busiest only to Tehran Mehrabad Airport and above the famous Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. In 1393 (2014) the airport handled 8,210,170 passengers along with 79,375 tons of cargo.^[2] It is connected to 57 destinations and has frequent flights to 30 cities within Iran and 27 destinations in the Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia and Europe.^[3]

The airport has been under a USD45.7 ml vast expansion project which has been finished by opening a new Haj Terminal with 10,000 m area on 24 May 2010 and followed by opening a new international terminal with 30000 m² area with a new parking building, a new custom storage and cargo terminal, new safety and fire fighting buildings and upgrades to taxiways and equipment. Another USD26.5 ml development project for construction of new hangar for aircraft repair facilities and expansion of the west side of the domestic terminal is underway using a BOT contract with the private sector.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Accidents and incidents

• On 1 September 2006, an Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 skidded off the runway as it was landing at Mashhad International Airport and caught fire. A tire had blown on the aircraft during landing. The aircraft was carrying 147 passengers, 29 of them died in the accident. The Tu-154 was flying from Bandar Abbas to Mashhad.
• On 24 July 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62, route THR-MHD (Teheran Mehrabad, Iran to Mashad, Iran) crashed with 153 passengers and caught fire; 3 passengers and 13 crew died.^[15]
• On 24 January 2010, Taban Air Flight 6437, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashed whilst making an emergency landing at Mashhad International Airport due to a medical emergency; all 157 and 13 crew survived the accident with 42 receiving minor injuries.^[16] It is reported that the aircraft was on an ILS landing in fog when the tail struck the ground causing the plane to veer off the runway, followed by a nose-gear collapse, then the right wing struck the ground causing the aircraft to burst into flames.^[17][18]
• On 28 January 2016, Zagros Airlines Flight 4010 was landing at Mashhad International Airport's Runway 31R when the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-ZAB, skidded off the runway. The aircraft was badly damaged and 7 people suffered minor injuries^[19][20]

See also

• Tehran's International Airport
• Mashhad
• Iran

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mashhad International Airport.

• Mashhad International Airport (Persian)
• Iranian Airport Agency (Persian)
• Airport information for OIMM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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