Mashhad International Airport

Mashhad International Airport
Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport
فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید هاشمی‌نژاد مشهد
IATA: MHDICAO: 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
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 (2015)
Aircraft Movements 59,458
Passengers 8,545,598
Cargo 81,285 tons

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 2015 the airport handled 8,545,598 passengers along with 81,285 tons of cargo.[1]

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.[2]

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

Countries served by flights from Mashhad International Airport (includes seasonal, charter and future destinations).

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Afghan Jet InternationalKabul International
Air ArabiaSharjah International
Al-Naser AirlinesCharter: Baghdad International
Ariana Afghan AirlinesKabul International
ATA AirlinesIsfahan, Kashan, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Urmia Domestic
ATA AirlinesBaku, Kuwait, Najaf International
Atrak Air Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Isfahan, Kish Island, Tehran-Mehrabad
Charter: Ahvaz
Domestic
Caspian AirlinesIsfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic
EmiratesDubai-International[3] International
FlyBaghdadNajaf[4]International
flydubaiDubai-InternationalInternational
Georgian AirwaysTbilisiInternational
Iran AirBirjand, Isfahan, Shahrekord, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan[5] Domestic
Iran AirBeirut, Karachi,[6] Kuwait, Najaf[7] International
Iran Air ToursAbadan, Ahwaz, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Rasht, Sari, Shahrekord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd, Zahedan Domestic
Iran Aseman Airlines Arak [8] Ahwaz, Isfahan, Noshahr,[9] Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan Domestic
Iran Aseman AirlinesDubai-International, Dushanbe, Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif[10] International
Iraqi AirwaysBaghdad, Basra, Najaf[11]International
Jazeera AirwaysKuwait CityInternational
Kam AirHerat,[12] Kandahar,[12] Mazar-e Sharif[12] International
Kish Air Isfahan, Kish Island, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait CityInternational
Mahan AirAhwaz, Isfahan, Kish Island, Sari, Tehran, Zanjan Domestic
Mahan AirBaghdad, Beirut, Delhi, Dubai-International, Kuwait, Najaf, Yerevan International
Meraj AirlinesIsfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic[13]
Meraj AirlinesBaghdad, Kuwait, Najaf International[13]
Oman Air Muscat International
Qatar AirwaysDohaInternational
Qeshm AirlinesIsfahan, Qeshm Island, Rasht, Sari, Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic
Qeshm AirlinesNajaf International
Safi AirwaysKabul International
Shaheen Air International Karachi,[14] Lahore International
Taban AirAhwaz, Isfahan, Kish Island, Rasht, Tabriz Domestic
Taban AirDelhi, Lahore, Karachi, Najaf
Seasonal: Multan
International
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk International
Zagros AirlinesIsfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad, Arak, Rasht [15] Domestic
Zagros AirlinesBasra, Kuwait, Najaf International

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Iranian Airports Holding Company (Feb 2016). International Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). گروه آمار و اطلاعات هوانوردی و فرودگاهی. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  2. Photos: Airplane Overhaul Facility in Mashhad, Eastern Iran. Payvand.com.
  3. "Emirates to launch flights to Mashhad in Iran - The National". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. "From Najaf to Mashad". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. "IranAir Official Site-IranAir_Portal-Iran Air interprovincial flight from Mashhad to Zahedan". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. "IranAir operates Mashad-Karachi direct flight". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  7. "IranAir Official Site-IranAir_Portal-Masshad-Kerachi flights by Iran Air". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. "برقراری پرواز اراک به مشهد و عسلویه". arak.airport.ir (in Persian).
  9. Behnegarsoft.com (11 July 2015). "تین نیوز - خط پروازی نوشهر – شیراز و بالعکس از فرودگاه نوشهر برقرار شد". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  10. Iran Aseman Airlines, schedule may 2014, http://iaa.ir/en/
  11. Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. 1 2 3 "Photo". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  13. 1 2 "بندر عباس - صفحه نخست". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  14. 2016, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Shaheen Air to Start Karachi – Mashad Route from Oct 2015". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  15. "Aviation Iran - World's First Iranian Aviation News Website in English". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  16. ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 62M UP-I6208 Mashhad-Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport (MHD). Aviation-safety.net (24 July 2009).
  17. Taban Air Flight 6437. Avherald.com.
  18. Iranian plane catches fire on landing. BBC News (24 January 2010).
  19. Plane catches fire trying to land in Iran. CNN.
  20. "Accident: Zagros MD83 at Mashad on Jan 28th 2016, runway excursion on landing". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  21. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-83 EP-ZAB Mashhad Airport (MHD)". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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