Mashhad International Airport
| Mashhad International Airport Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
IATA: MHD – ICAO: OIMM
 MHD
|
|||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Owner | Iranian Airports Holding Company | ||
| Operator | Razavi Khorasan Province Airports department | ||
| 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°ECoordinates: 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.23500°N 59.64083°E | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13R/31L | 12,877 | 3,925 | Asphalt |
| 13L/31R | 12,503 | 3,811 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 5,983,227 | ||
| Cargo | 56,533tons | ||
| 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 2010 the airport handled 5,983,227 passengers along with 56,533 tons of cargo. 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 and East Asia.[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 May 24, 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.
Contents |
Airlines and destinations [edit]
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Avia Traffic Company | Bishkek [3] | |
| Ata Airlines | Tehran, Tabriz | |
| Caspian Airlines | Tehran-Mehrabad, Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan | |
| Caspian Airlines | Damascus | International |
| Fars Qeshm Air | Isfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad | Domestic |
| Iran Air | Birjand, Shahrekord, Tehran-Mehrabad, Yazd | Domestic |
| Iran Air | Bahrain, Beirut, Dammam, Kuwait | International |
| Iran Air Tours | Abadan, Ardabil, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Rasht, Sari, Shahrekord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd, Zahedan | Domestic |
| Iran Air Tours | Baghdad, Dubai | International |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Ahwaz, Isfahan, Noshahr, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tehran-Mehrabad, Shiraz, Zahedan, Yazd | Domestic |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Dubai, Dushanbe, Hyderabad [begins 30 June 2013][2], Kabul, Kuwait, Mazar-e-Sharif [4] | International |
| Iraqi Airways | Najaf[5] | International |
| Jazeera Airways | Kuwait | International |
| Kam Air | Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif | International |
| Kish Air | Isfahan, Kish Island, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad | Domestic |
| Kish Air | Damascus | International |
| Mahan Air | Abadan, Ahwaz, Ardabil, Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kerman, Kish Island, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Zabol, Zahedan, Zanjan | Domestic |
| Mahan Air | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Dammam, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait | International |
| Qatar Airways | Doha | International |
| Saudia | Dammam, Jeddah Seasonal: Medina |
International |
| Shaheen Air | Lahore [6] | International |
| Tajik Air | Dushanbe | International |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | International |
| Zagros Air | Isfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad | Domestic |
Accidents and incidents [edit]
- 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.[7]
- 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.[8] 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.[9][10]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.payvand.com/news/12/jul/1200.html
- ^ http://www.aero.kg/novosti/atcnews/new-direction-to-iran-the-city-of-mashhad.html
- ^ Iran Aseman routemap
- ^ http://www.iq-airways.com/AirqAirways/trips_special.php?w=45
- ^ Shaheen route map
- ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090724-0
- ^ Taban Air Flight 6437
- ^ Iranian plane catches fire on landing
- ^ Plane catches fire trying to land in Iran
External links [edit]
- Mashhad International Airport (Persian)
- Airport information for OIMM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
