Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport

Mashhad International Airport^[2] (Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی مشهد) (IATA: MHD, ICAO: OIMM) is an international airport located in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.

Mashhad International Airport فرودگاه بین‌المللی مشهد
IATA: MHD ICAO: OIMM
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Owner	Government of Iran
Operator	Iran Airports Company Iranian Air Force Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Iranian Police Aviation Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
Serves	Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan
Location	Mashhad, Iran
Hub for	ATA Airlines AVA Airlines Caspian Airlines Iran Airtour Iran Aseman Airlines Kish Air Meraj Airlines Sepehran Airlines Taban Air Varesh Airlines Zagros Airlines
Focus city for	Iran Air Mahan Air Qeshm Air
Elevation AMSL	3,263 ft / 995 m
Coordinates	36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E
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 (2017)
Passengers 10,459,377 4% Aircraft Movements 73,499 5% Cargo 94,029 tons 8%
Source: Iran Airports Company[1]

Overview

Mashhad international airport is the Iran's second-busiest airport, behind Tehran Mehrabad Airport. In 2016, Mashhad Airport handled a record 10 million-plus passengers, up 17% from 2015, along with 86,681 tons of cargo.^[3] It has flights to 57 destinations, including frequent flights to 30 Iranian cities, and 27 destinations in Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia and Europe.^[4]

Mashhad International Airport has three terminals: a domestic flight terminal (Terminal 1), an international flight terminal (Terminal 2), and a Hajj flight terminal (Terminal 3).^[5]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate passenger flights at Mashhad International Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Air1Air	Kish, Tehran–Mehrabad
Air Arabia	Sharjah
Ariana Afghan Airlines	Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif
Asa Jet	Abadan, Isfahan, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad
ATA Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Ardabil, Baghdad, Bushehr, Isfahan, Kish, Najaf, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd, Zahedan
AVA Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Kish, Najaf, Tehran–Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Hamadan,[6] Isfahan, Kerman, Khorramabad, Kish, Najaf, Qeshm, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan
Chabahar Airlines	Tehran–Mehrabad
flydubai	Dubai–International
FlyPersia	Abadan, Isfahan, Kish, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
Iran Air	Birjand, Dammam,[7] Isfahan, Karachi,[8] Kuwait City, Najaf,[9] Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Iran Airtour	Abadan, Ahvaz, Baghdad, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Dubai–International, Isfahan, Istanbul, Kabul, Kish, Najaf, Rasht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia, Zahedan
Iran Aseman Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Gorgan, Ilam, Isfahan, Kish, Najaf, Noshahr, Ramsar, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd, Zahedan
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad, Basra, Najaf
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait City
Kam Air	Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif[10]
Karun Airlines	Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Dezful, Mahshahr, Tehran–Mehrabad
Kish Air	Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kish, Kuwait City, Lamerd, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait City
Mahan Air	Ardabil, Asaluyeh, Baghdad, Beirut, Chabahar/Konarak, Isfahan, Kabul, Kerman, Kish, Saravan, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zabol, Zanjan
Meraj Airlines	Asaluyeh, Baghdad, Isfahan, Kish, Najaf, Qeshm, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Oman Air	Muscat
Pars Air	Abadan, Baghdad, Isfahan, Kerman, Najaf, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[11]
Pouya Air	Bandar Abbas, Chabahar/Konarak, Gorgan, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
Qatar Airways	Doha
Qeshm Air	Abadan, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Muscat, Najaf, Qeshm, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zabol, Zahedan
Saha Airlines	Asaluyeh, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
SalamAir	Muscat[12]
Sepehran Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Baghdad, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Kish, Kuwait City, Muscat, Najaf, Qeshm, Rasht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan
Taban Air	Abadan, Ahvaz, Baghdad, Isfahan, Karachi, Kish, Lahore, Muscat, Najaf, Qeshm, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Varesh Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Baghdad, Dushanbe, Isfahan, Kish, Kuwait City, Najaf, Qeshm, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd
Yazd Airways	Rasht, Shahrekord, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd[13]
Zagros Airlines	Abadan, Ahvaz, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Isfahan, Kish, Najaf, Qeshm, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual Passenger Traffic^[14]

Year	Passengers	% Change
2010	5,983,227
2011	6,039,787	1%
2012	6,833,537	13%
2013	6,985,882	2%
2014	8,068,767	16%
2015	8,545,598	6%
2016	10,030,230	17%
2017	10,459,377	4%

Accidents and incidents

• In 1988, Kuwait Airways Flight 422, was hijacked and then diverted to Mashhad. The hijackers made some demands and then ordered the plane to fly to Cyprus and Algeria.
• On 1 September 2006, Iran Air Tours Flight 945, a Tupolev Tu-154 flying from Bandar Abbas skidded off the Mashhad runway after a tire blew during landing. The aircraft caught fire, and 29 of the 147 people on board died in the accident.^[15]
• On 24 July 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62, route THR-MHD (Teheran Mehrabad, Iran to Mashad, Iran) crashed with 173 people on board and caught fire; 5 passengers and 11 crew members died.^[16]
• On 24 January 2010, Taban Air Flight 6437, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashed while making an emergency landing at Mashhad International Airport due to a medical emergency; all 157 passengers and 13 crew survived the accident; 42 received minor injuries.^[17] It was 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. This was followed by a nose gear collapse, then the right wing struck the ground, causing the aircraft to burst into flames.^[18][19]
• On 28 January 2016, Zagros Airlines Flight 4010 was landing at Mashhad International Airport Runway 31R when the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-ZAB, skidded off the runway. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and 7 people suffered minor injuries.^[20][21]
• On 24 May 2018, the Tapandegan (Palpitaters in Persian), an Iranian hacker group, hacked the arrival and departure monitors at Mashhad International Airport, posting anti-government messages and images on the monitors, forcing airport authorities to manually turn off the monitors one by one.^[22]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Iran
• Tehran's International Airport
• Mashhad
• Iran
• List of the busiest airports in the Middle East