Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Airport in Mashhad, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 3,263 ft / 995 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | mashhad | ||||||||||||||
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  MHD Location in Iran | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Iran Airports Company[1] | |||||||||||||||
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]
The following airlines operate passenger flights at Mashhad International Airport:
Annual traffic
| Year | Passengers | % Change |
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| 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% |
- 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.[11]
- 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.[12]
- 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.[13] 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.[14][15]
- 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.[16][17]
- 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.[18]
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