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Mashhad International Airport
Shahid Hashemi Nejad AirportIATA: MHD – ICAO: OIMM Location of airport in Iran
MHDSummary Airport type Public/Military Owner Iranian Airports Holding Company Operator Razavi Khorasan Province Airports department Serves Mashhad Location Mashhad Hub for Iran Air Tours
Mahan Air Secondary
Taban Air Secondary
Iran Asseman Airlines Secondary
Iran Air Focus City
Kish Air Focus CityElevation AMSL 3,263 ft / 995 m Coordinates 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.235°N 59.64083°ECoordinates: 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.235°N 59.64083°E Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14R/32L 12,877 3,925 Asphalt 14L/32R 12,503 3,811 Asphalt Statistics (2009) Passengers 5,005,645 Cargo 34,853tons 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 country's second busiest only to Tehran Mehrabad Airport and above the famous Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. In 2009 airport handled 5,005,645 passengers along with 34,853 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, Europe and East Asia.
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 upgrade in taxiways equipment all in a week after that.Another USD26.5 ml development project for construction of new hanger for aircraft repair facilities and expansion of west side of the domestic terminal is under going by a BOT contract with private sector.
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Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Terminal Ariana Afghan Airlines Kandahar International Avia Traffic Company Bishkek [2] International Bahrain Air Bahrain International Caspian Airlines Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic Caspian Airlines Damascus International Fars Qeshm Air Isfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic Gulf Air Bahrain (Suspend until further notice) International Iran Air Birjand, 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, Bishkek, Dubai International Iran Aseman Airlines Ahwaz, Isfahan, Noshahr, Tehran-Mehrabad, Shiraz, Zahedan, Yazd Domestic Iran Aseman Airlines Dubai, Dushanbe, Kabul, Kuwait, Mazar-e-Sharif [3] International Iraqi Airways Najaf[4] 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, Kuwait
Charter: Bahrain, DamascusInternational Qatar Airways Doha International Saha Airlines Tehran-Mehrabad, Isfahan Domestic Saudi Arabian Airlines Dammam, Jeddah
Seasonal: MedinaInternational Shaheen Air Lahore [5] International Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk International Zagros Air Tehran-Mehrabad Domestic 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.[6]
- 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.[7] 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.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ 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
- Mashhad International Airport (Persian)
- Airport information for OIMM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
Categories:- Airports in Iran
- Buildings and structures in Mashhad
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