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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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

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. 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.

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).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate passenger flights at Mashhad International Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air1Air Isfahan, Kish, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan
Air Arabia Sharjah
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 Air Ahvaz, Kermanshah, Kish, Tehran–Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines Abadan, Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Bushehr, Isfahan, Kerman, Khorramabad, Kish, Najaf, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan
Chabahar Airlines Tehran–Mehrabad
Fly Baghdad Baghdad, Najaf
flydubai Dubai–International
FlyPersia Abadan, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
Iran Air Birjand, Isfahan, Kuwait City, Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Iran Airtour Abadan, Ahvaz, Baghdad, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Dubai–International, Isfahan, Istanbul, Kish, Najaf, Rasht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan
Iran Aseman Airlines Abadan, Ahvaz, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, 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
Karun Airlines Ahvaz, Dezful, Mahshahr, Tehran–Mehrabad
Kish Air Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kish, Kuwait City, Lahore, Lamerd, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
Kuwait Airways Kuwait City
Mahan Air Asaluyeh, Baghdad, Beirut, Isfahan, Kabul, Kerman, Kish, Lahore, Mazar-i-Sharif, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zabol, Zanjan
Meraj Airlines Asaluyeh, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Isfahan, Kish, Najaf, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Oman Air Muscat
Pars Air Abadan, Shiraz, Tehran–Mehrabad
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen (begins 3 July 2024)
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
Sepehran Airlines Abadan, Ahvaz, Asaluyeh, Baghdad, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Kish, Kuwait City, Najaf, Qeshm, Rasht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd, Zahedan
Taban Air Abadan, Ahvaz, Baghdad, Isfahan, Karachi, Kish, Lahore, Muscat, Najaf, Rasht, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad, Zahedan
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Varesh Airlines Abadan, Ahvaz, Dushanbe, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Kish, Kuwait City, Sari, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tashkent, Tehran–Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd
Yazd Airways Tehran–Mehrabad, Yazd
Zagros Airlines Abadan, Ahvaz, Bushehr, Chabahar/Konarak, Isfahan, Kish, Najaf, Qeshm, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran–Mehrabad

Statistics

Annual traffic

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

See also