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Mashhad International Airport

Mashhad International Airport
Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport
فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید هاشمی‌نژاد مشهد
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Mashhad International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Owner Iranian Airports Holding Company
Operator Iran Civil Aviation Organization/Iran Air Force
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°E / 36.23500; 59.64083Coordinates: 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.23500°N 59.64083°E / 36.23500; 59.64083
Website mashhad.airport.ir
Map
MHD is located in Iran
MHD
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 (2016)
Passengers 10,030,230 Increase 17%
Aircraft Movements 70,084 Increase 18%
Cargo 86,681 tons Increase 7%
Passengers 10,030,230 Increase 17%
Aircraft Movements 70,084 Increase 18%
Cargo 86,681 tons Increase 7%

Mashhad International Airport or Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport (IATA: MHDICAO: 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 2015 the airport handled 8,545,598 passengers along with 81,285 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, East Asia and Europe.

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 24 May 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.


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