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Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Airport in Mashhad, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mashhad International Airport[2] (Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی شهید هاشمینژاد مشهد) (IATA: MHD, ICAO: OIMM) is an international airport located in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. The airbase serves jointly as a civilian airport and a military airbase.[3]
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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.[4] 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.[5]
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).[6]
The airbase serves jointly as a civilian airport and a military airbase.[7]
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The following airlines operate passenger flights at Mashhad International Airport:
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- 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 28 of the 147 people on board died in the accident.[19]
- On 24 July 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62, route THR-MHD (Tehran Mehrabad, to Mashhad) crashed with 173 people on board and caught fire; five passengers and 11 crew members died.[20]
- On 24 January 2010, Taban Air Flight 6437, a Tupolev Tu-154M, crashed while making an emergency landing at the airport due to a medical emergency; all 157 passengers and 13 crew survived the accident; 42 received minor injuries.[21] 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.[22][23]
- On 28 January 2016, Zagros Airlines Flight 4010 was landing at 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.[24][25]
- On 24 May 2018, the Tapandegan (Palpitaters in Persian), an Iranian hacker group, hacked the arrival and departure monitors at the airport, posting anti-government messages and images on the monitors, forcing airport authorities to manually turn off the monitors one by one.[26]
- During the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran, it was reported on 15 June that the Israeli Air Force bombed an aerial refueling plane at the airport.[27]
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