1st Tactical Air Base
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Tehran Mehrabad International Airport فرودگاه مهرآباد |
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Iran Airports Company | ||||||||||||||||||
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Iran Civil Aviation Organization / Iran Air Force |
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| Serves | Tehran | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 3,962 ft / 1,208 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°41′21″N 51°18′49″E / 35.68917°N 51.31361°ECoordinates: 35°41′21″N 51°18′49″E / 35.68917°N 51.31361°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | mehrabad |
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Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company
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| Aircraft Movements | 133,863  17% |
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| Passengers | 16,678,351 20% |
| Cargo | 113,652 tons 17% |
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport (Persian: فرودگاه مهرآباد) (IATA: THR, ICAO: OIII) , is an airport that serves Tehran, Iran. Until 2007 Mehrabad Airport was the primary airport of Tehran in both international and domestic passenger traffic but has been replaced by the new Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport for all of its scheduled international traffic and now it is primary airport of Tehran in domestic flights. Mehrabad, however, is still by far the busiest airport in Iran in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft movements, handling 13,617,094 passengers in 2014. It is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The airport is also the sole gateway used by the Government of Iran, a service provided by Meraj Airlines out of VIP and CIP terminals.
The airport was first time used as an airfield for aviation club planes in 1938, then after World War II along with becoming internationally recognized by joining Iran civil aviation organization to the ICAO in 1949, the airport also became an air force base.
Newly delivered Republic F-84G Thunderjets (fighter) and Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (trainer) arrived, May 1957 and April 1956, respectively. Iranian Air Force. In 1955 just after construction of first asphalt paved runway a new terminal building (Current Terminal 1) for both international and domestic flights was designed and constructed. Among the designers of the initial modern buildings of the airport was the famous architect William Pereira.
The new Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) was scheduled to open in 2004 with international flights gradually changing from Mehrabad starting with flights to countries bordering the Persian Gulf. After IKA's initial opening in May 2004, due to complications, it was not until the end of 2007 that the plan to move the majority of international flights to the new airport was completed. All international flights have now been moved to IKA.
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