Mashhad International Airport Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport فرودگاه بینالمللی شهید هاشمینژاد مشهد |
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Mashhad International Airport
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Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Iranian Airports Holding Company | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Iran Civil Aviation Organization/Iran Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Mashhad | ||||||||||||||
Location | Mashhad, Iran | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 3,263 ft / 995 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.23500°N 59.64083°ECoordinates: 36°14′06″N 59°38′27″E / 36.23500°N 59.64083°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | mashhad |
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Location in Iran | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Iranian Airports Holding Company
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Passengers | 10,030,230 17% |
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Aircraft Movements | 70,084 18% |
Cargo | 86,681 tons 7% |
Mashhad International Airport or Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport (IATA: MHD, ICAO: 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.