Mehrabad Airport

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Coordinates: 35°41′21″N 051°18′49″E / 35.68917, 51.31361

Mehrabad Airport
فرودگاه مهرآباد

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IATA: THR – ICAO: OIII
Summary
Airport type Joint (Public/Military)
Location Tehran, Iran
Elevation AMSL 3,962 ft / 1,208 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 1,556 474 Concrete
11L/29R 13,098 3,992 Asphalt
11R/29L 13,248 4,038 Asphalt

Mehrabad Airport (Persian: فرودگاه مهرآباد) (IATA: THR, ICAO: OIII) is an airport that serves Tehran, Iran. It was the primary airport of Tehran but has been replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) in most of its international flights. It is located much closer to the city center than IKA.

Training, maintenance and engineering facilities of Iran's National Carrier Iran Air, Iran Aseman Airlines, and Saha Airlines are located at this airport.

An aircraft engineering and maintenance company Fajr Ashian, has a maintenance hangar adjacent to main airport premises. The hangar is linked to Mehrabad Airport through a taxiway crossing "Tehran-Karaj" Highway. Fajr Ashian takes care of Aircraft of many companies e.g. Mahan Air, Iran Air.

The change of international flights to IKA, finished in 2004, was gradual, starting with flights to countries bordering the Persian Gulf. All international flights have now been moved to IKA except flights to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah.[1]

Mehrabad Airport hall
Mehrabad Airport hall


Contents

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1

International Departures and Arrivals

This Terminal is not used due to diversion of International flights to Imam Khomeini International Airport.

[edit] Terminal 2

  • Air Atlanta Icelandic (Iceland, Luxembourg)
  • Cargolux (Dubai, Luxembourg, Hong Kong)
  • Dragonair Cargo (Chengdu, Hong Kong)
  • Iran Air (Ahvaz, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bushehr, Gheshm, Isfahan, Kish Island, Lar, Mashad, Orumieh, Rasht, Shahre-Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Yazd, Zahedan)
  • Iran Air Tours (Abadan, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Mashad, Rasht, Sari, Shahrekord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Urmia, Yazd, Zahedan)
  • Lufthansa Cargo (Sharjah,Leipzig)
  • Turkmenistan Airlines (Ashkhabad)

[edit] Terminal 3

[edit] Terminal 4

Domestic Departures

  • Caspian Airlines (Ahvaz, Kish Island, Mashhad, Tabriz)
  • Eram Air (Kish Island, Mashad, Tabriz)
  • Iran Aseman Airlines (Abadan, Ahvaz, Ardabil, Asalouyeh, Bam, Birjand, Bojnord, Bushehr, Gorgan, Gheshm, Ilaam, Kermanshah, Kish Island, Khoy, Lamerd, Lar, Mashad, Muscat, Rafsanjan, Ramsar, Rasht, Sabzevar, Sahand, Sanandaj, Shiraz, Tabas, Tabriz, Yasouj, Yazd)
  • Iranian Air Transport (Ahvaz)
  • Kish Air (Mashad, Shiraz, Shahrekord, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Hamadan, Bandar Abbas, Mahshahr, Asalouyeh, Abadan, Tabriz, Qeshm, Kish Island)
  • Mahan Air (Asalouyeh, Birjand, Bandar Abbas, Dezful, Iranshahr, Isfahan, Kerman, Kish Island, Mahshahr, Mashad, Shiraz, Sirjan, Zabol)
  • Saha Airlines (Asallouyeh, Mashad, Kish Island, Shiraz)
  • Taban Air (Mashad, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Birjand, Sarakhs, Kermanshah, Zahedan, Chabahar, Yazd, Khark Island, Kish Island)

[edit] Hajj Terminal (terminal 5)

For 2007-08 Hajj/Umrah season a new terminal with a greater capacity and improved facilities is currently in use (all services to Jeddah and Madinah)

[edit] Terminal 6

Domestic Arrivals

[edit] Former Airlines

[edit] Accidents and incidents

  • On 20 April 2005 a Boeing 707-3J9C had an accident while landing in Mehrabad airport. After touchdown on runway 29L problems with the undercarriage (failure of a landing gear or tyre burst) caused the Boeing 707 to slide off the runway into the Kan River. Three passengers were killed after they fell in the river during the evacuation.
  • On 19 June 2005 a Northwest Airlines DC-10 en route from Mumbai to Amsterdam made an emergency landing at Mehrabad Airport due to an indication of a fire in the cargo hold, which turned out to be a false alarm. No American airliners had landed in Iran since the revolution. The plane left 8 hours later without incident.[2]
  • On 2 January 2008 an Iran Air Fokker 100 (EP-IDB) plane carrying 100 passengers skidded off the runway after part of its wing caught fire when attempting to takeoff on a domestic flight to Shiraz Airport. Its wheels were disconnected and part of its wing caught fire. No one was injured in the accident, which happened around 07:30 IRST amid heavy snowfall at the airport.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rezaee, Siavash. "President of National Civil Aviation Organization in an interview with "Iran": small airlines will be eliminated", Iran-e Eqtesadi, 2007-10-30, p. 2. (Persian) 
  2. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  3. ^ Iran Air plane skids off runway, passengers safe (English). AFP. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
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