Mashhad International Airport () is an international airport located in

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

, Razavi Khorasan,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. The airbase serves jointly as a civilian airport and a military airbase.

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. 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. Mashhad International Airport has three terminals: a

domestic flight A domestic flight is a form of commercial flight within civil aviation where the departure and the arrival take place in the same country. Airports serving domestic flights only are known as domestic airports. Domestic flights are generally c ...

terminal (Terminal 1), an

international flight An international flight is a form of commercial flight within civil aviation where the Takeoff, departure and the arrival take place in different Country, countries. Regular international passenger air service began in August 1919 with a flight ...

terminal (Terminal 2), and a

Hajj Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetim ...

flight terminal (Terminal 3). The airbase serves jointly as a civilian airport and a military airbase.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate passenger flights at Mashhad International Airport:

Statistics

Annual traffic

Accidents and incidents

* 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 The Tupolev Tu-154 (; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, ...

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. *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. *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. 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. * 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. * On 24 May 2018, the Tapandegan (''Palpitaters'' in Persian), an Iranian

hacker group Hacker groups are informal communities that began to flourish in the early 1980s, with the advent of the home computer. Overview Prior to that time, the term ''hacker'' was simply a referral to any Hacker (hobbyist), computer hobbyist. The hacker ...

, 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. *During the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran, it was reported on 15 June that the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; , commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Indep ...

bombed an aerial refueling plane at the airport.

References

External links

Mashhad International Airport

Iranian Airport Agency
{{authority control Airports in Iran Buildings and structures in Mashhad Transport in Mashhad