Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30) Code THR Passenger count 13,941,798 | Location Tehran, Iran Address Tehran, Iran Elevation 1,208 m Yearly aircraft movements 109,750 Opened 1938 | |
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Airport type Joint (Public/Military) Focus city for Passenger AirlinesAta AirlinesAtrak AirCaspian AirlinesIran AirIran Air ToursIran Aseman AirlinesKish AirMahan AirMeraj AirlinesQeshm AirTaban AirlinesZagros AirlinesCargo AirlinesIran Air CargoIran Aseman Airlines CargoPouya Cargo AirPayam Air Similar IKIA, Qeshm Air, Persepolis Travel and Toursim, آداک سفر پایا, شرکت خدمات مسافرتی |
Tehran mehrabad international airport
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport (Persian: فرودگاه مهرآباد) (IATA: THR, ICAO: OIII), also known as Tehran-Mehrabad, is an airport that serves Tehran, Iran. It was the primary airport of Tehran in both international and domestic passenger traffic but has been replaced by the new Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport for all of its scheduled international traffic. 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 and Airbus A340-600. 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.
Contents
- Tehran mehrabad international airport
- History
- Facilities
- Other facilities
- Accidents and incidents
- In Popular Culture
- References
History
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.
Facilities
Mehrabad International Airport consists of six terminals:
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. Iran Air, Mahan Air, Meraj Airlines.
It is served by two stations of the Tehran Metro:
Other facilities
The airport is home to the head offices of Iran Air and the Iran Civil Aviation Organization. In addition the Iranian Airports Holding Company also has its head office at Mehrabad Airport, nearby Terminal 2.