Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport

Mashhad International Airport is an international airport located in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. 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 terminal, an international flight terminal, and a Hajj flight terminal.
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

Year	Passengers	% change
2010	5,983,227
2011	6,039,787	1%
2012	6,833,537	13%
2013	6,985,882	2%
2014	8,068,767	16%
2015	8,545,598	6%
2016	10,030,230	17%
2017	10,459,377	4%

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 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 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 seven people suffered minor injuries.
On 24 May 2018, the Tapandegan, an Iranian hacker group, hacked the Flight [information display system|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.
On 15 June 2025 during the Iran–Israel war, it was reported that the Israeli Air Force bombed an aerial refueling plane at the airport.