MZR

Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport

ICAO OAMS36.7041°N 67.2105°E391 m / 1,284 ftLarge airport
On the map
December 2001 Mazar Airfield
Photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo, USAF · Public domain · Commons

Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport (IATA: MZR, ICAO: OAMS) is a large airport in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan. It opened in 1950. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1950–1950
1950
OpenedMazar-i-Sharif International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
د مزار شریف هوايي ډګر
06R/24L066° / 246° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH45 m147 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

5 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsKam Air 3Ariana Afghan Airlines 3Mahan Air 1Meraj Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MZR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =340 Asia · #5 AFElevation391 m1,284 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=14,023of 43,341 · #964 Asia · #63 AFAgeOpened 19502026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,626of 15,079 · =187 Asia · =1 AFRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =2 AF
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
TWRTWR132.000
CONTROLMAZAR CONTROL121.250