# Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport (MZR / OAMS)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oams

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MZR / OAMS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan
- Opened: 1950
- Elevation: 391 m / 1,284 ft
- Coordinates: 36.7041, 67.2105
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4:30 · Asia/Kabul
- Website: http://motca.gov.af/fa
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlana_Jalaluddin_Mohammad_Balkhi_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703013
- Weather station: OAMS · WMO 40911
- Ident: OAMS

## Timeline

- 1950: Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06R/24L | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 066° / 246° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [KBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oakb.md) Kabul International Airport · Afghanistan · 299 km / 186 mi · Kam Air, Ariana Afghan Airlines
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 679 km / 422 mi · Kam Air, Ariana Afghan Airlines
- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · Iran · 1,449 km / 900 mi · Mahan Air, Meraj Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,337 km / 2,074 mi · Kam Air

### Seasonal (1)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,176 km / 1,973 mi · Ariana Afghan Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MZR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- FG [Ariana Afghan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ariana-afghan-airlines) · 3
- RQ [Kam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kam-air) · 3
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 1
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 1

Former hub of [Balkh Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/balkh-airlines).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =339 in Asia | #5 in AF |
| Elevation | 391 m / 1,284 ft | =14,038 of 43,403 | #965 in Asia | #63 in AF |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =187 in Asia | =1 in AF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =2 in AF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 132.000 |
| CONTROL | MAZAR CONTROL | 121.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [AF-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/af-0002.md) Dehdadi Airport · 17 km / 11 mi
- [TMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utst.md) Termez Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [UZ-0079](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0079.md) Gilyambor Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [UZ-0043](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0043.md) Shur Ob East Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [UZ-0051](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0051.md) Tashkent Angor Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [AF-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/af-0013.md) Samangan Airstrip · 86 km / 54 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mawlana_Jalaluddin_Mohammad_Balkhi_International_Airport&oldid=1363058063), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oams/data