THR

Mehrabad International Airport

ICAO OIII35.6892°N 51.3144°E1,208 m / 3,962 ftLarge airport
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Mehrabad
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Mehrabad International Airport (IATA: THR, ICAO: OIII) is a large airport in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. It opened in 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,041 m (13,258 ft). It is operated by Iranian Airports Holding Company. In 2019 it handled 14.9 million passengers.

Timeline

6 events · 1938–2014
1938
OpenedMehrabad International Airport opens.
22 DEC 1951
Disaster1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash.20 killed
15 MAR 1974
DisasterSterling Airways Flight 901.15 killed
21 JAN 1980
DisasterIran Air Flight 291.128 killed
18 OCT 2011
DisasterIran Air Flight 742.No deaths
10 AUG 2014
DisasterSepahan Airlines Flight 5915.39 killed

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
ترمینال ۴ترمینال ۱ترمینال ۳ترمینال ۲ترمینال ۶
11R/29L109° / 289° · LIT · SLOPE 1.2%
LENGTH4,041 m13,258 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11L/29R109° / 289° · LIT · SLOPE 1.3%
LENGTH3,989 m13,087 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2019
12.1M
13.2M
13.8M
12.7M
13.8M
13.5M
16.3M
17.5M
14.8M
14.9M
10111213141516171819

Routes

13 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsMahan Air 3Chabahar Airlines 2Yazd Airways 2Pars Air 2Raimon Airways 1Iran Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from THR. From the Wikipedia article “Mehrabad International Airport” (revision of 2 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers14.9M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#151of 3,974 · #7 Middle East · #1 IRLongest runway4,041 m13,258 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#92of 29,823 · #22 Middle East · #10 IRElevation1,208 m3,962 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=3,584of 43,341 · #76 Middle East · #61 IRAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =8 Middle East · =3 IRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =13 Middle East · =1 IR
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

4 channels
APPAPP119.700
ATISATIS128.000
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.100