# Mehrabad International Airport (THR / OIII)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: THR / OIII
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Iranian Airports Holding Company
- Owner: Government of Iran
- Serves: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
- Opened: 1938
- Elevation: 1,208 m / 3,962 ft
- Coordinates: 35.6892, 51.3144
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,041 m / 13,258 ft
- Passengers: 14,931,798 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3:30 · Asia/Tehran
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrabad_International_Airport (41 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513684
- Weather station: OIII · WMO 40754
- Ident: OIII

## Timeline

- 1938: Mehrabad International Airport opens.
- 22 Dec 1951: 1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash. 20 killed.
- 15 Mar 1974: Sterling Airways Flight 901. 15 killed.
- 21 Jan 1980: Iran Air Flight 291. 128 killed.
- 18 Oct 2011: Iran Air Flight 742. No deaths.
- 10 Aug 2014: Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915. 39 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11R/29L | 4,041 m / 13,258 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | yes |
| 11L/29R | 3,989 m / 13,087 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | yes |

- 11R/29L slopes 1.2%: threshold 29L at 1,156 m / 3,794 ft, threshold 11R at 1,204 m / 3,949 ft.
- 11L/29R slopes 1.3%: threshold 29R at 1,157 m / 3,797 ft, threshold 11L at 1,208 m / 3,962 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 12,094,218 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 13,192,764 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 13,823,924 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 12,667,644 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 13,791,033 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 13,515,693 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 16,327,359 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 17,464,216 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 14,826,107 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 14,931,798 | Wikidata |

## Routes

13 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (13)

- [RAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oigg.md) Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · Iran · 237 km / 147 mi · Raimon Airways
- [HDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oihh.md) Hamadan Airport · Iran · 266 km / 165 mi · Iran Air
- [KHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oick.md) Khoram Abad Airport · Iran · 374 km / 232 mi · Chabahar Airlines
- [KSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oicc.md) Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport · Iran · 407 km / 253 mi · ATA Airlines (Iran)
- [AZD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiyy.md) Shahid Sadooghi Airport · Iran · 502 km / 312 mi · Yazd Airways, Fly Kish
- [YES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oisy.md) Yasuj Airport · Iran · 555 km / 345 mi · Pars Air
- [AFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oims.md) Sabzevar National Airport · Iran · 568 km / 353 mi · Yazd Airways
- [BJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimn.md) Bojnord Airport · Iran · 571 km / 355 mi · Mahan Air
- [OMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitr.md) Urmia Airport · Iran · 599 km / 372 mi · Chabahar Airlines
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 752 km / 467 mi · Nasim Air
- [XBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimb.md) Birjand International Airport · Iran · 795 km / 494 mi · Iran Airtour, Pars Air
- [JSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizj.md) Jask Airport · Iran · 1,276 km / 793 mi · Mahan Air
- [OIZS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizs.md) Saravan Airport · Iran · 1,388 km / 862 mi · Mahan Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (8)

- IRU [Chabahar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chabahar-airlines) · 2
- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 1
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 1
- IRX [Aria Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aria-air)
- Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air)
- 2F [Payam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/payam-air)
- IRZ [Saha Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saha-airlines)
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines)

### Passenger (7)

- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 3
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 2
- [Yazd Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yazd-airways) · 2
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 1
- [Fly Kish](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-kish) · 1
- Nasim Air · 1
- Raimon Airways · 1

Former hub of [Aban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aban-air), [Safiran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/safiran-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14.9M (2019) | #151 of 3,974 | #7 in Middle East | #1 in IR |
| Longest runway | 4,041 m / 13,258 ft | #92 of 29,858 | #22 in Middle East | #10 in IR |
| Elevation | 1,208 m / 3,962 ft | =3,588 of 43,403 | #76 in Middle East | #61 in IR |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =8 in Middle East | =3 in IR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =1 in IR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [PYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiip.md) Payam International Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [NSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oinn.md) Nowshahr Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [GZW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiik.md) Qazvin Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [RZR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oinr.md) Ramsar Airport · 147 km / 91 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #92

## 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: “Mehrabad International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mehrabad_International_Airport&oldid=1367299138), revision of 2 Aug 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/oiii/data