Tehran Mehrabad Airport
| Mehrabad International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | OIII |
| IATA code | THR |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 1208 m (3963 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km west of Tehran |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Iran Airports Co. |
| Terminals | 6th |
| Passengers | 8,585,714 (1999) |
| Air freight | 96,809 tons (1999) |
| Flight movements |
98,703 (1998) |
| Runways | |
| 09/27 | 474 m × 40 m concrete |
| 11R / 29L | 4038 m × 60 m asphalt |
| 11L / 29R | 3992 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Mehrabad International Airport is located in Tehran , Iran . The airport airfield was laid out in 1938 and recognized as an international airport by the International Civil Aviation Organization in 1949 . The expansion of regular international flight operations began in 1955 with the first asphalt runway and airport terminal 1.
At the time the airport opened, it was outside the city of Tehran. Due to the expansion of the urban area, the airport is now located in the built-up urban area. It is located about five kilometers west of the city center.
Profile of the airport
Terminals 1 and 2 were used for international flights. Terminal 4, which opened in 2000, is used for incoming national connections and Terminal 6 for outgoing national connections. Terminal 5 is the “pilgrim terminal”. Since 2008, Mehrabad Airport has been replaced by the newly built Imam Chomeni Airport for the majority of international flights, with the exception of flights to Saudi Arabia during the Muslim Hajj and Umrah . Today Mehrabad is the regional hub of Iran Air and Iran Air Tours. On March 15, 2016, a 2.8 km extension of line 4 of the Tehran subway to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport went into operation with two stops, one for terminals 1 and 2, the second for terminals 3 and 4. From Three -part shuttle trains run from the Bimeh stop to provide additional space for luggage.
Incidents
- On September 14, 1950, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-30-DL of Iranian Airways with the aircraft registration EP-AAG crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran-Mehrabad airport on a flight to Saudi Arabia, on which seven crew members for a crew change should be promoted. All nine people on board were killed.
- On December 22, 1951, a SNCASE Languedoc (SU-AHH) belonging to the Egyptian company Misrair crashed 10 km west of Tehran's Mehrabad airport after it had circled it twice in a snow storm. All 22 people on board were killed.
- On December 25, 1952, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-35-DL of Iranian Airways (EP-ACJ) coming from Isfahan crashed while approaching Tehran-Mehrabad airport 7 km from the destination airport. 24 of the 25 inmates were killed.
- On May 27, 1960, an Avro York C.1 of Air Liban (OD-ACD) had an accident while taking off from Tehran-Mehrabad airport. All inmates survived. The aircraft was totaled. Further details are not known.
- On March 15, 1963, an Avro York operated by Lebanese Trans Mediterranean Airways (OD-ACZ) flew 26 km west of the airport into the mountains. The incorrect handling of an engine failure could have been the cause. All four crew members of the cargo plane were killed.
- On March 15, 1974, while taxiing at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, the right landing gear suspension of a Sud Aviation Caravelle 10B3 of Sterling Airways (OY-STK) broke , puncturing the right wing tank and leaking kerosene, which ignited. Despite the immediately initiated evacuation, 15 of the 96 people on board were killed (see also Sterling Airways flight 901 ) .
- On August 2, 1976, an intact Boeing 707 of Korean Air Lines (HL7412) flew into a mountain after take-off because the pilots had turned to the right instead of to the left. All five people on board were killed.
- On February 8, 1993, a Tupolev Tu-154M crashed on a charter flight of the Iran Airtour (EP-ITD) shortly after take-off from Tehran-Mehrabad airport with a Sukhoi Su-24 of the Iranian Air Force that was approaching. All twelve crew members and all 119 passengers were killed, as well as the two pilots of the fighter plane (see also plane collision near Tehran 1993 ) .
- On February 2, 2000, an Iran Air (EP-IBR) Airbus A300B2-200 was destroyed when the crew of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Iranian Air Force lost control during take-off from Tehran-Mehrabad and their plane collided with the Airbus that has just been towed to a hangar. The eight occupants of the Hercules were killed (see also plane collision at Tehran-Mehrabad airport in 2000 ) .
- On December 6, 2005, a Lockheed C-130E Hercules of the Iranian Air Force (IrAF 5-8519) crashed into a ten-story apartment building in the Azari residential area while approaching Tehran's Mehrabad airport. Eight minutes after take-off, the crew reported engine problems with engine 4 (far right) and had turned around for an emergency landing. A total of 106 people were killed, all 94 occupants, 10 crew members and 84 passengers; 12 more people were killed in the skyscraper.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tehran Metro serving Mehrabad Airport . Report in HaRakhevet 113 (June 2016), p. 14.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 EP-AAG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 8, 2019.
- ^ Accident report Languedoc SU-AHH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 19, 2016.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 EP-ACJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 8, 2019.
- ^ Accident report Avro York OD-ACD , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 5, 2020.
- ^ Accident report Avro York OD-ACZ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 21, 2016.
- ↑ Accident Report B-707 HL7412 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 19 January 2016th
- ^ Accident report TU-154M EP-ITD , Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report A300 EP-IBR in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report C-130 IrAF in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 11, 2017.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report C-130E Hercules IrAF 5-8519 in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on February 17, 2020.