Mehrabad International Airport فرودگاه بینالمللی مهرآباد Foroudgâh-e Beyn Almelali-ye Mehrâbâd | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Government of Iran | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Iran Airports Company Iranian Air Force Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Iranian Police Aviation | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Tehran metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1938[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 3,962 ft / 1,208 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°41′21″N 51°18′49″E / 35.68917°N 51.31361°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Iran Airports Company[2] |
Mehrabad International Airport (IATA: THR, ICAO: OIII) is an airport serving Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Prior to the construction of the larger Imam Khomeini International Airport in 2007, Mehrabad was Tehran's primary airport for both international and domestic traffic, but now serves only domestic flights. Despite this, in 2016, Mehrabad Airport was the busiest airport in Iran in terms of passengers, handling 16,678,351 passengers in total. The airport is also used by the Government of Iran and is one of the bases of the Iranian Air Force.