Mazar-I-Sharif Airport Reviews

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Mazar-I-Sharif Airport Reviews

Mazar-e Sharif International Airport (Pashto: د مزاری شریف نړیوال هوایی ډګر‎; Persian: فرودگاه مولانا جلال الدین محمد بلخی‎) (IATA: MZR, ICAO: OAMS), locally known as Maulana Jalaluddin Balkhi International Airport, is located 9 km east of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, a journey of 15 minutes by taxi from the center of the city.

The Mazar-I-Sharif Airport comes with a dual-runway capable of handling large aircraft such as Boeing 747, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Antonov An-225. The airport has facilities for up to 1,000 passengers, making it one of the largest airports in Afghanistan. Originally built by engineers from the Soviet Union in the 1950s, the airport serves the Afghan population north of the country. A new 60 million euro terminal was added to the airport in recent years while the older terminal is now used for domestic flights.

Mazar-I-Sharif Airport airlines and destinations are Afghan Jet International – Kabul, Ariana Afghan Airlines – Kabul, Moscow, Iran Aseman Airlines – Mashad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Kam Air – Kabul, Mashad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, and Turkish Airlines – Istanbul-Atatürk.

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Mazar-I-Sharif Airport Official Website

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