Diversion airports in Iran

[citadel]

Could anybody advise on the suitablity of OIIE over OIII as a diversion, i.e. engineering, facilities, connections, quick turnarounds. Anyone any experience of Mashad? It would be for a 4-engine wide-body. Many thanks.

[ShockWave]

EK now use OIIE as a destination several times a day, so that would be my preference. OIII was the previous int airport for Tehran, I am not sure what they use it for now but it is still available as an alternate.
OIIE has a new terminal, good facillities and is much easier to get into than the old OIII(big mountains etc):ok:

[citadel]

Thanks Shockwave and Muttley. Our div charts didn't have a ground chart for OIIE so it was difficult to assess. Is Mashad any good for emergencies, e.g. after a depressurisation?:)

[ShockWave]

what is the icao code for mashad?
I don't think I have heard about it so can't comment.
Airports we use or consider as the best emergency airports in Iran other than Tehran are:
Shiraz, Esfahan,Tabriz and Kurmanshar(spelling? OICC I think) all are ok for wide body jets. Tabriz has some interesting approaches and high terrain but is still a good option when in trouble. Shiraz is good but you need to consider your missed app gradient before you commit yourself.
cheers.

[fractional]

For apt info try:
http://www.airport-technology.com/icao-codes/ to identify them first. Folowed by:
http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi?pass=87888385&ref=-&mtd=41&cgi=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnph-search_apt&var=13&buf=66&src=_landings%2Fpages%2Fsearch_apt.html&1=&5=&7=&8=iran&6=&9=&10=&max_ret=10&start_ret=1
http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IR87394&sch=OImm
... and so on...

[John Holmes]

Good facilities, parallel runways, ILS32R, VOR14L.

Prevailing wind favours 14L.

Due to the location of a holy site in the city the final approach to 14L is very steep, potentially unstable.

Dont know about de-icing facilities, but assume available since RPT operations there year round.

Enjoy

[White Knight]

Bushehr also a good bet - especially if the wx is a bit grotty up in Shiraz... It's sea level, not too many mountains around, long runways and open H24.

[citadel]

Chaps, thanks alot for all the very useful information.:)