Tehran International Airport
With Iran rapidly becoming
the hub of airline routes
across the Middle East,
Tippetts-Abbott-McCarthy-
Stratton of New York and
Abdol Aziz Farmanfarmaian
and associates of Tehran
have joined together to
develop a major airport
facility for the nation
comparable to the largest in
the world.  It is to be located
35 km south-west of Tehran
on 12,000 hectares of land
between two major freeways
which, along with the future
high-speed rapid transit link,
will provide direct access
from the capital.  In the initial
stage, one domestic and one
international module totalling
36 gates will be constructed. 
By the year 2000, the series
of five terminal modules and
four runways in dual parallel
configuration, with just over
100 loading/parking positions,
will be capable of handling
and annual traffic load of 12
million international
passengers, 14,900,000
domestic passengers and
620,000 metric tonnes of
cargo. 



Terminal modules straddle a central spine road and transit system connecting the two freeways to Tehran.  This
spine also allows for inter-airport circulation and for under-terminal parking with direct vertical check-in and
baggage claim.  The airfield provides for the most advanced Air Traffic Control procedures.  In addition to the
terminals, hangars and cargo areas, a residential town is planned for airport employees.

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