Mazar-e Sharif International Airport (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.