Ignatyevo Airport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Ignatyevo Airport Аэропорт Игнатьево |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
IATA: BQS – ICAO: UHBB
 BQS
|
|||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Amur Oblast State Unitary Enterprise "Airport Blagoveshchensk" | ||
| Location | Blagoveshchensk | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 640 ft / 195 m | ||
| Coordinates | 50°25′30″N 127°24′48″E / 50.425°N 127.41333°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 18/36 | 2,821 | 9,256 | Asphalt |
Ignatyevo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Игнатьево) (IATA: BQS, ICAO: UHBB) is a large airport in Russia located 20 km northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It services up to medium-sized airliners and conducts 24-hour flight operations. The civilian area parks 44 aircraft, with a military pad on the northwest side of the airfield, possibly for forward deployment purposes.
Contents |
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aeroflot operated by Vladivostok Air |
Moscow-Sheremetyevo [resumes 26 March][citation needed] |
| Iraero | Chita, Irkutsk |
| RusLine | Ulan-Ude, Vladivostock |
| SAT Airlines | Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Vnukovo [begins May 2012][1] |
| Ural Airlines | Yekaterinburg |
| Yakutia Airlines | Moscow-Vnukovo, Harbin, Yakutsk |
[edit] Accidents
On 8 August 2011, IrAero Flight 103, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-46561 overran the runway on landing. Of the five crew and 31 passengers on board,[2] twelve people were injured.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Аэропорт Внуково и авиакомпания «Трансаэро» подписали меморандум о стратегическом сотрудничестве". Aviation EXplorer. 21 February 2012. http://www.aex.ru/news/2012/2/21/92908/. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (8 August 2011). "Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion". The Aviation Herald. http://avherald.com/h?article=440f6546&opt=1. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г." (in Russian). Rostransnadzor. 8 August 2011. http://www.rostransnadzor.ru/rostrans/news/news_detail.php?ID=4524. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Blagoveshchensk Airport official website
- Airport information for UHBB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for UHBB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Accident history for BQS at Aviation Safety Network
 |
This Russian military article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about an airport in Russia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
