Mirny Airport
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| Mirny Airport Аэропорт Мирный |
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| IATA: MJZ – ICAO: UERR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | ||
| Serves | Mirny, Russia | ||
| Location | Yakutia, Russia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,155 ft / 352 m | ||
| Coordinates | 62°32′04″N 114°02′20″E / 62.53444°N 114.03889°ECoordinates: 62°32′04″N 114°02′20″E / 62.53444°N 114.03889°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 9,187 | 2,800 | Concrete |
Mirny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Мирный) (IATA: MJZ, ICAO: UERR) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located 4 km east of the mining town of Mirny. It handles medium-sized airliners and supports 24-hour flight operations. Mirny airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 3.[1][2] The airport is home base for Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Lensk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Vnukovo, Novosibirsk, Olenyok, Polyarny, Saint Petersburg, Yakutsk, Yekaterinburg |
| UTair Aviation | Surgut |
| Yakutia Airlines | Seasonal: Yakutsk |
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On November 1, 2009, an Ilyushin Il-76 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed soon after take-off from Mirny airport killing all 11 people on board. The plane was not carrying any cargo loads, as it was a repositioning flight to Irkutsk Airport. The Il-76 banked to the right and crashed into the ground near an old diamond mine.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
- ^ New Cross-Polar Routes
- ^ http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=247978
- ^ Berry, Lynn for Associated Press. "Russian military cargo plane crashes on takeoff, killing all 11 crew members on board". Dailypress.com, 1 November 2009.
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
- Mirny Airport (Аэропорт Мирный) at Russian Airports Database
- Airport information for UERR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Current weather for UERR at NOAA/NWS
- Historical Weather Records for Mirny
- Accident history for MJZ at Aviation Safety Network
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