Mirny Airport
Mirny Airport Аэропорт Мирный | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mirny, Sakha Republic, Russia | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,155 ft / 352 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 62°32′04″N 114°01′20″E / 62.53444°N 114.02222°E | ||||||||||
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 Sakha Republic in Russia | |||||||||||
  MJZ Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic | |||||||||||
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Mirny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Мирный) (IATA: MJZ, ICAO: UERR) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) 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.[3][4] The airport is home base for Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
- On November 1, 2009, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed soon after take-off from Mirny airport, killing all 11 people on board. It was on a repositioning flight to Irkutsk Airport after delivering cargo to Mirny. The Il-76 banked to the right and crashed into the ground near an old diamond mine.[9][10]
References
- ^ Airport information for UERR at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Airport information for Mirny Airport at Transport Search website.
- ^ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
- ^ New Cross-Polar Routes
- ^ a b "РАСПИСАНИЕ" (PDF). Angara Airlines. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Из Толмачёво в Читу, Мирный и Иркутск на новых Ан-148". Пресс-центр. Tolmachevo Airport. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ L, J (1 December 2014). "S7 Airlines Adds Novosibirsk Domestic Routes in S15". Airline Route. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/05/13/u6-may15/
- ^ 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.
External links
- Template:Ru icon Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
- Mirny Airport (Аэропорт Мирный) at Russian Airports Database
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- Current weather for UERR at NOAA/NWS
- Historical Weather Records for Mirny
- Accident history for MJZ at Aviation Safety Network
- Template:Ru icon Airport Mirny Aviateka.Handbook
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