Tunoshna Airport
Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) International Airport Международный аэропорт Ярославль (Туношна) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Yaroslavl Oblast Government | ||||||||||
| Operator | JSC "Airport Tunoshna" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yaroslavl | ||||||||||
| Location | Yaroslavl, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 285 ft / 87 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°33′38.40″N 040°9′26.53″E / 57.5606667°N 40.1573694°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.iar.aero | ||||||||||
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Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) International Airport (Tunoshna - also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Template:Lang-ru) (IATA: IAR, ICAO: UUDL) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It is served by medium-sized airliners.
Airlines and destinations
The list of regular services changes frequently. According to the airport's website as of September 2015 the following flights are scheduled:[1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Pobeda | Seasonal: Sochi[2] |
| RusLine | St Petersburg |
| Severstal Air | Seasonal: Sochi[3] |
History
During the Cold War it was a key interceptor aircraft base. It was home to 415 IAP (415th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s.[4] This unit was decommissioned in 1992 and the planes were sent to Rzhev.
Accidents and incidents
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-Service Yak-42, carrying the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to Minsk, crashed on take-off from Tunoshna, killing 44 of the 45 occupants.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Flight schedule" (in Russian). Tunoshna Airport. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
- ^ "Лоукостер "Победа" вводит первые регулярные авиарейсы между Сочи и Ярославлем". ТАСС. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Открылось авиасообщение между Ярославлем и Сочи". «АиФ-Верхняя Волга». 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ "The Aviation Herald". avherald.com.
- ^ "List of those killed in plane crash near Yaroslavl" (in Russian). sovsport.ru. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
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