Mirny_Airport

Mirny Airport

Mirny Airport

Airport


Mirny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Мирный; Yakut: Мирнэй аэропорда) (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 aircraft 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. 329,446 passengers were transited by this airport in 2017.

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The airport is home to the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the Russian Aerospace Forces.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

  • On 1 November 2009, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed shortly 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 the Mir mine.[7][8]

References

  1. Airport information for UERR at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Airport information for Mirny Airport at Transport Search website.
  3. "Figure 3. Boeing-Conducted Airport Safety And Operational Assessments". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  4. "Russian Air Force - Mirny (UERR)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. L, J (1 December 2014). "S7 Airlines Adds Novosibirsk Domestic Routes in S15". Airline Route. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  6. Berry, Lynn for Associated Press. "Russian military cargo plane crashes on takeoff, killing all 11 crew members on board" Archived 2009-11-02 at the Wayback Machine. Dailypress.com, 1 November 2009.




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