Minsk International Airport
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| Minsk International Airport Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мінск Национальный аэропорт Минск | |||
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| IATA: MSQ – ICAO: UMMS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Minsk | ||
| Hub for | Belavia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 204 m / 669 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.8825°N 28.0325°E / 53.8825; 28.0325 | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 13/31 | 3,641 | 11,942 | Concrete |
| Statistics | |||
| Number of Passengers | 1,010,695 | ||
Minsk International Airport (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS), (Belarusian: Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мiнск, IPA: [natsɨjaˈnalʲnɨ aeraˈport mʲinsk]; Russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск), sometimes referred to as Minsk-2, is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk. The airport began operations in July 1982; the existing terminal was opened on March 28, 1989 and replaced the old Minsk-1 airport in the south of the city.
The airport has one runway of length of 3640 m and width of 60 m.
The airport hosts national Belarus airlines Belavia (passenger) and TransAVIAexport Airlines (cargo). Several foreign airlines provide service to Minsk airport.
The airport, which is capable of accommodating 5 million passengers a year, served more than 1 million passengers in 2008.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremeteyvo |
| airBaltic | Riga |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Vienna |
| Belavia | Amsterdam, Astana [seasonal], Baku, Berlin-Schönefeld, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kaliningrad, Kiev-Boryspil, Kostanay, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Yerevan |
| Caspian Airlines[1] | Tehran |
| Czech Airlines | Prague |
| El Al | Tel Aviv |
| Estonian Air operated by Estonian Air Regional | Tallinn |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Georgian Airways | Tbilisi |
| Gomelavia | Gomel |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
| SCAT | Astana |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashghabat |
[edit] Statistical Data
The Belarus government owns the airport and doesn't officially disclose much statistical data. But some information is still available.
In 2007 airport served 835,000 passengers out of which 550,000 were served by the national airline Belavia.[2]
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On February 1, 1985 an aircraft Tu-134AK operated by Aeroflot with registration number SSSR-65910 on route to Leningrad Pulkovo airport crashed into the forest shortly after takeoff killing 55 out of 73 passengers and 3 out of 7 crew members on board.[3]
- On September 6, 2003 an aircraft Tu-154 operated by an Iranian airline Kish Air hit trees in heavy fog as it was on approach on route from Tehran to Copenhagen. None of the 38 passengers and 4 crew members on board were injured.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Caspian Airlines international route map". pp. [1]. http://www.caspian.aero/html/en/page.aspx?.
- ^ "Increase in the market of air-transportation." (in Russian). http://www.belgazeta.by/20080324.12/470255671.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134AK CCCP-65910 Nezhivka". http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850201-0.
- ^ "Kish Air aircraft strikes trees during landing". http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/shipping-air-freight/636103-1.html.
[edit] External links
- Official Site (English) and (Russian)
- Landing strip
- Minsk International Airport at Russian Airports Database
- Airport information for UMMS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for UMMS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for UMMS at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for MSQ at Aviation Safety Network
