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.
Mirny Airport Аэропорт Мирный | |||||||||||
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 Satellite imagery of Mirny Airport (east of the Mir mine) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mirny, Sakha Republic, Russia | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | ||||||||||
| 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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The airport is home to the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the Russian Aerospace Forces.[5]
Airlines and destinations
editAccidents and incidents
edit- 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Airport information for UERR at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Airport information for Mirny Airport at Transport Search website.
- ^ "Figure 3. Boeing-Conducted Airport Safety And Operational Assessments". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Figure 1. New Cross-Polar Routes Via The North Polar Region". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Russian Air Force - Mirny (UERR)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ L, J (1 December 2014). "S7 Airlines Adds Novosibirsk Domestic Routes in S15". Airline Route. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Экипаж не смог справиться с сильным креном Ил-76, retrieved 2019-02-08
- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mirny Airport.
- (in Russian) Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
- Mirny Airport (Аэропорт Мирный) at Russian Airports Database
- Current weather for UERR at NOAA/NWS
- Historical Weather Records for Mirny
- Accident history for MJZ at Aviation Safety Network
- (in Russian) Airport Mirny Aviateka.Handbook
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