- Source: Mirny 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. The airport is home base for Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise. 329,446 passengers were transited by this airport in 2017.
The airport is home to the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
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.
See also
List of airports in Russia
List of military airbases in Russia
References
External links
(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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bandar Udara Mirny
- Bandar Udara Internasional Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Bandar Udara Internasional Domodedovo
- Bandar Udara Internasional Irkutsk
- Daftar maskapai penerbangan Rusia
- Mirny Airport
- Mirny
- Alrosa (airline)
- Mirny, Sakha Republic
- List of the busiest airports in Russia
- 2009 Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash
- List of airports in Russia
- Antonov An-10
- List of airports by IATA airport code: M
- Alrosa Flight 514
