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.[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
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorAlrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
ServesMirny, Sakha Republic, Russia
Hub forAlrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
Elevation AMSL1,155 ft / 352 m
Coordinates62°32′04″N 114°01′20″E / 62.53444°N 114.02222°E / 62.53444; 114.02222
Maps
Sakha Republic in Russia
Sakha Republic in Russia
MJZ is located in Sakha Republic
MJZ
MJZ
Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic
Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
ftm
07/259,1872,800Concrete
GCM,[1] STV[2]

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

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
ALROSAIrkutsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Polyarny, Yakutsk, Yekaterinburg
NordStarKrasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk[6]
Yakutia AirlinesKhabarovsk, Yakutsk

Accidents 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]

References edit

  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. ^ "Figure 1. New Cross-Polar Routes Via The North Polar Region". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  5. ^ "Russian Air Force - Mirny (UERR)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  6. ^ L, J (1 December 2014). "S7 Airlines Adds Novosibirsk Domestic Routes in S15". Airline Route. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  7. ^ Экипаж не смог справиться с сильным креном Ил-76, retrieved 2019-02-08
  8. ^ 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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