Mineralnye Vody Airport

Mineralnye Vody Airport
Аэропорт Минеральные Воды
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Novaport
Serves Cherkessk, Kislovodsk, Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki
Hub for Rossiya
Elevation AMSL 321 m / 1,053 ft
Coordinates 44°13′30″N 043°04′55″E / 44.22500°N 43.08194°E / 44.22500; 43.08194Coordinates: 44°13′30″N 043°04′55″E / 44.22500°N 43.08194°E / 44.22500; 43.08194
Website mvairport.ru/
Maps

Stavropol Krai in Russia
MRV
Location of the airport in the Stavropol Krai
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,900 12,795 Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 2,180,178[1]
Airport Guide,[2] WAD,[3] GCM,[4] STV[5]

Mineralnye Vody Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Минеральные Воды) (IATA: MRV, ICAO: URMM) (also written as Mineralnyye Vody Airport) is an airport in Stavropol Krai, Russia located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Mineralnye Vody. It features a civilian terminal area on its west side with 41 parking spots. The airfield houses a Tupolev Tu-154 maintenance facility on the east side.

History

On 22 June 2014, Transaero Airlines began operating the Boeing 747-400 from Moscow. The airline operated the aircraft into the airport during the peak holiday seasons on Sundays, with the aircraft carrying a maximum of 522 passengers. To that date, the 747-400 is the largest aircraft to have operated into the airport.[6]

In July 2016, Novaport bought the Mineralnye Vody Airport from Aeroinvest.[7]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya Airlines 		Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg
Armenia Aircompany Yerevan
AtlasGlobal Seasonal charter: Dalaman[8]
Azimuth Rostov-on-Don
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Antalya, Dubai–Al Maktoum
Buta Airways Baku[9]
Ellinair Thessaloniki
flydubai Dubai–International
NordStar Moscow–Domodedovo,[10] Norilsk
Nordwind Airlines Moscow–Sheremetyevo, St Petersburg, Yerevan
Seasonal charter: Antalya
Pegas Fly Moscow–Sheremetyevo, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal charter: Antalya, Monastir
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Pobeda Kazan,[11] Moscow–Vnukovo, Perm,[11] St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg[11]
Red Wings Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya
RusLine Kursk, Nizhnekamsk
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines Aktau, Astana[12]
Severstal Air Company Cherepovets
Ural Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo,[13] Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion,[14] Yekaterinburg
Utair Makhachkala, Moscow–Vnukovo, Sochi, Surgut, Tyumen, Volgograd
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent
Yamal Airlines Rostov-on-Don, Tyumen

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual Passenger Traffic[15]
Year Passengers % Change
2010888,000Steady
2011966,562Increase 8.8%
20121,279,539Increase 32.4%
20131,473,446Increase 15.2%
20141,921,669Increase 30.4%
20151,966,492Increase 2.3%
20161,731,558Decrease 11.9%
20172,180,178Increase 25.9%

Accidents and incidents

  • On 31 December 1961, an Aeroflot-Armenia Il-18V crashed while attempting a go-around during a charter flight, killing 32 of 119 on board. The aircraft was one of two sent to pick up people who had been stranded at Tbilisi due to bad weather.[18]
  • On 27 February 1972, an Aeroflot Antonov 24B lost control and crashed on approach, after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers.[19]
  • On 15 February 1977, Aeroflot Flight 5003 crashed during the initial climb phase of the flight, killing 77 of the 98 people aboard the aircraft.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ NEWS URMM. "Новости". mvairport.ru.
  2. ↑ Airport guide for Mineralnye Vody airport
  3. ↑ Airport information for URMM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  4. ↑ Airport information for URMM at Great Circle Mapper.
  5. ↑ Airport information for Mineralnye Vody Airport at Search (for) Travel website.
  6. ↑ "Рейс Москва – Минеральные Воды впервые выполнен на самолете Boeing 747-400" (in Russian). Moscow: Interfax-Tourism. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Businessman Roman Trotsenko bought two Russian airport". Sevendaynews.com. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Liu, Jim (15 March 2018). "AtlasGlobal adds new Russian scheduled charters in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Buta Airways preliminary operation from Sep 2017". routesonline.com. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  10. ↑ L, J (24 September 2015). "NordStar Plans to Add New Moscow Domodedovo Routes from late-Oct 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 Liu, Jim (16 September 2018). "Pobeda expands domestic network Sep/Oct 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Liu, Jim (23 March 2017). "SCAT adds new routes in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  13. ↑ ""Уральские авиалинии" будут летать из Москвы в Минеральные Воды". TRAVEL.RU. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/274193/ural-airlines-adds-mineralnye-vody-tel-aviv-flight-from-oct-2017/
  15. ↑ Statisics. "Аэропорт Минвод увеличил пассажиропоток на 27% в 2017 году". tourism.interfax.ru.
  16. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4890 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  17. ↑ "Катастрофа Ил-12 Новосибирской авиагруппы близ а/п Новосибирск-Северный (борт СССР-Л1365), 27 сентября 1954 года. // AirDisaster.ru – авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы в СССР и России – факты, история, статистика". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  18. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75757 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  19. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 24B CCCP-46418 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  20. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75520 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.

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