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Mineralnye Vody Airport

Mineralnye Vody Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Минеральные Воды) (IATA: MRV, ICAO: URMM) (also written as Mineralnyye Vody Airport, which "Mineralnye Vody" literally translates to Mineral Waters) 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.

Mineralnye Vody Airport

Аэропорт Минеральные Воды

Public

Novaport

Cherkessk, Kislovodsk, Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki

Rossiya

321 m / 1,053 ft

44°13′30″N 043°04′55″E / 44.22500°N 43.08194°E / 44.22500; 43.08194

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2 408 000

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History[edit]

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.[2]


In July 2016, Novaport bought the Mineralnye Vody Airport from Aeroinvest.[3]

On 21 October 1953, Aeroflot Flight 525, a , crashed in bad weather.[26][27]

Lisunov Li-2

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 due to bad weather.[28]

Tbilisi

On 27 February 1972, an Aeroflot lost control and crashed on approach, after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers.[29]

Antonov 24B

On 15 February 1977, crashed during the initial climb phase of the flight, killing 77 of the 98 people aboard the aircraft.[30]

Aeroflot Flight 5003

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