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Uytash Airport
Международный аэропорт Махачкалы "Уйташ"
مطار محج قلعة الدوليIATA: MCX – ICAO: URML Summary Airport type Public Operator Civil Government Location Makhachkala Elevation AMSL 12 ft / 4 m Coordinates 42°49′00.56″N 047°39′08.26″E / 42.8168222°N 47.6522944°ECoordinates: 42°49′00.56″N 047°39′08.26″E / 42.8168222°N 47.6522944°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 8,662 2,640 Concrete Uytash Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ[1]) (IATA: MCX, ICAO: URML) is a civil airport located near Makhachkala and Kaspiysk cities. It is named after Amet-Khan Sultan, World War II fighter pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
South East Airlines (formerly Dagestan Airlines) has its head office on the property of the airport.[2][3]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Dagestan Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Vnukovo, St Petersburg
Seasonal: Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, SharjahRusLIne İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Moscow-Domodedovo, St Petersburg SCAT Aktau UTair Aviation Samara, Surgut Accidents and incidents
- On 15 January 2009, 4 people died when two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft collided and caught fire.
- On 4 December 2010, South East Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew en-route to Makhachkala, crash landed at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow due to all engines failing. Two of the 160 passengers died.
References
- ^ http://airport.airlines-inform.ru/Makhachkala-Uytash.html
- ^ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 23-29 March 2004. 59.
- ^ "Главная." South East Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2010. "Россия, Республика Дагестан, г. Махачкала, аэропорт ."
Categories:- Russian airport stubs
- Airports built in the Soviet Union
- Airports in Dagestan
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