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
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorNovaport
ServesCherkessk, Kislovodsk, Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki
Hub forRossiya
Elevation AMSL321 m / 1,053 ft
Coordinates44°13′30″N 043°04′55″E
Websitemvairport.ru/
Map
MRV is located in Stavropol Krai
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Location of the airport in Stavropol Krai
MRV is located in European Russia
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Location of the airport in Russia
MRV is located in Europe
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Location of the airport in Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,900 12,795 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers2 408 000
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

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.[2]

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

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Perm, Samara, Ufa, Yekaterinburg
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
Azimuth Almaty, Antalya, Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan,[4] Baku, Bodrum, Chelyabinsk,[5] Dubai–Al Maktoum, Hurghada, Istanbul, Kaliningrad,[6] Kaluga,[5] Krasnoyarsk, Magnitogorsk, Makhachkala, Nizhnevartovsk, Penza, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Samarqand,[7] Saransk, Saratov, Sharm El Sheikh, Sochi, Surgut, Tashkent, Tbilisi (begins 14 October 2023),[8] Tel Aviv, Tyumen, Ufa, Urgench, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Antalya, Bodrum, Moscow-Vnukovo
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International[9]
FlyOne Armenia Yerevan
Izhavia Izhevsk
NordStar Moscow–Domodedovo,[10] Norilsk
Nordwind Airlines Kazan
Pobeda Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow–Vnukovo, St. Petersburg
Red Wings Airlines Antalya, Istanbul, Moscow-Domodedovo, Norilsk, Yerevan
Rossiya Antalya, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg, Yerevan
RusLine Moscow–Vnukovo
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines Aqtau
Smartavia St. Petersburg
Severstal Air Company Cherepovets, Petrozavodsk
Ural Airlines Dushanbe, Khujand, Moscow–Domodedovo,[11] Osh, Yekaterinburg
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo, Surgut, Tyumen
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent
Yakutia Airlines Moscow–Vnukovo,[12] Yakutsk
Yamal Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo, Norilsk, Novy Urengoy, Salekhard, Tyumen

Statistics

Annual traffic
Annual Passenger Traffic[13]
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 21 October 1953, Aeroflot Flight 525, a Lisunov Li-2, crashed in bad weather.[14][15]
  • 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.[16]
  • On 27 February 1972, an Aeroflot Antonov 24B lost control and crashed on approach, after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers.[17]
  • 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.[18]

See also

References
  1. "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. "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. Alt URL
  3. "Businessman Roman Trotsenko bought two Russian airport". Sevendaynews.com. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. Liu, Jim (22 August 2019). "AZIMUTH schedules new routes from late-Sep 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. Liu, Jim (23 April 2019). "AZIMUTH schedules domestic new routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. Liu, Jim. "Azimuth schedules additional domestic routes from mid-Sep 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. "Azimuth Adds Samarkand Service From Dec 2022". Aeroroutes. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  8. "В Грузии сообщили о новых авиарейсах из России". Эхо Кавказа (in Russian). 25 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  9. Плохотниченко, Юрий (23 April 2019). "Flydubai будет летать из Дубая в Сочи, но приостановит ряд других российских линий на лето". Travel.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  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. ""Уральские авиалинии" будут летать из Москвы в Минеральные Воды". TRAVEL.RU. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  12. Liu, Jim. "Yakutia W19 Domestic network additions". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  13. Statistics. "Аэропорт Минвод увеличил пассажиропоток на 27% в 2017 году". tourism.interfax.ru.
  14. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4890 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  15. "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.
  16. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75757 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  17. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 24B CCCP-46418 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  18. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18V CCCP-75520 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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