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Mirny Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

06/24
  
9,187

Elevation
  
352 m

Elevation AMSL
  
1,155 ft / 352 m

Code
  
MJZ

Phone
  
+7 411 363-51-97

Mirny Airport

Operator
  
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise

Serves
  
Mirny, Sakha Republic, Russia

Hub for
  
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise

Address
  
Аэропорт Мирный, Mirny, Russia

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Mirny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Мирный) (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 airliners and supports 24-hour flight operations. Mirny airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 3. The airport is home base for Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise.

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Accidents and incidents

  • On November 1, 2009, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed soon 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.

    • References

    Mirny Airport Wikipedia
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