Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 285 ft / 87 m Elevation 87 m | Operator JSC "Airport Tunoshna" Code IAR Phone +7 485 243-18-00 | |
Address Туношна городок-26, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, 150502 Similar Astra Park Hotel, Park‑otel' Yaroslavl', Avtovokzal, Astra, Plyazh Malye Soli | ||
Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) International Airport (Tunoshna - also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Russian: Международный аэропорт Ярославль (Ту́ношна)) (IATA: IAR, ICAO: UUDL) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It is served by medium-sized airliners.
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Airlines and destinations
The list of regular services changes frequently. According to the airport's website as of February 2017 the following flights are scheduled:
History
During the Cold War it was a key interceptor aircraft base. It was home to 415 IAP (415th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s. This unit was decommissioned in 1992 and the planes were sent to Rzhev.
Accidents and incidents
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-Service Yak-42, carrying the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to Minsk, crashed on take-off from Tunoshna, killing 44 of the 45 occupants.