Uytash Airport

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Operator Civil Government Time zone Moscow Time (+4) Website www.mcx.aero Elevation 4 m Owner Russia Airport type Airport		Hub for South East Airlines Elevation AMSL 12 ft / 4 m Code MCX Phone +7 929 892-68-62 Serves Makhachkala

Location Makhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia Address Makhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia, 368301 Similar Moscow Cinema, Kinoteatr Rossiya, Abu Dagi, Anji Arena

Makhachkala Uytash Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) (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.

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

Uytash Airport Wikipedia

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