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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

Uytash Airport

Location
  
Makhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia

Address
  
Makhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia, 368301

Similar
  
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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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