Minsk National Airport

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"Minsk Airport" redirects here. For the former small city airport "Minsk-1", see Minsk-1 Airport.
Minsk National Airport
Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мінск
Национальный аэропорт Минск
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IATA: MSQ – ICAO: UMMS
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Minsk, Belarus
Location Kastrychnitski
Hub for Belavia
Elevation AMSL 204 m / 669 ft
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Website airport.by
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,641 11,942 Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,593,559
Passenger change 13–14 Increase18.9%
Sources: ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

Minsk National Airport (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS), (Belarusian: Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мiнск, [natsɨjaˈnalʲnɨ aeraˈport mʲinsk]; Russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск), former name Minsk-2 (not to be confused with Minsk-1 Airport in Minsk downtown), is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk, geographically lying in the territory of Smalyavichy Raion, but administratively being subordinated to Kastrychnitski District of Minsk.

The airport serves as hub of the national Belarusian airline Belavia and the cargo carriers TransAVIAexport Airlines and Genex.

History

Early years

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In 1977 in the environs of the Belarusian capital the building of the new airport "Minsk-2" was begun. In 1979 the new runway 3,640-m-long and 60-m-wide was put into operation. In 1981 the airdrome "Minsk-2" was already able to handle aircraft in 1982 the airport was opened. The first passenger flight was operated on the plane Tupolev Tu-134. 11 years later the airport was completely built. The terminal of the unique architectural project with the carrying capacity – 5,8 million passengers a year was put into operation.

Development since the 1990s

The regular flights began from 1983, in 1990 the passenger traffic reached 2,2 million passengers. But from 1991 the unexpected decrease of the flights began. That took place because of the Soviet Union collapse and other changes caused by this historical event. In 1997 the number of the passengers was 516,000, in 1998 – 480,000, in 2000 – only 400,000 passengers. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the first million passengers was handled by Minsk National Airport in 2008. Due to the substantial growth in passenger traffic 2008 became a significant mark for the airport.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air China1 Beijing-Capital[2]
airBaltic Riga
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Belavia Almaty, Amsterdam, Aşgabat, Astana, Baku, Belgrade, Berlin-Schönefeld, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hanover, Helsinki, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kharkiv, Kaliningrad, Kiev-Boryspil, Kiev-Zhuliany, Krasnodar, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Odessa,[3] Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Riga, Rome-Fiumicino, St Petersburg, Sochi, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tbilisi, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Vilnius, Warsaw-Chopin, Yerevan
Dniproavia Ivano-Frankivsk
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw-Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Motor Sich Airlines Zaporizhia[4]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspil[5]

^1 The outbound flight for this service makes an intermediate stop in Budapest. However, Air China does not have fifth freedom rights to transport passengers between Minsk and Budapest.

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
Genex Belgrade, Prague, Warsaw-Chopin
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul-Atatürk, Vienna[6]

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2005 559,114 Increase10.86% 5,456 Increase 2.83% 5,488 Increase 4.29%
2006 637,560 Increase14.03% 6,144 Increase12.61% 6,059 Increase10.40%
2007 830,481 Increase30.26% 7,590 Increase23.54% 7,290 Increase20.32%
2008 1,010,695 Increase21.70% 9,256 Increase21.95% 7,870 Increase 7.96%
2009 1,028,886 Increase 1.80% 9,341 Increase 0.92% 7,289 Decrease 7.38%
2010 1,285,423 Increase24.93% 11,020 Increase17.97% 8,553 Increase17.34%
2011 1,437,825 Increase11.86% 13,686 Increase24.19% N.D. N.D.
2012 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.
2013 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.
2014 2,593,559 Increase18.90% N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years 2005,[7] 2006,[8] 2007,[9] 2009,[10] 2011,[11] 2012,[12] 2013,[12] and 2014[13])

Ground transportation

Location within the limits of Kastrychnitski District (pink) of Minsk

Minsk international airport is linked to the capital by the M2 motorway. Bus, train, taxi and parking services are provided.[14]

The airport is served by bus 300Э departing from Centralny bus station every 45 minutes, and takes about one hour. From November 2014 the airport can also be reached by train departing from Minsk Passazhirsky or Smolevichi railway stations, where one can make connections from other Belarus cities and towns.[15]

The airport is located 42 km (26 mi) east of Minsk, and is linked with the city with a toll-free (for non-BY registered cars) highway. Free short term parking is available in front of the terminal.

Incidents and accidents

  • On 1 February 1985 an aircraft Tu-134AK operated by Aeroflot with registration number SSSR-65910 en route to Leningrad Pulkovo airport crashed into the forest shortly after takeoff killing 55 out of 73 passengers and 3 out of 7 crew members on board.[16]
  • On 6 September 2003 an aircraft Tu-154 operated by an Iranian airline Kish Air hit trees in heavy fog as it was on approach en route from Tehran to Copenhagen. None of the 38 passengers and 4 crew members on board were injured.[17]
  • On 26 October 2009, S-Air Flight 9607, operated by BAe 125 RA-02807 crashed on approach to Minsk National Airport. All three crew and both passengers died.[18]

See also

References

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  6. ↑ Turkish Airlines Cargo Winter Schedule
  7. ↑ Airport Council International's 2005 World Airport Traffic Report
  8. ↑ Airport Council International's 2006 World Airport Traffic Report
  9. ↑ Airport Council International's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
  10. ↑ Airport Council International's 2009 World Airport Traffic Report
  11. ↑ Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "2012_WATR" defined multiple times with different content
  13. ↑ Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report
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External links

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