Mineralnye Vody Airport

Mineralnye Vody Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Минеральные Воды) (IATA: MRV, ICAO: URMM) (also written as Mineralnyye Vody Airport, which "Mineralnye Vody" literally translates to Mineral Waters) is an airport in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Mineralnye Vody. It features a civilian terminal area on its west side with 41 parking spots. The airfield houses a Tupolev Tu-154 maintenance facility on the east side.

Mineralnye Vody Airport Аэропорт Минеральные Воды
IATA: MRV ICAO: URMM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Novaport
Serves	Cherkessk, Kislovodsk, Mineralnye Vody, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki
Hub for	Rossiya
Elevation AMSL	321 m / 1,053 ft
Coordinates	44°13′30″N 043°04′55″E
Website	mvairport.ru/
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 3,900 12,795 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 2 408 000
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

History

On 22 June 2014, Transaero Airlines began operating the Boeing 747-400 from Moscow. The airline operated the aircraft into the airport during the peak holiday seasons on Sundays, with the aircraft carrying a maximum of 522 passengers. To that date, the 747-400 is the largest aircraft to have operated into the airport.^[2]

In July 2016, Novaport bought the Mineralnye Vody Airport from Aeroinvest.^[3]

Mineralnye Vody has experienced rapid growth in recent years. It reached almost 5 million passengers in 2024, making it the 93rd busiest airport in Europe and the 9th busiest in Russia. On May 14, 2025, a new terminal with five airbridges was opened. It is intended solely for domestic flights, while the older terminal has since been dedicated exclusively to international operations.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Antalya, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Yerevan
AlMasria Universal Airlines	Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh
azimuth	Almaty, Antalya, Astrakhan, Batumi,[4] Cheboksary,[5] Chelyabinsk,[6] Dubai–Al Maktoum, Istanbul, Ivanovo,[7] Kaliningrad,[8] Kaluga,[6] Kemerovo,[7] Khanty-Mansiysk,[9] Kirov, Magnitogorsk, Makhachkala, Minsk, Nizhnekamsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Omsk,[10] Orenburg (begins 15 September 2025),[11] Penza, Perm, Pskov, Samara,[7] Samarqand,[12] Saransk, Saratov, Sochi, Surgut,[5] Syktyvkar, Tashkent, Tbilisi,[13] Tel Aviv,[14] Tyumen, Ufa,[10] Ulyanovsk-Barartayevka,[15] Yaroslval, Yerevan
Azur Air	Seasonal charter: Antalya
Centrum Air	Tashkent[16]
flydubai	Dubai–International[17]
Ikar	Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg
Izhavia	Izhevsk[18]
NordStar	Moscow–Domodedovo,[19] Norilsk
Nordwind Airlines	Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod
Pobeda	Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow–Vnukovo
Red Wings Airlines	Astana,[20] Batumi, Istanbul, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv,[21] Yerevan Seasonal: Bodrum,[22] Omsk, Ulan-Ude Seasonal charter: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh
Rossiya	Krasnoyarsk–International, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg
S7 Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
Severstal Air Company	Cherepovets, Petrozavodsk
Smartavia	Saint Petersburg
Southwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya
Ural Airlines	Dushanbe, Khujand, Moscow–Domodedovo,[23] Osh, Yekaterinburg Seasonal charter: Antalya,[24] Sharm El Sheikh
Utair	Moscow–Vnukovo, Noyabrsk, Surgut, Tyumen[25] Seasonal: Ufa[26]
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent
Yakutia Airlines	Moscow–Vnukovo,[27] Yakutsk
Yamal Airlines	Novy Urengoy, Salekhard, Tyumen Seasonal: Noyabrsk

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual passenger traffic^[28]

Year	Passengers	% change
2010	888,000
2011	966,562	8.8%
2012	1,279,539	32.4%
2013	1,473,446	15.2%
2014	1,921,669	30.4%
2015	1,966,492	2.3%
2016	1,731,558	11.9%
2017	2,180,178	25.9%

Accidents and incidents

• On 21 October 1953, Aeroflot Flight 525, a Lisunov Li-2, crashed in bad weather.^[29]
• On 31 December 1961, an Aeroflot-Armenia Il-18V crashed while attempting a go-around during a charter flight, killing 32 of 119 on board. The aircraft was one of two sent to pick up people who had been stranded at Tbilisi due to bad weather.^[30]
• On 27 February 1972, an Aeroflot Antonov 24B lost control and crashed on approach, after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers.^[31]
• On 15 February 1977, Aeroflot Flight 5003 crashed during the initial climb phase of the flight, killing 77 of the 98 people aboard the aircraft.^[32]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Russia
• List of the busiest airports in Europe
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR