Mirny Airport

Mirny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Мирный; Yakut: Мирнэй аэропорда) (IATA: MJZ, ICAO: UERR) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the mining town of Mirny. It handles medium-sized aircraft and supports 24-hour flight operations. Mirny airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 3.^[3][4] The airport is home base for Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise. 329,446 passengers were transited by this airport in 2017.

Mirny Airport Yakut: Мирнэй Аэропорда Russian: Аэропорт Мирный
Satellite imagery of Mirny Airport (east of the Mir mine)
IATA: MJZ ICAO: UERR LID: МИР
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
Serves	Mirny, Sakha Republic, Russia
Hub for	Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
Elevation AMSL	1,155 ft / 352 m
Coordinates	62°32′04″N 114°01′20″E
Maps
Sakha Republic in Russia
MJZ Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 9,187 2,800 Concrete
GCM,[1] STV[2]

The airport is home to the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the Russian Aerospace Forces.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
ALROSA	Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Polyarny, Yakutsk, Yekaterinburg
NordStar	Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo
S7 Airlines	Novosibirsk[6]
Yakutia Airlines	Khabarovsk, Yakutsk

Accidents and incidents

• On 1 November 2009, an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed shortly after take-off from Mirny airport, killing all 11 people on board. It was on a repositioning flight to Irkutsk Airport after delivering cargo to Mirny. The Il-76 banked to the right and crashed into the ground near the Mir mine.^[7][8]

See also

• List of airports in Russia
• List of military airbases in Russia