Orenburg Airport

Orenburg Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Оренбург) (IATA: REN, ICAO: UWOO) is a civil airport located about 25 km east of Orenburg city. Now defunct Orenair had its head office on the airport property.^[2]

Yuri Gagarin Orenburg International Airport Международный Аэропорт Оренбург имени Юрия Гагарина
IATA: REN ICAO: UWOO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Rossiya Airlines
Serves	Orenburg
Location	Orenburg, Russia
Hub for	Orenburzhye
Elevation AMSL	387 ft / 118 m
Coordinates	51°47′44.83″N 55°27′24.28″E
Website	ar-ren.ru
Map
REN Location of airport in Orenburg Oblast
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 8,202 2,500 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 1,042 thousand
Sources: Orenburg Central Airport (see also 2023 statistics)[1]

The airport was built at its present location in the mid-1970s. In 2011, the government of Orenburg named the airport after Yuri Gagarin.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya[3]
Ikar	Sochi
IrAero	Baku[4]
Nordwind Airlines	Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Sochi Seasonal: Kaliningrad,
Red Wings Airlines	Yekaterinburg[5]
Rossiya Airlines	Seasonal: Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines	Novosibirsk
Smartavia	Seasonal: Saint Petersburg, Sochi
Southwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya
UVT Aero	Seasonal: Kazan[6]

Incidents and accidents

• On 1 March 1980, an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154A crashed on approach to the airport after deviating below a sufficient flight path and touching ground 68 meters before the runway. There were no fatalities, however the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.^[7]