Minsk International Airport

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Minsk International Airport
Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мінск
Национальный аэропорт Минск

IATA: MSQ – ICAO: UMMS
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Minsk
Elevation AMSL 204 m / 669 ft
Coordinates 53°52′57″N, 28°01′57″E
Website http://airport.by/index_eng.htm
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,641 11,942 Concrete

Minsk International Airport (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS) (Belarusian: Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мiнск, IPA: [natsɨja'nalʲnɨ aera'port mʲinsk]; Russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск) is a main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk. The airport began operations in July 1982; the existing terminal was opened on March 28, 1989 and replaced the old Minsk-1 airport in the south of the city.

The airport has one runway of length of 3640 m and width of 60 m.

The airport hosts national Belarus airlines Belavia (passenger) and TransAVIAexport Airlines (cargo). Several foreign airlines provide service to Minsk airport.

The airport is capable of accommodating 5 million passengers a year, but served only half a million passengers in 2006[1].

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Радкевич, Михаил. "С аэропорта Минск попросили миллион", news.TUT.by, 2007-02-12. Retrieved on 2007-07-15. (Russian) 
  2. ^ Belavia (April 2007). Belavia Timetable from 24 April, 2007 to 27 October, 2007 (PDF) (Russian) pp. 5-7. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.

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