Ignatyevo Airport
| Ignatyevo Airport Аэропорт Игнатьево | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Amur Oblast State Unitary Enterprise "Airport Blagoveshchensk" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Blagoveshchensk | ||||||||||
| Location | Blagoveshchensk, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 640 ft / 195 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°25′30″N 127°24′48″E / 50.42500°N 127.41333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.amurair.ru | ||||||||||
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Ignatyevo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Игнатьево) (IATA: BQS, ICAO: UHBB) is a large airport in Russia located 20 km northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It services up to medium-sized airliners and conducts 24-hour flight operations. The civilian area parks 44 aircraft, with a military pad on the northwest side of the airfield, possibly for forward deployment purposes.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Aeroflot operated by Aurora | Khabarovsk |
| Angara Airlines | Novosibirsk[1] |
| Ikar | Charter: Krabi, Nha Trang |
| IrAero | Irkutsk (begins 15 May 2015),[2] Khabarovsk,[3] Vladivostok |
| KrasAvia | Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo |
| Orenair | Charter: Guam |
| S7 Airlines | Novosibirsk (begins 31 May 2015) |
| Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo Seasonal charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
| Ural Airlines | Yekaterinburg |
| VIM Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Yakutia Airlines | Harbin, Khabarovsk, Moscow-Vnukovo, Qinhuangdao, Yakutsk Seasonal: Seoul (begins 27 December 2014)[4] |
Accidents
On 8 August 2011, IrAero Flight 103, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-46561 overran the runway on landing. Of the five crew and 31 passengers on board,[5] twelve people were injured.[6]
References
- ↑ "РАСПИСАНИЕ" (PDF). Angara Airlines. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ "Изменения маршрутных сетей за 3–16 апреля". ato.ru. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ↑ "Во Владивосток с "ИрАэро"". Новости компании. Авиакомпания «ИрАэро». Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2014/12/03/r3-icn-dec14/
- ↑ Hradecky, Simon (8 August 2011). "Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г. (in Russian). Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
External links
- (Russian) Blagoveshchensk Airport official website
- Airport information for UHBB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for UHBB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Accident history for BQS at Aviation Safety Network
- (Russian) Airport Blagoveshchensk Aviateka.Handbook
