Mirny Airport Аэропорт Мирный | |||||||||||
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 Satellite imagery of Mirny Airport (east of the Mir mine) | |||||||||||
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| 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 / 62.53444°N 114.02222°E | ||||||||||
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 Sakha Republic in Russia | |||||||||||
  MJZ Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic | |||||||||||
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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.
The airport is home to the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the Russian Aerospace Forces.[5]
- ^ Airport information for UERR at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Airport information for Mirny Airport at Transport Search website.
- ^ "Figure 3. Boeing-Conducted Airport Safety And Operational Assessments". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Figure 1. New Cross-Polar Routes Via The North Polar Region". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Russian Air Force - Mirny (UERR)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 22 December 2022.