Ulan-Ude Airport
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- Also see Ulan-Ude Vostochny Airport.
| Ulan-Ude (Mukhino) airport Аэропорт Улан-Удэ (Мухино) |
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| IATA: UUD - ICAO: UIUU | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | JSC"International airport Ulan-Ude" | ||
| Serves | Ulan-Ude | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1690 ft (515 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 08/26 | 9,833 | 2,997 | Concrete |
| 08L/26R | 6,700 | 2,042 | Grass |
| 14/32 | 4,630 | 1,411 | Grass |
Ulan-Ude (Mukhino) airport (Russian:Аэропорт Улан-Удэ (Мухино))(IATA: UUD, ICAO: UIUU) is an international airport located 12km west of Ulan-Ude, Russia. Airport has one terminal building built in early 1980s with capacity of 400 passengers per hour. There are customs and border control points. The airport has served about 150,000 passengers in 2005.
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[edit] Reconstruction
In 2006 the airport underwent major runway overhauls costing RUR 330 million (USD 10 million), another RUR 230 million will be spent in 2007 (finishing works on taxiways and parking areas). In November, 2006, Russian government announced decision to create special economic zone located 170 km away of Ulan-Ude on Baikal lake shore with plans of upgrading the airport. The plans include building runway #2, enlarging runway #1 and improving passenger facilities. These must allow the airport to accommodate 1 million passengers in 2010.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
1981 - crash of Aeroflot flight, Ulan-Ude(Mukhino)-bound Il-14 overloaded almost twice of possible weight lost its way and crashed into mountain on Baikal lake's peninsula Svyatoi Nos killing all 52 aboard and crew.
1988 - crash of Aeroflot flight B-478, Ulan-Ude(Mukhino)-bound L-410 crashed into mountain in very bad weather conditions killing all 15 passengers and crew.
1989 - crash of Tu-134 on landing at Ulan-Ude(Mukhino) on a delivery flight from near-by Vostochny airport with aircraft losing a wing and then destroyed by fire. Crew escaped through a window pane. The crash was caused by pilot's error who in conditions of low visibility landed the plane 300 m to the left of the runway.
1995 - Three armed and masked hi-jackers captured Mil Mi-8, which was being prepared for flight, and airport technicians. After ten hours of negotiations special services saved hostages without any fatalities.
2005 - Fire-brigade's car hit Sibaviatrans' Tu-134 parked on tarmac, no one were injured, but aircraft suffered minor damages.
[edit] Airlines
- Domestic flights are served by:
- Buryatskie Avialinii (Bural) (Bagdarin, Irkutsk, Nizhneangarsk, Taksimo)
- KrasAir (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Sibaviatrans (Krasnoyarsk)
- Iraero (Irkutsk, Yakutsk)
- Polar Airlines (Lensk, Yakutsk)
- International flights:
- As of 2007 there are no scheduled international destinations. Aero Mongolia flew scheduled service to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 2005, although in a few months after beginning it was discontinued. However there are frequent international cargo flights which are served by the port. Ulan-Ude aviation plant generally use Vostochny for helicopter deliveries but sometimes Mukhino engaged in customs and border procedures with cargo liners making extremely short 20 kilometer-run from Vostochny to Mukhino.
[edit] External links
- World Aero Data airport information for UIUU
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