Minsk National Airport Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мінск Национальный аэропорт Минск
IATA: MSQ – ICAO: UMMS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Minsk
Hub for		Belavia
Elevation AMSL		204 m / 669 ft
Coordinates		53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.8825°N 28.0325°E / 53.8825; 28.0325
Website		http://airport.by/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
13/31	3,641	11,942	Concrete
Statistics
Number of Passengers			1,010,695 (2009)

Minsk National Airport (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS), (Belarusian: Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мiнск, [natsɨjaˈnalʲnɨ aeraˈport mʲinsk]; Russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск), former name is Minsk-2, is the 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, which is capable of accommodating 5,8 million passengers a year, served more than 1 million passengers in 2009.

Airlines and destinations

Transportation

By public transport

The airport is served with marshrutka, departing from Vostochnyi and Moskovskii bus stations, every 30 minutes, the target takes 1h 20min.

The airport is also served by city bus, from the same stations, route takes about 1h 40min.

Taxi will cost about $30–$50 for a 40 minute travel.

Private charter buses (4 to 7 passenger seats) are also available for about $100.

By car

The airport is located 42 km (26 mi) east of Minsk, and is linked with the city with a toll-free highway.

Free parking lots are available in front of the terminal. Protectable parking is also available for about $1/hour, $3/day.

Statistical Data

In 2009 airport served 1 010 695 passengers out of which 682,000 were served by the national airline Belavia.

Incidents and accidents

• On February 1, 1985 an aircraft Tu-134AK operated by Aeroflot with registration number SSSR-65910 on route to Leningrad Pulkovo airport crashed into the forest shortly after takeoff killing 55 out of 73 passengers and 3 out of 7 crew members on board.
• On September 6, 2003 an aircraft Tu-154 operated by an Iranian airline Kish Air hit trees in heavy fog as it was on approach on route from Tehran to Copenhagen. None of the 38 passengers and 4 crew members on board were injured.
• On October 26, 2009, S-Air Flight 9607, operated by BAe 125 RA-02807 crashed on approach to Minsk National Airport. All three crew and both passengers were killed.

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