Magas Airport
Magas Airport (Russian: Аэропорт "Магас" имени первого Героя России генерала С.С. Осканова[1]), also known as Magas Oskanov Airport or Sleptsovskaya Airport is an airport in the Republic of Ingushetia near Ordzhonikidzevskaya,[2] serving the capital city of Magas and the largest regional city of Nazran. The name Magas comes from the medieval capital of Alania. The name is translated from Ingush as a Sun City. Prior to 1992 Magas Airport was a Soviet military air base. It is sometimes referred to by the title of Magas Oskanov Airport, in honour of Soviet General and MiG-29 pilot Sulom-Bek Oskanov.[3]
Magas Airport Аэропорт Магас | |||||||||||||||
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 Magas Airport building | |||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Magas, Nazran | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,207 ft / 368 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43.3193°N 45.0130°E | ||||||||||||||
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Services
Airport can service Boeing-737-400/500/800, TU-154, IL-76, YAK-42, TU–134, AN–24, AN–12, YAK–40, CRJ-100/200, and helicopters.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow–Shermetyevo[4] |
| Pobeda | Moscow–Vnukovo,[5] St. Petersburg |
| Utair | Moscow–Vnukovo Hajj: Medina, Jeddah |
See also
References
- "FlyAdvisor.ru". www.airpotmagas.ru. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- "The airport of Magas in Ingushetia attacked by fire?". Russia-IC. 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- "Ingush leader calls dragging of Magas Airport opening unacceptable - Vestnik Kavkaza". vestnikkavkaza.net. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- "Company News - Aeroflot launches flights to major cities in North Caucasus | Aeroflot". www.aeroflot.ru. Aeroflot. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Pobeda Adds New Domestic Routes in Sep/Oct 2015". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
External links
Media related to Magas Airport at Wikimedia Commons
