Uytash Airport

Makhachkala Uytash Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) (IATA: MCX, ICAO: URML) is a civil airport located near Makhachkala and Kaspiysk cities. It is named after Amet-khan Sultan, World War II fighter pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. The naming was found controversial by the Crimean Tatars, with whom Amet-khan openly affiliated, as an attempt to Detatarize his origins.[2]

Makhachkala International Airport "Uytash" Махачкалинский международный аэропорт "Уйташ"
IATA: MCX ICAO: URML
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Russian Federation
Operator	Civil Government
Serves	Makhachkala
Location	Makhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia
Time zone	Moscow Time (+4)
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	42°49′00.56″N 047°39′08.26″E
Website	www.mcx.aero
Map
МСХ Location of the airport in Dagestan МСХ Location of the airport in Russia МСХ Location of the airport in Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 2,640 8,662 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 1,290,000
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

South East Airlines (formerly Dagestan Airlines) had its head office on the property of the airport.[3][4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Azimuth	Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don
Azur Air	Seasonal charter: Antalya[5]
flydubai	Seasonal: Dubai–International
NordStar	Moscow–Domodedovo
Nordwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya[6]
Pegas Fly	Seasonal charter: Dubai–Al Maktoum[7]
Pobeda	Krasnodar, Moscow–Vnukovo, Novy Urengoy, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Surgut
Red Wings Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo
SCAT Airlines	Aktau
Utair	Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Vnukovo Seasonal: Surgut Hajj: Jeddah, Medina
UVT Aero	Kazan
Yakutia Airlines	Moscow–Vnukovo

Accidents and incidents

• On 15 January 2009, 4 people died when two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft collided and caught fire.
• On 4 December 2010, South East Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew en route to Makhachkala, crash landed at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow due to all engines failing. Two of the 160 passengers died.

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Russia
• List of the busiest airports in Europe
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

References

1. "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. "Страницы крымской истории. Памяти Амет-Хана Султана". Крым.Реалии (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
3. "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 23–29 March 2004. 59.
4. "Главная." South East Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2010. "Россия, Республика Дагестан, г. Махачкала, аэропорт ."
5. Liu, Jim (14 May 2019). "AZUR Air schedules new sectors in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
6. Liu, Jim (5 June 2019). "Nordwind Airlines adds Makhachkala – Antalya service from June 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
7. "Flight Search". pegasys.pegast.ru. 19 February 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)