Magnitogorsk International Airport

Magnitogorsk International Airport

Международный аэропорт Магнитогорск
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFSUE "Magnitogorsk Air Enterprise"
ServesMagnitogorsk
LocationMagnitogorsk, Russia
Elevation AMSL436 m / 1,430 ft
Coordinates53°23′36″N 058°45′24″E / 53.39333°N 58.75667°E / 53.39333; 58.75667
Websiteairmgn.ru/
Map
USCM is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
USCM
USCM
Airport in Chelyabinsk region
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,250 10,663 Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Magnitogorsk International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Магнитогорск) (IATA: MQF, ICAO: USCM) (also given as Magnitogorsk West) is an airport in Bashkortostan, Russia, located 19 km west of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast. It serves medium-sized airliners. In 2017, 193,175 passengers passed through the Magnitogorsk airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AeroflotMoscow–Sheremetyevo[3]
IkarMoscow–Sheremetyevo
Nordwind AirlinesMoscow–Sheremetyevo,[4] Sochi[5]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 31 August 1972, an Ilyushin Il-18 operating Aeroflot Flight 558 crashed after failing to land due to an onboard fire.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for USCM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for MQF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ L, J (28 November 2012). "AEROFLOT Resumes Magnitogorsk Service from late-May 2013". Routesonline / Routes. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. ^ Liu, Jim. "Nordwind adds Manitogorsk service from late-June 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Прямые рейсы в Сочи из Магнитогорска и Сыктывкара запустят в феврале". kub-inform.ru. Кубань Информ. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Катастрофа Ил-18В Казахского УГА близ Магнитогорска (борт CCCP-74298), 31 августа 1972 года. // AirDisaster.ru - авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы в СССР и России - факты, история, статистика". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 2017-10-11.


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