Uytash Airport

Makhachkala International Airport "Uytash"

Махачкалинский международный аэропорт "Уйташ"
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerRussian Federation
OperatorCivil Government
ServesMakhachkala
LocationMakhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia
Time zoneMoscow Time (+4)
Elevation AMSL12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates42°49′00.56″N 047°39′08.26″E / 42.8168222°N 47.6522944°E / 42.8168222; 47.6522944
Websitewww.mcx.aero
Map
МСХ is located in Republic of Dagestan
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Location of the airport in Dagestan
МСХ is located in European Russia
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Location of the airport in Russia
МСХ is located in Europe
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Location of the airport in Europe
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,640 8,662 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,290,000
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Makhachkala Uytash Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) (IATA: MCX, ICAO: URML) is a civil airport located near Makhachkala and just south of the city of Kaspiysk which is on the west side of the Caspian Sea. 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]

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku (suspended)
azimuth Mineralnye Vody, Perm, Sochi[5]
flydubai Dubai–International
Jazeera Airways Seasonal charter: Medina
NordStar Moscow–Domodedovo
Nordwind Airlines Kazan, Ufa
Seasonal: Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Perm (resumes 1 May 2025),[6] Saint Petersburg
Pobeda Abu Dhabi,[7] Dubai–Al Maktoum,[8] Istanbul,[9] Moscow–Sheremetyevo,[10] Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg, Surgut
Red Wings Airlines Bishkek, Bukhara, Chelyabinsk,[11] Moscow–Zhukovsky,[12] Namangan, Novy Urengoy, Saint Petersburg, Samara,[13] Saratov,[14] Sharjah, Tashkent, Tyumen, Urgench, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan[15]
Rossiya Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
SCAT Airlines Aqtau
Smartavia Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Ural Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo[16]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent[17]

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.
  • On 29 October 2023, a violent mob stormed the tarmac as a Red Wings Airlines flight from Tel Aviv, Israel arrived. Protestors shouted anti-Israel slogans and attempted to board the plane but were not successful.[18] Eventually, authorities closed the airport and diverted flights to nearby cities.[19] This event, sparked by false rumors about the arrival of Israeli refugees,[20][21] occurred against the backdrop of further anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus. Local authorities blamed the Morning of Dagestan channel on Telegram, as well as Ukraine and Ilya Ponomarev, for organizing the mob and "destabilising the situation in Dagestan by stirring up interethnic and interreligious hatred come from our enemy, the foes of our country".[22] Ponomarev denied any connection to the Morning of Dagestan,[23] while Morning of Dagestan itself attributed the story of their connection to Ponomarev to "FSB mad dogs"[24] as well as confusion between the Morning of Dagestan channel and Ponomarev's February Morning channel.[25]

See also

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). February 2018. 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. ^ "Azimuth Expands Sochi Network in NS24". AeroRoutes. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Еще одна авиакомпания планирует летать из Перми в Дагестан". www.business-class.su (in Russian). Business Class. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim (29 June 2024). "Pobeda Schedules Makhachkala – Abu Dhabi Oct 2024 Launch". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Pobeda Oct 2023 International Network Additions". AeroRoutes. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Podeba resumes Makhachkala - Istanbul Service From July 2023". AeroRoutes. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  10. ^ "В Шереметьево празднуют "Победу"". kommersant. 8 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Рейсы из аэропорта Челябинск в Махачкалу". cekport.ru. Международный аэропорт Челябинск. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  12. ^ Shatilin, Ilya (24 June 2024). "Red Wings запускает 8 новых направлений из Жуковского — FrequentFlyers.ru" (in Russian). FrequentFlyers.ru. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Самару и Махачкалу свяжут прямые авиарейсы". TACC. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  14. ^ "В аэропорту "Гагарин" открывается регулярный рейс в Махачкалу". gsv.aero. SarAero-Invest JSC. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Red Wings Adds Makhachkala – Yerevan Service From July 2023". AeroRoutes. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Utair NS24 Network Additions". AeroRoutes. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  17. ^ Ismailov, Kamol (5 September 2024). "Uzbekistan Airways to frequent flights to Russia's Makhachkala". Trend.Az. Trend News Agency. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel". AP News. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  19. ^ Josh, Pennington; Pierre, Meilhan; Ehlinger, Maija; Gold, Hadas (30 October 2023). "Anti-Israel mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands". CNN. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Погром в аэропорту Махачкалы. Главное к полудню понедельника: Вечером в воскресенье толпа прорвалась в здание аэропорта Махачкалы, а затем и на летное поле, чтобы не допустить прибытия «беженцев из Израиля». Информация о том, что их якобы собираются поселить в Дагестане, распространялась в местных телеграм-каналах. В итоге были задержаны 60 человек, глава республики обвинил в беспорядках «предателей» и «бандеровцев»" [Pogrom at Makhachkala airport. The main thing by Monday afternoon: On Sunday evening, a crowd broke into the Makhachkala airport building and then onto the airfield to prevent the arrival of “refugees from Israel.” Information that they were allegedly going to be settled in Dagestan was disseminated in local telegram channels. As a result, 60 people were detained; the head of the republic blamed “traitors” and “Bandera supporters” for the unrest.]. BBC (in Russian). 30 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Беспорядки в аэропорту Махачкалы. Что стало известно к утру Задержаны 60 человек, пострадали девять полицейских, глава Дагестана обвинил в произошедшем «врагов и бандеровцев»" [Riots at Makhachkala airport. What became known by morning : 60 people were detained, nine police officers were injured, the head of Dagestan blamed “enemies and Bandera” for the incident.]. Meduza (in Russian). 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Dagestan governor blames Ukraine for inciting pogrom at Makhachkala airport". Novaya Gazeta. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  23. ^ Мухин, Максим (Mukhin, Maxim) (30 October 2023). "Россию ждут выступления русских против мусульман, – "организатор" бунта в Махачкале Илья Пономарев" [Russia is waiting for Russians to protest against Muslims, - Ilya Ponomarev, the “organizer” of the riot in Makhachkala]. Фокус (focus.ua) (in Russian). Kyiv. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "Morning of Dagestan". Telegram. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Morning of Dagestan". Telegram. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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