Mariupol International Airport
Mariupol International Airport Міжнародний Aеропорт "Маріуполь" | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 47°04′21″N 037°27′23″E / 47.07250°N 37.45639°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | maraero.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mariupol International Airport (
The airport had domestic, international and charter flights. The airport is a Class "B" airfield suitable for the operation of aircraft of all types (categories A, B, C, D, and E).[citation needed]
There have been no regular flights since 2009, and the airport has been closed since 19 June 2014, because of the war in the Donbas region. [2][3]
History
The airport's history began in 1930 when project Mariupol Airport started (officially named Zhdanov Airport [Жданов Аеропорт] at the time of construction because the city was named Zhdanov until 1989). The first flight was made on a
In 1967, the airport underwent new constructions with the runway and the airport terminal. In its heyday (during the
Construction of a new
In 2004, the airport transported over 11,000 passengers. In 2006, 18,000 passengers were transported, and in 2007 more than 20,000.[citation needed]
On 26 May 2004, the airport received the status of
The airport was closed in June 2014, when Mariupol was engulfed in a fierce fighting between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists.
The airport was taken over by Russian forces on March 18, 2022.
Terminal
The terminal includes two departure and arrival lounges along with a
Between 1968 and 1970 the artist Victor Arnautoff decorated the airport terminal with mosaic friezes.[7]
Incidents and accidents
- On 30 March 1977, an Dnipropetrovsk was approaching airport visually in fog. The crew continued their visual approach even after entering an area of fog with visibility less than 500 metres (1,600 ft) and losing sight of the ground. When deciding to go around, the right wing hit a 9-metre-high (30 ft) pole at a height of six metres (20 ft). The wing caught fire, and the number 2 engine failed. With a progressive roll the aircraft flew 420 metres (1,380 ft) at an angle of 40-45 degrees until the right wing touched the ground. The fuselage hit the ground sideways in a field about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft; 1,600 yd) from the runway. The airplane broke up and caught fire. There were 8 fatalities (4 of them were crew) out of 27 occupants. The aircraft was written off (damaged beyond repair).[8]
See also
References
- ^ Three airports in the East Ukraine closed until better times Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrinform. 19 June 2014
- ^ Three airports in the East Ukraine closed until better times Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrinform. 19 June 2014
- ^ (in Ukrainian) UEFA did not allow Mariupol to play League matches at home, Ukrayinska Pravda (22 June 2018)
- ^ History and Development Archived 2013-01-28 at archive.today (in Russian) - Retrieved on October 17, 2011.
- ^ Airport today Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today (in Russian) - Retrieved on October 17, 2011.
- ^ VIP lounge Archived 2012-09-05 at archive.today (in Russian) - Retrieved on October 17, 2011.
- ^ Robert W. Cherny:Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art, University of Illinois, Urbana 2017.
- ^ Incident of CCCR-87738 - Retrieved on October 17, 2011.
External links
- Official website (down)
