Minsk-1 Airport

Minsk-1 Airport

Аэрапорт Мінск-1

Аэропорт Минск-1
Minsk-1 Airport; Аэрапорт Мінск-1; Аэропорт Минск-1
	IATA: MHP; ICAO: UMMM;
Summary
Airport type	Public (Closed)
Serves	Minsk
Location	Minsk, Belarus
Closed	23 December 2015
Elevation AMSL	748 ft / 228 m
Coordinates	53°51′52″N 27°32′23″E / 53.86444°N 27.53972°ECoordinates: 53°51′52″N 27°32′23″E / 53.86444°N 27.53972°E
Runways

Minsk-1 Airport (IATA: MHP, ICAO: UMMM) was^[1] a Belarusian airport located within the city limits of Minsk, just a few kilometres south from the centre. It featured one 2000m × 60m runway, enabling aircraft of maximum weight of 63 tons to operate.

History[]

Minsk-1 was built in 1933. The first aircraft to use the airport was a Kalinin K-5. In 1934, Po-2 aircraft served the airport. In 1935, the first regular routes departing from Minsk-1 to destinations within Belarus were started. In 1936, the first mail and passenger flight to Moscow was established.

During the 1970s, the airport served over one million passengers per year. It was the major airport of Minsk until the new airport Minsk-2, now named Minsk National Airport, opened in 1982.

In February 2006 a decision was made to transfer a Minsk aircraft repair plant situated on the Minsk-1 territory out of the city line. 320 ha^{[clarification needed]} of freed land will be transferred to the city authorities for real estate development. Commercial flights were scheduled until 26 October 2012 when flights to Moscow-Vnukovo operated by UTair Aviation moved to the larger Minsk National Airport.^[2]^[3] The airport officially shut down on 23 December 2015.^[1] As of 2021, the airport's former area is under major reconstruction and redevelopment to accommodate new living and business districts.