Minsk National Airport

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Minsk National Airport

Национальный аэропорт Минск

Natsional'nyy aeroport Minsk
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  • IATA: MSQ
  • ICAO: UMMS
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesMinsk, Belarus
Opened1 July 1983[1]
Hub forBelavia
Time zoneEEST (UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL204 m / 669 ft
Coordinates53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.88250°N 28.03250°E / 53.88250; 28.03250Coordinates: 53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.88250°N 28.03250°E / 53.88250; 28.03250
Websiteairport.by
Map
MSQ is located in Belarus
MSQ
MSQ
Location of airport in Belarus
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13R/31L 3,641 11,942 Concrete
13L/31R 3,700 12,139 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers4,536,644
Passenger change 2017–2018[2]Increase10.3%
Sources: ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

Minsk National Airport (formerly known as Minsk-2) (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS) (Belarusian: Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мінск, [natsɨjaˈnalʲnɨ aeraˈport mʲinsk]; Russian: Национальный аэропорт Минск) is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk, geographically lying in the territory of Smalyavichy Raion but administratively being subordinated to Kastrychnitski District of Minsk. The airport serves as hub of the Belarusian flag carrier Belavia and the cargo carriers TransAVIAexport Airlines, and Rubystar Airways.

History[]

Early years[]

Construction of Minsk-2 airport began in 1977. In 1979, a new runway 3,640-m-long and 60-m-wide became operational. By 1981 the Minsk-2 aerodrome was able to handle aircraft and the airport opened in 1982. The first passenger flight was operated with a Tupolev Tu-134.[3]

On 1 July 1983, the Second Joint Aviation Division of Minsk was established in accordance with the decision of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of USSR. This date is considered as the airport foundation day.[4][5]

Development since the 1990s[]

Regular flights began in 1983; by 1990 passenger traffic reached 2.2 million passengers. From 1991, the number of flights began to decline due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and other consequent changes. By 1997, the number of the passengers was 516,000, in 1998 – 480,000, in 2000 – only 400,000 passengers. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the first million passengers was handled by Minsk National Airport in 2008. Due to the substantial growth in passenger traffic, 2008 became a significant mark for the airport.[6]

In 2020, the growth was stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Additionally from May 2021 all Belarusian airlines, mainly Belavia, have been banned from operating into the European Union as part of newly established sanctions.[7]

On 9 August 2021, the US has added the airport director Vyacheslav Khoroneko to the SDN list.[8]

Airlines and destinations[]

Passenger[]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Minsk:[9]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
airBaltic Riga (suspended)
Air China1 Beijing–Capital (suspended)
Austrian Airlines Vienna (suspended)
Azimuth Mineralnye Vody
Belavia[10][11] Almaty, Amsterdam (suspended),[12] Baku, Barcelona (suspended), Batumi, Beirut, Belgrade (suspended), Berlin (suspended), Budapest (suspended), Charleroi (suspended), Chișinău (suspended), Dubai–International, Frankfurt (suspended), Geneva (suspended), Hanover (suspended), Helsinki (suspended), Istanbul, Kaliningrad (suspended), Kazan, Kharkiv (suspended), Krasnodar, Kyiv–Boryspil (suspended), Kyiv–Zhuliany (suspended), Larnaca (suspended), London–Gatwick (suspended), Lviv (suspended), Milan–Malpensa (suspended), Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow–Zhukovsky, Munich (suspended), Nizhny Novgorod, Nur-Sultan, Odessa (suspended), Paris–Charles de Gaulle (suspended), Prague (suspended), Riga (suspended), Rome–Fiumicino (suspended), Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Stockholm–Arlanda (suspended), Tallinn (suspended), Tashkent,[13] Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Ufa,[14][15] Vienna (suspended),[16] Vilnius (suspended), Voronezh, Warsaw–Chopin (suspended), Yerevan
Seasonal: Aktau,[17] Ashgabat (suspended), Karagandy, Kostanay, Palanga, Pavlodar, Reus (suspended)[18]
Seasonal charter: Antalya,[14] Bodrum,[14] Burgas (suspended),[14] Catania (suspended),[14] Dalaman,[14] Heraklion (suspended),[14] Hurghada,[14] İzmir,[14] Kavala (suspended),[19] Lamezia Terme (suspended),[14] Palma de Mallorca (suspended),[14] Patras (suspended),[14] Rhodes (suspended),[14] Rimini (suspended),[14] Sharm El Sheikh,[14][20] Thessaloniki (suspended),[19] Tirana,[21] Tivat, Varna (suspended)[14]
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
flydubai Dubai–International[22]
Iraqi Airways Seasonal: Baghdad
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin (suspended)
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich (both suspended)
Motor Sich Airlines Zaporizhzhia (suspended)
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Ural Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo
Seasonal: Surgut
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent

Notes: ^1 : Air China's flight from Beijing to Budapest stops in Minsk, but the return flight from Budapest to Beijing is nonstop. Air China does not have local traffic rights for the Minsk – Budapest sector.[23]

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
Transaviabaltika[24] Vilnius
Turkish Cargo[25] Istanbul–Atatürk, Vienna

Statistics[]


See source Wikidata query and sources.

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics[26]
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons)		 Change from previous year
2005 559,114 Increase10.86% 5,456 Increase 2.83% 5,488 Increase 4.29%
2006 637,560 Increase14.03% 6,144 Increase12.61% 6,059 Increase10.40%
2007 830,481 Increase30.26% 7,590 Increase23.54% 7,290 Increase20.32%
2008 1,010,695 Increase21.70% 9,256 Increase21.95% 7,870 Increase 7.96%
2009 1,028,886 Increase 1.80% 9,341 Increase 0.92% 7,289 Decrease 7.38%
2010 1,285,423 Increase24.93% 11,020 Increase17.97% 8,553 Increase17.34%
2011 1,437,825 Increase11.86% 13,686 Increase24.19% 8,667 Increase1.33%
2012 1,837,911 Increase27.83% 14,947 Increase9.27% 9,833 Increase13.45%
2013 2,182,177 Increase18.73% 16,586 Increase11.00% 10,477 Increase6.55%
2014 2,593,559 Increase18.90% 20,036 Increase20.90% 19,905 Increase89.99%
2015 2,782,866 Increase7.30% 20,365 Increase1.64% N.D. N.D.
2016 3,429,112 Increase23.2% 23,034 Increase13.1% N.D. N.D.
2017 4,114,512 Increase20.0% 24,508 Increase6.4% N.D. N.D.
2018 4,536,644 Increase10.3% 26,103 Increase6.5% 20,217 N.D.
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years 2005,[27] 2006,[28] 2007,[29] 2009,[30] 2011,[31] 2012,[32] 2013,[33] and 2014[34]);
Official website[26] (Years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018).

Ground transportation[]

The airport is located 42 km (26 mi) east of Minsk, and is linked with the city with a toll-free (for non-BY registered cars) highway. Free short term parking is available in front of the terminal. Minsk National Airport is linked to the capital by the M2 motorway. Bus, train, taxi and parking services are provided.[35] The airport is served by buses 300Э and 173Э departing from Centralny bus station.

Incidents and accidents[]

  • On 1 February 1985, Aeroflot Flight 7841, a Tu-134AK operated by Aeroflot with registration number SSSR-65910 en route to Leningrad Pulkovo airport, crashed into the forest shortly after takeoff, killing 55 out of 73 passengers and 3 out of 7 crew members on board.[36]
  • On 6 September 2003, an aircraft Tu-154 operated by an Iranian airline Kish Air hit trees in heavy fog as it was on approach en route from Tehran to Copenhagen. None of the 38 passengers and 4 crew members on board were injured.[37]
  • On 26 October 2009, S-Air Flight 9607, operated using a BAe 125 RA-02807 crashed on approach to Minsk National Airport. All three crew and both passengers died.[38]
  • On 23 May 2021, Ryanair Flight 4978, operated using a Boeing 737-8AS with 171 passengers on board, traveling in Belarusian airspace en route from Athens to Vilnius, was intercepted by a Belarusian MiG-29 over Belarusian airspace and forced to land at Minsk National Airport. Upon landing, the Belarusian KGB arrested two of the passengers, opposition activist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. The other passengers were allowed to reboard the plane to depart for Vilnius after seven hours.

See also[]

  • List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

References[]

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  25. ^ Turkish Airlines Cargo Winter Schedule Archived 4 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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  29. ^ Airport Council International's 2007 World Airport Traffic Report
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  31. ^ Airport Council International's 2011 World Airport Traffic Report
  32. ^ Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
  33. ^ Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
  34. ^ Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report
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  36. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134AK CCCP-65910 Nezhivka".
  37. ^ "Kish Air aircraft strikes trees during landing".
  38. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

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