Minsk-1 Airport

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Minsk-1 Airport

Аэрапорт Мінск-1

Аэропорт Минск-1
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Minsk-1 Airport in 2010, before closure
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
Serves Minsk, Belarus
Opened1933 (1933)
Closed23 December 2015 (2015-12-23)
Elevation  AMSL 748 ft / 228 m
Coordinates 53°51′52″N27°32′23″E / 53.86444°N 27.53972°E / 53.86444; 27.53972
Minsk-1 Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
12/306,5622,000Asphalt (Closed)

Minsk-1 Airport( IATA : MHP, ICAO : UMMM) was [1] an airport located just a few kilometres south from the centre of Minsk in Belarus. It served as the main airport for Minsk from 1933 to 1982, when Minsk-2 Airport was commissioned. From 1982 until closure in 2015 it served as a secondary airport.

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History

Minsk-1 was built in 1933 [2] roughly five kilometres to the south of the historical centre. [3] It was the major airport of Minsk until the new airport Minsk-2, now named Minsk National Airport, opened in 1982.

After 1982, it mainly served domestic routes in Belarus and short-haul routes to Moscow, Kyiv and Kaliningrad. Minsk-1 was closed in December 2015 because of the noise pollution in the surrounding residential areas.[ citation needed ] The land of the airport is currently being redeveloped for residential and commercial real estate, branded as Minsk-City, as well as the new Zelenaluzhskaya line of the Minsk Metro. [4]

In February 2006 a decision was made to transfer the Minsk aircraft repair plant situated on the Minsk-1 site out of the city line. In 2018 Aircraft Repair Plant Avia407 completed its move to the new Minsk National Airport. [5] [6] 320 ha 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. [7] [8]

The airport officially shut down on 23 December 2015. [1]

The airport terminal and the Tower building still exists today. The Tower building has been converted into a government office.

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References

  1. 1 2 rusaviainsider.com - Belarusian airports see traffic growth in 2015 29 January 2016
  2. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Minsk-1 International Airport profile". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Map of Minsk-1 airport in relation to historical center" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Что-то пошло не так. Как даунтаун "Минск-Сити" (он же "Минск-Мир") лишился небоскребов и строится совсем не таким, каким задумывался" [Something Went Wrong: How Minsk City Lost Sky Scrapers and Turned Out Not Like Planned] (in Russian). Realty Onliner.by. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Economy - First phase of aircraft repair plant near National Airport Minsk to be built in 2015". BelTA News. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Minsk Aircraft Repair Plant history". Minsk Civil Aviation Plant No. 407 (OJSC). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Плохотниченко, Юрий (26 October 2012). "UTair меняет аэропорт в Минске". Travel.ru. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Международный "Аэропорт Минск-1"". Расписание полётов. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

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