Tunoshna Airport

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Tunoshna
Аэропорт Туношна
IATA: IARICAO: UUDL
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Yaroslavl
Location Yaroslavl, Russia
Elevation AMSL 285 ft / 87 m
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Website http://www.yaravia.ru
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 9,842 3,000 Asphalt

Tunoshna (also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Russian: Аэропорт Туношна) (IATA: IARICAO: UUDL) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It is served by medium-sized airliners.

Airlines and destinations

The list of regular services changes frequently. According to the airport's website as of September 2015 the following flights are scheduled:[1]

Airlines Destinations
Pskovavia Arkhangelsk
RusLine St. Petersburg
Severstal Air Seasonal: Sochi[2]

History

During the Cold War it was a key interceptor aircraft base. It was home to 415 IAP (415th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s.[3] This unit was decommissioned in 1992 and the planes were sent to Rzhev.

Accidents and incidents

On September 7, 2011, a Yak-Service Yak-42, carrying the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to Minsk, crashed on take-off from Tunoshna, killing 44 of the 45 occupants.[4][5]

References

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