Minsk National Airport
Minsk National Airport Национальный аэропорт Минск Natsional'nyy aeroport Minsk | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Minsk, Belarus | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1983[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Belavia | ||||||||||||||
| Commander | Vyacheslav Khoroneko (head) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EEST (UTC+03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 204 m / 669 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.88250°N 28.03250°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | airport.by | ||||||||||||||
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  MSQ Location of airport in Belarus | |||||||||||||||
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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 District.
On August 9, 2021, head of the airport Vyacheslav Khoroneko was put in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the USA.[3] He got a punishment as a person who made it possible to land Ryanair Flight 4978 at the airport on May 23, 2021.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ UMMS. "Minsk National Airport". airport.by. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ "Показатели деятельности предприятия | Национальный аэропорт Минск". airport.by. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ↑ "США расширили санкции в отношении официального Минска. Полный список" (in Russian). zerkalo.io. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ↑ "Treasury Holds the Belarusian Regime to Account on Anniversary of Fraudulent Election". United States Department of the Treasury. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
