Abakan International Airport

Airport

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ABA

Location of airport in Khakassia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
02/20	3,250	10,600	bitumen concrete

Abakan International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Абакан, IATA: ABA, ICAO: UNAA) is an airport located in Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, Russia.

The airport is located to the north of the city not far from the city limits. City bus and trolleybus connections are available. It is the only airport in the region (Khakassia and south of Krasnoyarsk Kray) suitable for all types of aircraft.

History

On 1 March 1993, the PI “Abakan Airport” was established as independent enterprise by standing out of Abakan Aviation Enterprise; the Public Property Management Committee in cooperation with the Transport Aviation Department and Council of Ministers of Republic of Khakassia adopted this decision. By 1993, the Transport Aviation Department together with the Government of the Republic succeeded to perform a significant preparatory workload for the international sector and finally, to achieve the international airport statute. In 1996, the “Abakan Airport” OJSK was established. In 1999 and 2000, the Abakan Airport won the competition “The Best Airport of the CIS countries” carried out by the “Airport” Association.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo^[1]
Air Kyrgyzstan	Osh^[2]
Ayana Airlines	Kyzyl, Novosibirsk^[3]
KrasAvia	Krasnoyarsk–Cheremshanka, Tomsk
NordStar	Norilsk^[4]
Nordwind Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya^[5]
S7 Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk^[6]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Grizodubova Air Company	Chelyabinsk, Tianjin
Volga-Dnepr	Guangzhou, Moscow-Domodedovo, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin^[7]

Accidents and incidents

On 7 March 1965, an Aeroflot Li-2 operating as Aeroflot Flight 542 (Abakan to Kyzyl) crashed shortly after takeoff from Abakan.

On 27 November 1996, 8 minutes after taking off from Abakan Airport, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft (registered RA-78804) crashed into a mountain near Minusinsk on the right bank of Yenisey river. The aircraft transported consumer goods and food. Everyone on board (23 people, including 13 passengers) died. The cause of the crash was that the aircraft was overloaded and climbed very slowly.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Summer timetable Vladivostok Air". Vladivostok Air. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^ Liu, Jim (1 December 2016). "Air Kyrgyzstan adds new Abakan service from Nov 2016". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ ""Возобновилось авианаправление Новосибирск-Абакан-Кызыл"". xakac.info. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Новый рейс: Новосибирск - Абакан - Новосибирск (АвиаПорт)".
^ "Flight Search". pegasys.pegast.ru.
^ "Timetable - S7 Airlines". Novosibirsk International Airport (Tolmachevo). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^ (in Russian) Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Summer Air Traffic Schedule 25.03.2007 - 27.10.2007 (Airports - Russian international), 29 May 2007, p. 1-2