Orenburg Airport

Yuri Gagarin
Orenburg International Airport

Международный Аэропорт Оренбург имени Юрия Гагарина
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorRossiya Airlines
ServesOrenburg
LocationOrenburg, Russia
Hub forOrenburzhye
Elevation AMSL387 ft / 118 m
Coordinates51°47′44.83″N 55°27′24.28″E / 51.7957861°N 55.4567444°E / 51.7957861; 55.4567444
Websiteoren.aero
Map
REN is located in Orenburg Oblast
REN
REN
Location of airport in Orenburg Oblast
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 8,202 2,500 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers792,316
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Orenburg Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Оренбург) (IATA: REN, ICAO: UWOO) is a civil airport located about 25 km east of Orenburg city. Now defunct Orenair had its head office on the airport property.[2]

The airport was built at its present location in the mid-1970s. In 2011, the government of Orenburg named the airport after Yuri Gagarin.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Seasonal: Sochi
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Irkutsk,[3] Moscow-Vnukovo[3]
Ikar Mineralnye Vody, Sochi
KrasAvia Ufa[4]
Nordwind Airlines Dushanbe, Kaliningrad (resumes 29 May 2024),[5] Khujand (resumes 1 April 2024),[6] Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg
Red Wings Airlines Yekaterinburg[7]
Rossiya Airlines Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk
Shirak Avia Seasonal: Yerevan[8]
Smartavia Seasonal: Saint Petersburg (resumes 27 April 2024)[9]
Southwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya (resumes 26 April 2024)[10]
UVT Aero Nizhny Novgorod,[11] Kazan

Incidents and accidents[edit]

  • On 1 March 1980, an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154A crashed on approach to the airport after deviating below a sufficient flight path and touching ground 68 meters before the runway. There were no fatalities, however the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Contacts Archived November 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Orenair. Retrieved on 16 November 2012. "JSC "ORENAIR" Airport, Orenburg district, Orenburg region, 460049, Russian Federation" – Russian : "460049, Оренбургская область, Оренбургский район, Аэропорт"
  3. ^ a b "На самолете в Иркутск? Легко! У Оренбуржцев появилась возможность улететь в Сибирь". 56orb.ru (in Russian). Сетевое издание «56 медиа». 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Жители Оренбурга смогут в марте улететь в Уфу". Оренбург Медиа - новости Оренбурга и Оренбургской области (in Russian). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Возобновляются авиарейсы из Калининграда в Оренбург". РБК (in Russian). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Стартовала продажа билетов на рейсы из аэропорта Оренбурга в Худжанд". oren.aero. Orenburg Airport JSC. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim. "Red Wings expands Ekaterinburg domestic network in Oct 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Shirak Avia June 2023 Russian Network Additions". AeroRoutes. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Оренбуржцы смогут летать прямыми рейсами "Смартавиа" в Санкт-Петербург | Новости Оренбурга". prooren.ru (in Russian). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Летим на курорт. Когда стартуют прямые рейсы из Оренбурга в Анталью?". 56orb.ru (in Russian). 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Из Оренбурга возобновляются рейсы в Нижний Новгород". oren.aero. Orenburg Airport JSC. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  12. ^ aviation-safety.net retrieved 8 February 2023

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