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Mörön Airport
Mörön Airport (), also known as Murun Airport is a public airport located in Mörön, the capital of Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia. Airlines and destinations See also *List of airports in Mongolia *Gelenkhüü Gelenkhüü (, c. 1877–1938), full name Khainzangiin Gelenkhüü (''Хайнзангийн Гэлэнхүү''), also known as Gelenkhüü Shükherch (''Гэлэнхүү Шүхэрч'' - Parachute-Gelenkhüü), is a semi-legendary figure fr ... References External links * Airports in Mongolia Buildings and structures in Khövsgöl Province {{Mongolia-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a airplane, plane to take off and to land or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as Air traffic control, control towers, hangars and airport terminal, terminals, to maintain and monitor aircraft. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and Airport lounge, lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, airports also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation. Airport operations are extremely complex, with a complicated system of aircraft support services, passenger services, and aircraft control services contained within the operation. Thus airpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mörön
Mörön (; ) is the administrative center of Khövsgöl, Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital. It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, and is considered a major city such as Ulaanbaatar, Darhan, Erdenet and Choibalsan. In terms of administrative units, it is divided into 14 khoroo and covers approximately 102.9 km2. Demographics are split as 51.58% females to 48.42% males. 41.25% of the population is aged between 15 and 39. Although a poorly developed town, Mörön has a hospital, a museum, a theatre, a post office, nine schools and fifteen kindergartens. It was connected to the Mongolian central power grid in 2004. The town has had a paved road connecting it to Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar since December 2014, as a part of a government effort to extend paved roads from Ulaanbaatar to all Aimag capitals. History The settlement stems from the Möröngiin Khuree monastery, which had been founded in 1809/11 on the banks of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khövsgöl Province
Khövsgöl () is the northernmost of the 21 Aimags of Mongolia, aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The name is derived from Lake Khövsgöl. Geography and history The round-topped Tarvagatai (Khangai), Tarvagatai, Bulnain and Erchim sub-ranges of the Khangai Mountains, Khangai massif dominate the south and southwest of the largely mountainous province, and north and west of Lake Khövsgöl, lie the alpine Khoridol Saridag mountains, Khoridol Saridag, Ulaan Taiga, and Mönkh Saridag mountains. The center and eastern parts of the province are less mountainous, but still hilly. The region is well known in Mongolia for its natural environment, and Lake Khövsgöl is one of the country's major tourist attractions. The largest forests of Mongolia are located around and to the north of the lake, extending the South Siberian forest steppe, South Siberian taiga. The aimag was founded in 1931. Khatgal, Khövsgöl, Khatgal was the administrative center until 1933; since then it has been Mörö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population density, most sparsely populated sovereign state. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border an Endorheic basin, inland sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and List of cities in Mongolia, largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population. The territory of modern-day Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the First Turkic Khaganate, the Second Turkic Khaganate, the Uyghur Khaganate and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest List of largest empires, contiguous land empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunnu Air
Hunnu Air () is a Mongolian airline that began scheduled flights in 2011. The company changed its name from Mongolian Airlines Group () in April 2013 to avoid confusion with the similarly named Mongolian international flag carrier MIAT Mongolian Airlines. The company slogan is ''Wings of Mongolia.'' The name ''Hunnu'' refers to the Mongolian spelling of the Xiongnu. History Hunnu Air is backed by the mining company Mongolyn Alt MAK LLC and the Bodi Group. The airline was launched as Mongolian Airlines on 2 December 2011 following the acquisition of Monnis Air Services and its fleet of Antonov An-2 single-engine biplane aircraft. Confusion soon arose over the name and its similarity to that of MIAT Mongolian Airlines and in April 2013, threatened with a legal dispute and possible government intervention, the name was changed to Hunnu Air. The airline purchased two Fokker 50 aircraft in 2011 and operated its first scheduled domestic flight (from Ulaanbaatar to Bayankhongor) on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinggis Khaan International Airport
Chinggis Khaan International Airport , also referred to as New Ulaanbaatar International Airport, is the primary airport serving Ulaanbaatar, and is Mongolia's only international airport. It opened on 4 July 2021,gogo.mn Хөшигийн нисэх буудлыг "Мицубиши Чиёодо" барина replacing . It is the largest air facility in the country, serving as a hub for all major Mongolian airlines, and is located in the Khöshig Valley of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is the state-owned national airline of Mongolia, headquartered in the MIAT Building in the country's capital of Ulaanbaatar. The airline operates scheduled services from its base at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Sergelen, near Ulaanbaatar. History Foundations The start of aviation in Mongolia is attributed to 25 May 1925, when a Junkers F 13 given by the USSR to the Mongolian People's Republic landed in Ulaanbaatar. In 1946, the Civil Air Transport Department () started operations with eight aircraft. It conducted direct flights from Ulaanbaatar to nearby provinces Selenge, Bulgan, Arkhangai, Övörkhangai, Khentii, Sükhbaatar, Dornod and performed limited charter and unscheduled airmail flights to the more isolated provinces. Regular services The first batch of Mongolian flight crew for Antonov An-2 operations were sent to Irkutsk for training in 1955, graduating the next year and paving the way for regular domestic services. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Mongolia
This is a list of airports in Mongolia, grouped by type and sorted by location. Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also *Transport in Mongolia *List of airports by ICAO code: Z#ZM - Mongolia *Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Mongolia ReferencesMongolian Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA)** * * - includes IATA codesGreat Circle Mapper: Airports in Mongolia- IATA and ICAO codes * - ICAO codes External links Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia {{Asia in topic, List of airports in Airports in Mongolia, Mongolia transport-related lists, Airports Lists of airports by country, Mongolia Lists of airports in Asia, Mongolia Lists of buildings and structures in Mongolia, Airports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelenkhüü
Gelenkhüü (, c. 1877–1938), full name Khainzangiin Gelenkhüü (''Хайнзангийн Гэлэнхүү''), also known as Gelenkhüü Shükherch (''Гэлэнхүү Шүхэрч'' - Parachute-Gelenkhüü), is a semi-legendary figure from Northern Mongolia. There are numerous tales about him, but the deed he is most remembered for is his attempt to fly by using self-made wings. Early life Gelenkhüü was born around 1877 in the Sain Noyon Khan Aimag's Dalai Choinkhor Khoshuu, in what belongs today to Jargalant, Khövsgöl, Jargalant sum in Khövsgöl aimag. He is said to have been a lively and bright kid. Spending some years as a novice in a local monastery, he seems to have developed technical and creative attempts early on. After having been expelled from the monastery for rejecting certain religious teachings, he became a herder. The quest for a male heir Although being married and father to six daughters, Gelenkhüü's desire for a son eventually grew so stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Mongolia
This is a list of airports in Mongolia, grouped by type and sorted by location. Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transport in Mongolia * List of airports by ICAO code: Z#ZM - Mongolia * Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Mongolia ReferencesMongolian Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA)** * * - includes IATA codesGreat Circle Mapper: Airports in Mongolia- IATA and ICAO codes * - ICAO codes External links Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia {{Asia in topic, List of airports in |
