Ignatyevo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Игнатьево) is an

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, located near the village of Ignatyevo north-west of

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. The large airport services up to medium-sized

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with parking space for 44 civilian aircraft, and conducts 24-hour flight operation. Ignatyevo Airport is

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by Amur Oblast and jointly operated with the

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, with a military pad on the north-west side of the airport.

History

The construction of Ignatyevo Airport began in 1959 next to the village of Ignatyevo, after which the airport is named. The first

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was made of

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and was located approximately on the spot where the current terminal stands. During the early 1990s the airport's activity declined as the new emerging Russian state was suffering from economic decline following the

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. In July 1997, the

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signed a

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on the establishment of Airport Blagoveshchensk, a

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fully owned by the government of Amur Oblast to own and operate Ignatiyevo Airport. In the 2000s, a partial reconstruction of the airport began in order to increase the volume of transportation and improve the quality of passenger service. In 2007, plans for the construction of a new terminal was resumed after being halted in 1988, and was commissioned in December 2010.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents

On 8 August 2011,

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Flight 103, operated by

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RA-46561 overran the runway on landing. Of the five crew and 31 passengers on board, twelve people were injured.

References

External links

Blagoveshchensk Airport official website
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Airport Blagoveshchensk
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