Magnitogorsk International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт Магнитогорск) (also given as Magnitogorsk West) is an airport in
Bashkortostan,
Russia located 19 km west of
Magnitogorsk,
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ...
. It services medium-sized airliners. In 2017, 193,175 passengers passed through the Magnitogorsk airport.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
* On 31 August 1972, an Ilyushin Il-18 operating
Aeroflot Flight 558 crashed after failing to land due to an onboard fire.
References
External links
Magnitogorsk Airport official website*
*
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airports in Bashkortostan
Airports in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Magnitogorsk
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