Mirny Airport (russian: Аэропорт Мирный; sah, Мирнэй аэропорда) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located east of the mining town of Mirny. It handles medium-sized aircraft and supports 24-hour flight operations. Mirny airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 3. The airport is home base for

Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise CJSC "Air Company ALROSA" (russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания АЛРОСА», ''ZAO «Aviakompanija ALROSA»''; sah, Алроса авиахампанньа, ''Alrosa aviaxampannya''), formerly ''Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise'' (Alrosa Air ...

. 329,446 passengers were transited by this airport in 2017. The airport is home to the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the

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*On 1 November 2009, an

Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comm ...

cargo jet of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs

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shortly after take-off from Mirny airport, killing all 11 people on board. It was on a repositioning flight to Irkutsk Airport after delivering cargo to Mirny. The Il-76 banked to the right and crashed into the ground near the Mir mine.Berry, Lynn for Associated Press
"Russian military cargo plane crashes on takeoff, killing all 11 crew members on board"
. Dailypress.com, 1 November 2009.

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