Makhachkala Uytash Airport (russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) is a civil airport located near

Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...

and

Kaspiysk Kaspiysk (russian: Каспи́йск; lbe, Ккасппи; av, Каспиялъухъ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the ...

cities. It is named after

Amet-khan Sultan Amet-khan Sultan ( Crimean Tatar: Amet-Han Sultan, Амет-Хан Султан, احمدخان سلطان; Russian: Амет-Хан Султан; 20 October 1920 – 1 February 1971) was a highly decorated Crimean Tatar flying ace in the Soviet ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

fighter pilot, twice

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

. The naming was found controversial by the

Crimean Tatars , flag = Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg , flag_caption = Flag of Crimean Tatars , image = Love, Peace, Traditions.jpg , caption = Crimean Tatars in traditional clothing in front of the Khan's Palace ...

, with whom Amet-khan openly affiliated, as an attempt to Detatarize his origins.

South East Airlines OJSC Dagestan Airlines (russian: ОАО Авиалинии Дагестана) was an airline based at Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, operating domestic and international scheduled and chartered flights. History The roots o ...

(formerly Dagestan Airlines) had its head office on the property of the airport.Главная
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. Retrieved on 24 June 2010. "Россия, Республика Дагестан, г. Махачкала, аэропорт ."

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* On 15 January 2009, 4 people died when two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft collided and caught fire. *On 4 December 2010,

Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew en route to

, crash landed at Domodedovo International Airport,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

due to all engines failing. Two of the 160 passengers died.

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Official website
Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Dagestan {{Russia-airport-stub

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