Minsk-1 Airport was a Belarusian airport located within the city limits of

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, just a few kilometres south from the centre.

History

Minsk-1 was built in 1933. It was the major airport of Minsk until the new airport ''Minsk-2'', now named Minsk National Airport, opened in 1982. In February 2006 a decision was made to transfer a Minsk aircraft repair plant situated on the Minsk-1 territory out of the city line. 320 ha of freed land will be transferred to the city authorities for real estate development. Commercial flights were scheduled until 26 October 2012 when flights to

Moscow-Vnukovo Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) ( rus, links=no, Внуково, p=ˈvnukəvə) , is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, southwest of the centre of Moscow, ...

operated by

UTair Aviation Utair (russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «ЮТэйр») () is a Russian airline with its head office at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport while its hubs are at Surgut International Airport and Vnukovo International Airport. It operates scheduled ...

moved to the larger Minsk National Airport. The airport officially shut down on 23 December 2015.rusaviainsider.com - Belarusian airports see traffic growth in 2015
29 January 2016

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weather observations * AS
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