Mineralnye Vody Airport

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The airport is very close to the city of Mineralnye Vody: only 4 km. In fact, this is the air gate of a large and popular resort region. It serves primarily the cities of the Caucasian Mineral Waters, but, since it is very convenient, it is used by residents of the Stavropol Territory, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria.

According to passenger traffic, the airport takes the 20th place in Russia , and due to the growing popularity of resorts in the region, the number of passengers served increased by 26.5% in 2009 compared to 2009 . The airport has two runways that allow flights to various types of aircraft . Fly here ( and from here) "Aeh Transaero, Utair, Azerbaijan Airlines, Russia, S7, Donavia . For the latter airport is the base airport . Since the airport has international status, it is possible to go through all the pre-flight formalities associated with crossing the border . In 2006-2007 the airport, after reconstruction, acquired a rather modern look . More waiting area area, more modern information boards, convenient luggage carriers . Since 2008, electronic tickets have been accepted here, and luggage is processed I with modern sorting technology . The airport is equipped with modern air navigation equipment and certified for the I and II categories of the meteorological minimum ICAO .

How to get there:

You can get from the airport to the railway station of Mineralnye Vody by route taxi No. 10, No. 11, and the latter takes you to the city bus station. There, in turn, there are buses to the neighboring resort cities: Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Dombai, Terskol, etc.

Infrastructure

There are shops for passengers in the halls of the airport, including duty-free, the hall high comfort, ticket offices, ATMs, coffee machines and vending machines for the sale of cold drinks. Train station in Mineralnye Vody airport can be reached by bus number 10 or number 1 (journey time: 20-25 minutes), then by train, you can get to Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki, Kislovodsk, Georgievsk, Budenovskiy and many other cities in the region.

Until now, the dramatic situation in the memory of many Russians has been dramatic, when terrorists captured a bus with children in Ordzhonikidze and demanded an Il-86 plane in exchange for children to give them at the airport of Mineralnye Vody. The whole country followed the tense negotiations, the main goal of which was the rescue of children. It was from here that the terrorists, having received the plane, flew to Israel, where they were met appropriately, and the children were rescued.

Airport site: www.mvairport.ru
Departure timetable: www.mvairport.ru/departures
Timetable arrivals: www.mvairport.ru/arrivals

International Airport Mineralnye Vody