Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) International Airport Международный аэропорт Ярославль (Туношна) |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Yaroslavl Oblast Government | ||||||||||
Operator | JSC "Airport Tunoshna" | ||||||||||
Serves | Yaroslavl | ||||||||||
Location | Yaroslavl, Russia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 285 ft / 87 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 57°33′38.40″N 040°9′26.53″E / 57.5606667°N 40.1573694°ECoordinates: 57°33′38.40″N 040°9′26.53″E / 57.5606667°N 40.1573694°E | ||||||||||
Website | http://www.iar.aero | ||||||||||
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Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) International Airport (Tunoshna - also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Russian: Международный аэропорт Ярославль (Ту́ношна)) (IATA: IAR, ICAO: UUDL) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It is served by medium-sized airliners.
The list of regular services changes frequently. According to the airport's website as of February 2017 the following flights are scheduled:
During the Cold War it was a key interceptor aircraft base. It was home to 415 IAP (415th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s. This unit was decommissioned in 1992 and the planes were sent to Rzhev.
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-Service Yak-42, carrying the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to Minsk, crashed on take-off from Tunoshna, killing 44 of the 45 occupants.