Uytash Airport Explained

Makhachkala International Airport "Uytash"
Nativename:	Махачкалинский международный аэропорт "Уйташ"
Image2-Width:	250
Iata:	MCX
Icao:	URML
Pushpin Map:	Russia Dagestan#European Russia#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the airport in Dagestan##Location of the airport in Russia##Location of the airport in Europe
Pushpin Label:	МСХ
Type:	Public
Owner:	Russian Federation
Operator:	Civil Government
City-Served:	Makhachkala
Location:	Makhachkala, Dagestan Republic, Russia
Elevation-F:	12
Elevation-M:	4
Timezone:	Moscow Time
Utc:	+4
Coordinates:	42.8168°N 47.6523°W
Website:	www.mcx.aero
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	14/32
R1-Length-F:	8,662
R1-Length-M:	2,640
R1-Surface:	Concrete
Stat-Year:	2018
Stat1-Header:	Passengers
Stat1-Data:	1,290,000
Footnotes:	Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)^[1]

Makhachkala Uytash Airport (ru|Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) is a civil airport located near Makhachkala and just south of the city of Kaspiysk which is on the west side of the Caspian Sea. It is named after Amet-khan Sultan, World War II fighter pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. The naming was found controversial by the Crimean Tatars, with whom Amet-khan openly affiliated, as an attempt to detatarize his origins.^[2]

South East Airlines (formerly Dagestan Airlines) had its head office on the property of the airport.^{[3] [4]}

Accidents and incidents

• On 15 January 2009, 4 people died when two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft collided and caught fire.
• On 4 December 2010, South East Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew en route to Makhachkala, crash landed at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, due to all engines failing. Two of the 160 passengers died.
• On 29 October 2023, a violent mob stormed the tarmac as a Red Wings Airlines flight from Tel Aviv, Israel arrived. Protestors shouted anti-Israel slogans and attempted to board the plane but were not successful.^[5] Eventually, authorities closed the airport and diverted flights to nearby cities.^[6] This event, sparked by false rumors about the arrival of Israeli refugees,^{[7] [8]} occurred against the backdrop of further anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus. Local authorities blamed the Morning of Dagestan channel on Telegram, as well as Ukraine and Ilya Ponomarev, for organizing the mob and "destabilising the situation in Dagestan by stirring up interethnic and interreligious hatred come from our enemy, the foes of our country".^[9] Ponomarev denied any connection to the Morning of Dagestan,^[10] while Morning of Dagestan itself attributed the story of their connection to Ponomarev to "FSB mad dogs"^[11] as well as confusion between the Morning of Dagestan channel and Ponomarev's February Morning channel.^[12]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in Russia
• List of the busiest airports in Europe
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России . ru . Transportation volumes at Russian airports . . favt.ru . 23 October 2018.
2. Web site: Страницы крымской истории. Памяти Амет-Хана Султана. Крым.Реалии. February 2018 . ru. 2019-12-06.
3. "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 23–29 March 2004. 59.
4. "Главная." South East Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2010. "Россия, Республика Дагестан, г. Махачкала, аэропорт ."
5. Web site: 2023-10-29 . Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel . 2023-10-30 . AP News . en.
6. News: Josh . Pennington . Pierre . Meilhan . Ehlinger . Maija . Gold . Hadas . Anti-Israel mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands . 30 October 2023 . CNN . 30 October 2023.
7. News: Погром в аэропорту Махачкалы. Главное к полудню понедельника: Вечером в воскресенье толпа прорвалась в здание аэропорта Махачкалы, а затем и на летное поле, чтобы не допустить прибытия «беженцев из Израиля». Информация о том, что их якобы собираются поселить в Дагестане, распространялась в местных телеграм-каналах. В итоге были задержаны 60 человек, глава республики обвинил в беспорядках «предателей» и «бандеровцев». . Pogrom at Makhachkala airport. The main thing by Monday afternoon: On Sunday evening, a crowd broke into the Makhachkala airport building and then onto the airfield to prevent the arrival of “refugees from Israel.” Information that they were allegedly going to be settled in Dagestan was disseminated in local telegram channels. As a result, 60 people were detained; the head of the republic blamed “traitors” and “Bandera supporters” for the unrest. . ru . . October 30, 2023 . October 30, 2023 . October 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231030201552/https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/clw70zd0djzo.
8. News: Беспорядки в аэропорту Махачкалы. Что стало известно к утру Задержаны 60 человек, пострадали девять полицейских, глава Дагестана обвинил в произошедшем «врагов и бандеровцев» . Riots at Makhachkala airport. What became known by morning : 60 people were detained, nine police officers were injured, the head of Dagestan blamed “enemies and Bandera” for the incident. . ru . . October 30, 2023 . October 30, 2023.
9. News: Dagestan governor blames Ukraine for inciting pogrom at Makhachkala airport . 30 October 2023 . Novaya Gazeta . 30 October 2023.
10. News: Мухин . Максим (Mukhin, Maxim) . Россию ждут выступления русских против мусульман, – "организатор" бунта в Махачкале Илья Пономарев . Russia is waiting for Russians to protest against Muslims, - Ilya Ponomarev, the “organizer” of the riot in Makhachkala . ru . Фокус (focus.ua) . . October 30, 2023 . October 30, 2023 . October 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231030194941/https://focus.ua/politics/602591-rossiyu-zhdut-vystupleniya-russkih-protiv-musulman-organizator-bunta-v-mahachkale-ilya-ponomarev.
11. Web site: Morning of Dagestan . . 23 August 2024.
12. Web site: Morning of Dagestan . . 23 August 2024.