Sibay Airport Explained

Sibay
Icao:UWUA
Type:Public
City-Served:Sibay
Location:Sibay
Elevation-F:1309
Elevation-M:399
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:6316
R1-Length-M:1925
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Sibay Airport is an airport in Russia located 5 km east of Sibay. It has a simple utilitarian layout.

History

Airport started in 1955 with rapid development of the city. It services a mining town (the open pit mine is in this town). New asphalt runway built in 1994. At the time, regular service interrupted.

From November 2009 it is planned to restore scheduled airline service to Ufa.[1]

References

  1. http://www.regnum.ru/news/1226493.html First domestic regular service in Bashkiria