Yuri Gagarin
Orenburg Domestic Airport

Международный Аэропорт Оренбург имени Юрия Гагарина
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorRossiya Airlines
ServesOrenburg
LocationOrenburg, Russia
Hub forOrenburzhye
Elevation AMSL387 ft / 118 m
Coordinates51°47′44.83″N 55°27′24.28″E / 51.7957861°N 55.4567444°E / 51.7957861; 55.4567444
Websiteoren.aero
Map
REN is located in Orenburg Oblast
REN
REN
Location of airport in Orenburg Oblast
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 8,202 2,500 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers792,316
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Orenburg Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Оренбург) (IATA: REN, ICAO: UWOO) is a civil airport located about 25 km east of Orenburg city. Now defunct Orenair had its head office on the airport property.[2]

The airport was built at its present location in the mid-1970s. In 2011, the government of Orenburg named the airport after Yuri Gagarin.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Seasonal: Sochi
Ikar Mineralnye Vody, Sochi
Nordwind Airlines Dushanbe, Khujand, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg
Red Wings Airlines Yekaterinburg[3]
Rossiya Airlines Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk
Shirak Avia Seasonal: Yerevan[4]
Smartavia Seasonal: Saint Petersburg
Southwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[5]
UVT Aero Kazan

Incidents and accidents

  • On 1 March 1980, an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154A crashed on approach to the airport after deviating below a sufficient flight path and touching ground 68 meters before the runway. There were no fatalities, however the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Contacts Archived November 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Orenair. Retrieved on 16 November 2012. "JSC "ORENAIR" Airport, Orenburg district, Orenburg region, 460049, Russian Federation" – Russian : "460049, Оренбургская область, Оренбургский район, Аэропорт"
  3. ↑ Liu, Jim. "Red Wings expands Ekaterinburg domestic network in Oct 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Shirak Avia June 2023 Russian Network Additions". AeroRoutes. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "SOUTHWIND AIRLINES NS23 NETWORK OVERVIEW – 21MAY23". 22 May 2023.
  6. ↑ aviation-safety.net retrieved 8 February 2023


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