Orsk Airport Аэропорт Орск | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | FSUE "Orenburg Airlines" | ||||||||||
Serves | Orsk | ||||||||||
Location | Orsk, Russia | ||||||||||
Opened | 1958 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 909 ft / 277 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°4′18″N 058°35′48″E / 51.07167°N 58.59667°E | ||||||||||
Website | http://aviaorsk.ru | ||||||||||
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Orsk Airport ( Russian: Аэропорт Орск) ( IATA: OSW, ICAO: UWOR) is an international airport [1] in Russia located 16 km (10 mi) south of Orsk. It services medium-sized airliners. The terminal building is located around 3 km from the border to Kazakhstan, with some equipment located in Kazakhstan.
The airport was established in 1958. [2]
On 9 April 1960 this was a refueling stop for Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 fighter jets from Sverdlovsk attempting to intercept one of Gary Powers' U-2 flights, however one of the MiG-19s crashed on approach to Orsk. [3]
The modern airport building was built in 1982 and the modern artificial runway was laid in 1987. [2]
The airport was the destination of Saratov Airlines Flight 703, which crashed killing 71 people in February 2018. [4]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo [5] |
Ikar | Saint Petersburg |