Minsk National Airport

Minsk National Airport
Minsk National Airport; Национальный аэропорт Минск; Natsional'nyy aeroport Minsk
IATA: MSQ – ICAO: UMMS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Minsk, Belarus
Hub for	Belavia
Commander	Vyacheslav Khoroneko (head)
Elevation AMSL	204 m / 669 ft
Coordinates	53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.88250°N 28.03250°ECoordinates: 53°52′57″N 28°01′57″E / 53.88250°N 28.03250°E
Website	airport.by
Map
	Location of airport in Belarus
Runways
Statistics (2018)
Passengers	4,536,644
Passenger change 2017–2018	10.3%
	Sources: ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

Minsk National Airport (formerly known as Minsk-2) (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS) (Belarusian: [Нацыянальны аэрапорт Мінск] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), [natsɨjaˈnalʲnɨ aeraˈport mʲinsk]; Russian: Национальный аэропорт Минскcode: ru is deprecated ) is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk, geographically lying in the territory of Smalyavichy District [en].

On August 9, 2021, head of the airport Vyacheslav Khoroneko was put in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List [en] of the USA.^[2] He got a punishment as a person who made it possible to land Ryanair Flight 4978 at the airport on May 23, 2021.^[3]

Minsk National Airport Media

Minsk National Airport overpass

References

↑ "Показатели деятельности предприятия | Национальный аэропорт Минск". airport.by. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
↑ "США расширили санкции в отношении официального Минска. Полный список" (in русский). zerkalo.io [be]. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
↑ "Treasury Holds the Belarusian Regime to Account on Anniversary of Fraudulent Election". United States Department of the Treasury. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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[1] "Показатели деятельности предприятия | Национальный аэропорт Минск". airport.by. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

[2] "США расширили санкции в отношении официального Минска. Полный список" (in русский). zerkalo.io [be]. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

[3] "Treasury Holds the Belarusian Regime to Account on Anniversary of Fraudulent Election". United States Department of the Treasury. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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