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Mineralnye Vody Airport (URMM) is a large civil airport in Stavropol Krai, southern Russia, lying about 4 kilometres west of the town of Mineralnye Vody. It serves as a hub for Rossiya and handles substantial domestic and international traffic from the spa towns of the North Caucasus, including Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki and Cherkessk.
Mineralnye Vody Airport sits just west of the town of Mineralnye Vody in Stavropol Krai, Russia, and functions as the principal air gateway to the North Caucasus spa region, serving nearby towns such as Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki and Cherkessk. It is operated by Novaport, which acquired the field from Aeroinvest in July 2016, and acts as a hub for the airline Rossiya. For a simulator pilot the field is notable for its very long parallel hard runways, heavy scheduled jet traffic and a mix of ageing Soviet-era infrastructure alongside a newly built passenger terminal, making it an interesting study in a busy regional Russian airport.
The airport lies in Stavropol Krai, about 4 kilometres west of the town of Mineralnye Vody, and is a large, controlled civil aerodrome with published approach and tower services (APP and TWR frequencies are listed). The field has a civilian terminal area on its west side with parking for 41 aircraft, while a Tupolev Tu-154 maintenance facility occupies the east side of the airfield.
Mineralnye Vody has two long parallel hard runways, both lit. The main runway, 12/30, is 12,732 ft long. The parallel runway, listed as 12R/30L, has a declared length of 12,616 ft from the 30L threshold but only 8,700 ft from the 12R threshold. There is no ILS at the field. Field elevation is 1,040 ft.
Radio services include Approach (APP) on 119.3 MHz, ATIS on 127.4 MHz, Ground on 121.9 MHz, a taxiing radar frequency on 120.7 MHz, and Tower, using the callsign KRUG, on 128 MHz. A separate Start frequency is also listed. There is no ILS approach available at the airport.
The airport dates from the Soviet period and has long served the spa towns of the North Caucasus. On 22 June 2014 Transaero Airlines began operating the Boeing 747-400 from Moscow into Mineralnye Vody during peak holiday Sundays, carrying up to 522 passengers, the largest aircraft type to have used the airport. In July 2016 the airport was bought by Novaport from Aeroinvest. The field has experienced several serious accidents over its history, including the crash of Aeroflot Flight 525, a Lisunov Li-2, on 21 October 1953 in bad weather; the loss of an Aeroflot-Armenia Ilyushin Il-18V on 31 December 1961 during a go-around, killing 32 of 119 aboard; the crash of an Antonov 24B on 27 February 1972 after an unintentional application of the thrust reversers on approach; and Aeroflot Flight 5003, which crashed during initial climb on 15 February 1977, killing 77 of the 98 people aboard.
Mineralnye Vody remains a busy regional hub, operated by Novaport and serving as a base for the airline Rossiya. The airport has grown rapidly in recent years, reaching almost 5 million passengers in 2024, making it the 93rd busiest airport in Europe and the 9th busiest in Russia at that time. On 14 May 2025 a new terminal with five airbridges opened for domestic flights, while the older terminal was given over exclusively to international operations. The airfield retains a Tupolev Tu-154 maintenance facility on its eastern side alongside the modern passenger facilities on the west.