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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