URML
Makhachkala Uytash International Airport
VFR
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Name
Makhachkala Uytash International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
URML / MCX / URML
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
3:31 am (MSK)
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Municipality
Makhachkala
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Coordinates
42° 49′ 0″ N 47° 39′ 8″ E
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Elevation
16 ft (5 m MSL)
About Makhachkala Uytash International Airport
Makhachkala Uytash Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) (IATA: MCX, ICAO: URML) is a civil airport located near Makhachkala and Kaspiysk cities. It is named after Amet-khan Sultan, World War II fighter pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. The naming was found controversial by the Crimean Tatars, with whom Amet-khan openly affiliated, as an attempt to detatarize his origins.
South East Airlines (formerly Dagestan Airlines) had its head office on the property of the airport.