Mykolaiv International Airport - Mykolaiv
The Mykolaiv International Airport is about 56 meters or 183 feet above mean sea level and its position is 47 degrees 03' 28"N, 031 degrees 55' 11"E. The Airport is a public airport that serves the city of Mykolaiv in the Ukraine. The Mykolaiv International has two runways one has an asphalt surface while the other has a grass surface. The asphalt surface runway is 8,438 feet or 2,572 meters long and the grass surface runway is 5,905 feet or 1,800 meters long.
In the whole of the South of the Ukraine, the Mykolaiv International is considered one of the biggest airports. It is also recognized for the advanced and extensive technology that it is equipped with. This State owned enterprise is listed as a Class B airport, which means that all operations must be conducted by VFR (visual flight rule), IFR and SVFR flight rules. ATC is held responsible for clearing all aircrafts and must separate each flight from each other. Like Mykolaiv airport, the whole world's navigable airspace is basically divided into three categories and are allocated a specific class, either class A, B or C.
The Mykolaiv International Airport has a modern runway that can handle aircraft that weigh as much as 220 tons when they land there. The runway can also hold a total of eight "Ilyushin IL-76" aircrafts that have an array of lighting, navigation and radio technology. These strategic air lifters have four engines and were designed in the Soviet Union although now they can be found throughout Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. At the Air terminal complex there are about 400 passengers that go through every hour on domestic flights and only about 100 passengers coming through on international flights.
As mentioned above the Mykolaiv International airport serves as an international airport for people in and around the Mykolaiv region, a major city in the Ukraine. Governor General of Novorossiaya founded Mykolaiv in 1789. The founding of the city is given that particular date based on an order to build a shipyard that took place that year. Ever since then the city and its history has been connected to the ship building industry.
Bookmark/Search this post with:
New Photo Community
- Shanghai Hosts 2008 Commercial Aircraft Forum China
- The Reno National Championship Air Races & Air Show
- Solar-Powered Plane Sets New Record
- US Energy Department Sponsors Aircraft Design Contest
- FAA has Decided to Review Eclipse Light Jets
- SSJ100 Is Russia’s First Paperless Aircraft
- The Great New England Air Show This September
- 2008 Air Magdeburg – An Exciting Air Show and Expo
- Aerial Fun at Camarillo Air Expo
- NASA Spends $25M to Explore Earth
