Makhachkala International Airport

Makhachkala Civil Airport is an air transport hub that daily services, receives and sends more than 10 aircraft along domestic and international routes of the Russian Federation. The annual passenger turnover of the airport has long exceeded the mark of 500 thousand people and continues to continuously increase.

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2023: Mishustin allocated 1 billion rubles for the reconstruction of airports in Dagestan and Yakutia

In November 2023, the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to allocate about 1 billion rubles for the reconstruction of airports in and. Dagestan Yakutia According to the press service of the Cabinet, the funds are directed "as advance financing."

Mikhail Mishustin announced the decision at a meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers on November 20, 2023. He clarified that thanks to federal funding, another runway will be built in Makhachkala, and the airport will be modernized in Olekminsk in 2024.

About 1 billion rubles will be allocated for the reconstruction of airports in Dagestan and Yakutia

This will contribute to an increase in the number of flights, and people will be able to travel comfortably, - said the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Transport of Dagestan "RBC Kavkaz" clarified that the decision to allocate funds was made on the basis of the implementation of the project at a level of at least 10%. According to the project, it is planned to build a new artificial runway 3.2 thousand m long and 45 m wide, which will be connected to the old one using three taxiways.

Earlier it was reported that the new runway will allow receiving aircraft of all types. Completion of the construction is scheduled for 2026. The total cost of the project is estimated at 13.2 billion rubles.

In June 2023, the head of Yakutia, Aysen Nikolaev, reported that the reconstruction of Olekminsk airport was mainly completed, the runway was functioning. Work remained related to the accompanying infrastructure: fencing the entire perimeter of the airport, construction of aprons.

According to the Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Vasily Desyatkov, tenders will be announced to complete the work in the near future. The completion of the reconstruction is scheduled for 2024. PKU Rostransmodernizatsiya terminated the contract with a contractor engaged in the reconstruction of the Olekminsk airport in Yakutia.

Government of the Russian Federation Order of November 17, 2023 No. 3242-r