Abakan International Airport
Abakan International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Абакан, IATA: ABA, ICAO: UNAA) is an airport located in Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, Russia.It is the only airport in the region (Khakassia and south of Krasnoyarsk Krai) suitable for all types of aircraft.On 1 March 1993, the PI “Abakan Airport” was established as independent enterprise by standing out of Abakan Aviation Enterprise; the Public Property Management Committee in cooperation with the Transport Aviation Department and Council of Ministers of Republic of Khakassia adopted this decision.By 1993, the Transport Aviation Department together with the Government of the Republic succeeded to perform a significant preparatory workload for the international sector and finally, to achieve the international airport statute.On 27 November 1996, 8 minutes after taking off from Abakan Airport, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft (registered RA-78804) crashed into a mountain near Minusinsk on the right bank of Yenisey river.