Abakan Airport: history and facts

1. Abakan Airport is an international airport in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.

2. The history of the air harbor begins with the appearance of the Kalinin airfield in Khakassia in 1938.

3. The airport could not avoid aviation accidents. In 1996, after takeoff, a cargo silt crashed. The cause of the incident was the congestion of the aircraft. All crew members were killed.

4. In 1999 and 2000, Abakan Airport received awards in the competition "The best airport in the CIS countries".

5. In 2021, Abakan International Airport was named after Vasily Gavrilovich Tikhonov, an order-bearing pilot, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a native of Khakassia.