Barnaul Airport
Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport Международный аэропорт Барнаул имени Германа Титова | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | JSC "Altay Air Enterprise" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Barnaul, Altai Krai | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 837 ft / 255 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°21′48″N 83°32′30″E / 53.36333°N 83.54167°E | ||||||||||
| Website | airaltay | ||||||||||
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Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Барнаул имени Германа Титова) (IATA: BAX, ICAO: UNBB) (sometimes referred to as Barnaul West or Mikhaylovka) is a major airport in Altai Krai, Russia located 17 km west of Barnaul. It contains large facilities and a remote tarmac, likely for military use. The airport services airliners and helicopters of all sizes, including planes as large as the Boeing 747, and the Il-96.
Barnaul Airport is named after Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov, an Altai Krai native who was the second human being (after Yuri Gagarin) to visit outer space.