Erebuni Airport is a joint civil

Civilian

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 and military

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 airport serving Yerevan

Yerevan

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 and the country of Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

. It is located 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) south of the center of Yerevan. At present, the airport is mostly operated by the military, although private firms operate chartered helicopter flights inside the country and to the CIS

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.

Construction

• Architects: L. Sh. Khristaforyan, R. G. Asratyan
• Design engineers: E. N. Tosunyan, I. G. Baghramyan

Incidents and accidents

On November 4, 2008, an Mi-24 military helicopter belonging to the Armed Forces of Armenia

Armed Forces of Armenia

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia comprise two services: the Army, and the Air Force and Air Defense . It was partially formed out of the former Soviet Army forces stationed in the Armenian SSR...

 crashed as it was preparing for a training flight. Captain Arshak Nersisyan died as a result of the accident.

See also

• Zvartnots International Airport
  Zvartnots International Airport
  Zvartnots International Airport is located near Zvartnots, west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. The airport was built in 1961. It is now the busiest airport in Armenia and the Caucasus. The draftsmen of the airport included architects M. Khachikyan, A. Tarkhanyan, J. Sheqhlyan, L....
  
  
• Shirak Airport
  Shirak Airport
  Shirak International Airport is an international airport serving Gyumri and the province of Shirak. It is located about 5 km from the center of Gyumri. The airport was inaugurated in 1961, and is the second largest airport in the country, after Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport...
  
  
• List of airports in Armenia
• Transport in Armenia
  Transport in Armenia
  This article considers transport in Armenia. For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.-Total: in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines-Broad gauge:825 km of gauge...
  
  

External links

• Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia (official site)