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Airport in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia
Begishevo Airport
(
Tatar
:
Бегишево Халыкара Аэропорты
,
Russian
:
Аэропорт Бегишево
) (
IATA
:
NBC
,
ICAO
:
UWKE
) is an airport in
Russia
located 19 km east of
Nizhnekamsk
,
Tatarstan
. It has a very large apron and a number of hangars and buildings.
History
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The construction of Begishevo airport started in 1970 on initiative of
Nizhnekamskneftekhim
. A first, technical flight was effected on 25 December 1971 on an
An-24
airplane. Regular flights within Tatarstan (
Kazan
,
Chistopol
,
Muslyumovo
,
Aktanysh
,
Yelabuga
) started in 1972. During the next few years, Begishevo Airport established connections with the main cities of European Russia,
Ukraine
and
Georgia
. The airport obtained international status in 1998. In 2008, it became independent from
Tatarstan Airlines
as OAO Begishevo Airport.
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99.95% of its shares belong to
OAO KAMAZ
(as of 30 June 2011).
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