Mirny Air Base

Mirny Air Base is co-located with Mirny Airport (IATA: MJZ, ICAO: UERR) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, situated east of the mining town of Mirny. The facility operates as a joint civil-military airfield in a region whose economy centres on diamond extraction, including the nearby Mir mine.

The airfield hosts the 17th Independent Transport Aviation Squadron of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Its military role is transport aviation support in eastern Siberia, a region with limited road infrastructure where air movement is the primary means of access for much of the year.

On the civil side, the airport is the home base of the Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, the aviation division of the Alrosa diamond mining company. The airport handled 329,446 passengers in 2017.

The airfield accommodates medium-sized aircraft and supports 24-hour flight operations. It is designated a diversion airfield on Polar Route 3, the trans-polar air corridor linking North America and Asia, giving it a role in emergency landings and en-route alternates for long-haul traffic crossing the Arctic.