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Mineralnye Vody Airport

Mineralnye Vody, RU

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Mineralnye Vody International Airport

Mineralnye Vody, Russia · Europe

Novaport’s Caucasus airport: a May 2025 domestic terminal with five jet bridges, a 3,900 m runway, and a short cash marshrutka — international departures still use the older hall, and a runway rebuild is planned through 2028.

Airportist Score

6.3/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.8
Comfort & amenities6.8
Food & retail5.8
Ground access6.0
Reliability5.6
Lounges6.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Mineralnye Vody International Airport

Mineralnye Vody, Russia · Europe

Novaport’s Caucasus airport: a May 2025 domestic terminal with five jet bridges, a 3,900 m runway, and a short cash marshrutka — international departures still use the older hall, and a runway rebuild is planned through 2028.

Airportist Score

6.3/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.8
Comfort & amenities6.8
Food & retail5.8
Ground access6.0
Reliability5.6
Lounges6.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Marshrutka 11
Cash; listings say 20 RUB, 35 RUB, or an unregulated distance fare · 20–25 min
Lounges
3
Terminals
2
Passengers / year
4.6 million (2025)

All 3 lounges at MRV
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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Which building

Domestic is the 2025 hall

Since 15 May 2025 every domestic departure uses the new terminal. International stays in the older building.

The first arrival on opening day was an Aeroflot flight from Moscow. Do not follow pre-2025 maps into the old hall for a Sochi or Moscow departure.

After hours

The airport bus ends in the evening

Route 11’s last trips are listed around 19:50–20:00. A 22:00 departure needs a taxi.

The airport itself is 24 hours. The bus is not.

Lounges

Beshtau’s walk-up price moved

A reseller page updated 3 October 2025 still said from 4,250 RUB. A February 2026 visit reported 6,500 RUB for two hours on the airport site.

Pay the figure on the desk or in the airport’s own checkout, not a cached aggregator.

Works ahead

Runway rebuild is the next project

Novaport’s plan, reported in May 2025, is a runway reconstruction of about 12 billion RUB inside a programme that runs to 2028.

The field was operating through 2025. Treat closure notices on the day of travel as the only live status.

Live conditions

Right now at MRV

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

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Who this airport works for

Best for

Domestic flights into the Caucasian spa towns
A new terminal with jet bridges on the domestic side
Meeting people landside in Lermontov Lounge
A short taxi when route 11 has stopped

Watch out for

International departures are still in the older building
Route 11 ends around 20:00 and wants cash; fare listings disagree
Beshtau’s walk-up price is not stable across sources
Runway reconstruction is planned for 2026–2028

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

6.8

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

6.8

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

5.8

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

6.0

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

5.6

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

6.0

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

4.6 million (2025)

Terminals

2

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for MRV.

Updated Sep 24, 2026

Named for Mikhail Lermontov. Civilian Novaport airport 4 km west of Mineralnye Vody, ICAO URMM. Not the joint-use field at Stavropol.
Runway 12/30 is 3,900 × 60 m of reinforced concrete, in service since July 2011. The airport info page lists ICAO Category I and II, certificate AD 00351 through 13 December 2026.
New domestic terminal opened 14 May 2025 (all domestic flights from 05:00 MSK on 15 May). 28,500 m², three floors, 28 check-in desks, 11 gates, 5 jet bridges. Rosaviatsia design figure is 1,000 passengers an hour and 3.2 million a year.
2025 traffic was 4.6 million, down 4.6% on 2024 (ATO’s 2024 total was 4.86 million). International was 1.2 million, up 8.6%. The airport told RBC it expects 4.4 million in 2026.
No airport railway. Marshrutka 11 runs to the Mineralnye Vody rail station in about 20–25 minutes and stops in the evening. Cash fare listings disagree (20, 35, or an unregulated distance rate).
Three named lounges — landside Lermontov (opened May 2026), airside Beshtau on domestic, and Mashuk on international. Walk-up prices are not stable across sources.

10 official sources

https://mvairport.ru/
https://mvairport.ru/airport/info/
https://www.ato.ru/content/sproektirovannyy-yaponcami-novyy-terminal-aeroporta-mineralnye-vody-zarabotal
https://kavkaz.rbc.ru/kavkaz/freenews/698deb619a794749b6ac4d08
https://favt.gov.ru/novosti-novosti/?id=15509
https://www.interfax-russia.ru/tourism/news/novyy-terminal-vnutrennih-liniy-otkryt-v-aeroportu-minvod
https://www.businesslounges.ru/article/v-aeroportu-mineralnyh-vod-otkrylsya-biznes-zal-lermontov
https://businesslounges.ru/mineralnye-vody/beshtau
https://www.24tr.ru/mineralnye-vody/route/26716/
https://www.turk-trip.ru/kmv-marshrutka-11-mineralnye-vody.html

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Mineralnye Vody Airport and the Mineralnye Vody city center
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Getting There
3 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
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Lounges
3 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts.
Beshtau LoungeLermontov LoungeMashuk Lounge
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Traveler Tips
Domestic and international are different buildings. A Moscow or Sochi boarding pass belongs in the 2025 terminal. An Antalya or Yerevan boarding pass belongs in the older international terminal. The August 2026 photos on this page show both fronts.
10 tips & hacks
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Amenities
6 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
2025 domestic terminalLermontov LoungeMother-and-child room
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Water
No drinking-fountain location and no bottled-water price are printed on the airport pages this guide is built from. Buy water before security if you want a known price, and do not count on a lounge kettle unless you are inside Beshtau, which does include hot drinks.
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Mineralnye Vody Airport and the Mineralnye Vody city center

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City center Mineralnye Vody

Terminal navigation guide

Terminal-change and gate-area notes pulled from the markdown guide.

From Terminals & Navigation

Domestic departures use the terminal that opened on 14 May 2025, built from April 2023 beside the older complex. The first aircraft it handled was an Aeroflot arrival from Moscow. From 05:00 on 15 May 2025 every intra-Russian departure was moved here.
International departures stayed in the older terminal. Wikipedia’s reading of the split matches the operator’s plan: the new hall is domestic-only, and one older building is the international side. A further rebuild of that older international building is part of the programme through 2028, so the international front you see in 2026 is not the finished project.
Arrivals. The first phase of the 2019–2028 rebuild joined the domestic and international arrivals buildings. The new departure terminal was built next to that joined arrivals block. Follow the building you land at, not a single “main door” assumption.
Passport desks inside the domestic terminal (six of them) are in the Rosaviatsia specification. Domestic ID checks in Russia are not the same thing as departure immigration. International passport control is in the international building.
Wayfinding during works. The apron and terminal programme is unfinished. If a jet bridge is closed, the airport still has remote stands; the new hall’s 11 gates include only 5 bridges.
The Prophet Elijah chapel stands between the terminal fronts. It is a chapel, not a lounge and not a security bypass.

Ground transport guide

City-transfer, rideshare, train, and parking guidance from the markdown guide.

From Ground Transport & Parking

Marshrutka 11 (carrier IP Revtov) is the city bus. Railway station to the airport via Prospekt 22 Partsyezda, 50 Let Oktyabrya, Zheleznovodskaya, and the Caucasus highway. About 20–25 minutes, first trips near 06:30–06:34, last trips near 19:50–20:00, roughly every 23 minutes, a handful of minibuses. Cash only. Fare listings disagree, as above. There is no evening or night bus.
Rail. Mineralnye Vody station is the railhead, not the airport. From the station, suburban trains run toward Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Kislovodsk and Zheleznovodsk. Fares and times are on the railway, not on the airport site, so they are not repeated here.
Taxi / Yandex Go. The airport is only about 4 km from the town, so a car is a short ride and the right choice when route 11 has stopped. No published flat fare was found on the operator pages.
Driving. From the town, the signed route uses the R-217 Caucasus highway and then the airport signs.
Parking. Published rates do not agree, so the barrier wins. A P1 listing and one parking write-up say the first 15 minutes are free, then 300 RUB an hour, and more than 4 hours is 800 RUB a day, with a repeat entry inside 60 minutes charged at 300 RUB. Older guides still print 250 RUB for 15–60 minutes, 350 RUB for the second hour, then 150 RUB an hour capped at 1,000 RUB a day, plus a separate long-stay lot at 600 RUB a day and a free lot. Lost-card fees in those older texts are 500 RUB. None of this is a substitute for the sign at the gate.
What there is not: a metro, an airport railway station, or a direct bus from the terminal to Kislovodsk or Pyatigorsk that the current route registry shows. Change in town.

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Marshrutka 11

IP Revtov minibuses between the airport and the Mineralnye Vody railway station via the town centre.

Time to city

20–25 min

Cost

Cash; listings say 20 RUB, 35 RUB, or an unregulated distance fare

Tip: Last trips are around 19:50–20:00. From the station, change to a suburban train for Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Kislovodsk or Zheleznovodsk.

FastestBest for luggage

Yandex Go

The rideshare that operates in Russia. The airport is about 4 km west of town.

Time to city

10–15 min

Cost

Metered in the app; no operator flat fare published

Tip: Use this when route 11 has stopped. Uber and Bolt are not available.

Forecourt parking

Short-stay and long-stay lots in front of the terminals. The posted barrier rate overrides older guides.

Time to city

On site

Cost

One current listing: 15 min free, then 300 RUB/hour, 800 RUB after 4 hours

Tip: Older pages still print 250 RUB then 150 RUB/hour capped at 1,000 RUB, and a 600 RUB long-stay lot. Pay what the gate says.

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Depends

Domestic terminalAirside, level 2

After check-in and screening, left side of the domestic sterile hall. Light food is included. The walk-up price was quoted at 6,500 RUB for two hours in February 2026; older reseller pages still say from 4,250 RUB.

Access: Day pass

Hours: Comfort halls are described as 24/7 on the airport about page; confirm this room.

Amenities: Wi-Fi · Hot drinks · Lunch box · Satellite TV

Best for: A domestic departure after security

Full access guide

Depends

Lermontov Lounge

Domestic terminalLandside, level 2

Opened in the public zone of the new domestic terminal in May 2026, so people without a boarding pass can sit with you. The press release does not print a price.

Access: Day pass

Amenities: Seating · Work tables · Dedicated screening lane

Best for: Meeting family before security · Early check-in before the desks open

Full access guide

Depends

International terminalAirside

The international-side lounge. Operator pages that were readable do not print a current walk-up price or a shower. Do not assume Priority Pass.

Access: Day pass

Best for: An international departure

Full access guide

Lounge & amenity notes

Lounge, food, and quiet-spot picks pulled from the markdown guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

Lermontov Lounge opened in the new domestic terminal in May 2026 (press coverage dated 4 May). It is on level 2 of the public zone, not after passport control, and the airport said people seeing you off can come in with you. It has seating, work tables, and its own screening lane. Aeroflot’s ground-services director spoke at the opening. The release does not give a ruble price, a menu, or a shower. Treat any “about 2,000 RUB” figure from a personal write-up as unpublished.
Beshtau Lounge is the domestic airside room: level 2, sterile area, left side after check-in and screening (reseller page updated 3 October 2025). Included then: a seat, a city phone, satellite TV, Wi-Fi, hot drinks, and a lunch box. That page said from 4,250 RUB. A February 2026 visit said the airport’s own site was charging 6,500 RUB for two hours, with aggregator passes cheaper than the desk. Showers are not in that service list. The airport about page says the higher-comfort halls run 24 hours; that sentence is not a room-by-room timetable.
Mashuk Lounge is the international-side room. Readable operator text does not pin a 2026 walk-up price, a floor plan, or a shower. Do not book it on the assumption that Priority Pass, LoungeKey, or DragonPass will open the door. Russian bank lounge apps are a separate product; check the app against this airport before you rely on a free visit.
Mother-and-child room is free for passengers with children under 7, or with a disabled child under 16. The about page lists it next to the 24-hour comfort halls.
Wi-Fi is provided in the terminal complex. The about page does not print a network name or a fee.
Shops include a duty-free. No printed bottle price or drinking-fountain map was on the pages used for this guide, so a “free water” stop is not claimed.
ATMs, a pharmacy, a post office, and baggage-wrap desks are listed by the airport as passenger services. Hours were not broken out beyond the 24-hour field.

excellent

2025 domestic terminal

Accessibility

Opened 14 May 2025. 28,500 m², 28 check-in desks, 11 gates, 5 jet bridges. All domestic flights from 05:00 on 15 May 2025.

good

Lermontov Lounge

Has Lounge

Landside level 2 of the domestic terminal, opened May 2026. Companions can enter. Walk-up price not in the press release.

good

Mother-and-child room

Family Friendly

Free for a child under 7, or a disabled child under 16. Listed with the 24-hour comfort halls.

good

Terminal Wi-Fi

Fast WiFi

Provided in the terminal complex. The about page does not print a network name or a fee.

basic

Marshrutka 11

Easy Transport

To the railway station in about 20–25 minutes, roughly 06:30–20:00. Cash. Fare listings are 20, 35, or an unregulated distance rate.

basic

Duty-free

Shopping

Named by the airport among the shops. No printed bottle price was found.

Editorial guide tricks

The markdown guide's highest-signal tactics before the data-backed tips below.

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Domestic and international are different buildings. A Moscow or Sochi boarding pass belongs in the 2025 terminal. An Antalya or Yerevan boarding pass belongs in the older international terminal. The August 2026 photos on this page show both fronts.
If someone is seeing you off, Lermontov Lounge is in the public zone of the domestic terminal, not behind security. Beshtau is after screening, so a well-wisher cannot follow you in.
The field is 24 hours. Route 11 is not. Last listed trips are in the 19:50–20:00 window. Early and late flights are a taxi job. Yandex Go is the rideshare that works in Russia; Uber and Bolt do not.
Carry cash for the marshrutka. Cards are not taken on route 11. The fare printed in directories is not one number: 20 RUB on older timetable sites, 35 RUB cash on a page updated 5 April 2026, and an unregulated “from 30 RUB plus 6 RUB per 2.5 km” in the December 2024 route registry. Pay what the driver charges that day.
There is no airport station. The useful rail connection is the city station at the end of route 11, then a suburban train toward the spa towns. Do not budget an air-rail single ticket.
Reconstruction of the wider campus was described in May 2025 as running through 2028, with the runway (about 12 billion RUB) and a rebuild of an older terminal for international use (about 6 billion RUB) still ahead. Check the airport board the day you fly. A plan is not a closure.

01

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Read the ticket before you pick a door

Domestic is the 2025 hall. International is the older building.

Every intra-Russian departure moved at 05:00 Moscow time on 15 May 2025. Antalya, Yerevan, Istanbul, Dubai and Sharm El Sheikh use the international terminal.

Upside

The two fronts are easy to tell apart in daylight.

Watch-out

Pre-2025 maps send Moscow flights to the wrong door.

02

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Route 11 is the cheap ride, and it stops in the evening

Cash marshrutka to the rail station, then a train toward the spa towns.

Carrier IP Revtov. About 20–25 minutes. First trips near 06:30, last near 19:50–20:00. There is no airport station.

Upside

The airport is only about 4 km from town, so a taxi is short when the bus has finished.

Watch-out

Directories still disagree on the fare. Carry cash.

03

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Lermontov is for well-wishers; Beshtau is after security

Only the landside room lets someone without a boarding pass sit with you.

Beshtau is level 2, left side, after domestic screening, with a lunch box and hot drinks. A February 2026 visit reported 6,500 RUB for two hours; an October 2025 reseller page still said from 4,250 RUB.

Upside

A bank lounge pass is worth checking in the app before you pay the desk.

Watch-out

Priority Pass is not confirmed on the operator pages.

04

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

The runway plan is 2026–2028, not a closure today

The field handled 4.6 million passengers in 2025 and is forecast at 4.4 million for 2026.

Novaport’s next phase, as reported in May 2025, is a runway rebuild of about 12 billion RUB and a later rebuild of the international terminal, inside a programme that runs to 2028. Certificate AD 00351 is printed as valid through 13 December 2026.

Upside

Check the airport board on the day. A plan is not a NOTAM.

Watch-out

EU, UK and US airlines are not on the schedule.

Water & Hydration

Hydration notes pulled from the editorial guide.

From Water & Hydration

No drinking-fountain location and no bottled-water price are printed on the airport pages this guide is built from. Buy water before security if you want a known price, and do not count on a lounge kettle unless you are inside Beshtau, which does include hot drinks.

Lounges, Food & Amenities

Hydration notes pulled from the editorial guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

Shops include a duty-free. No printed bottle price or drinking-fountain map was on the pages used for this guide, so a “free water” stop is not claimed.

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Published alerts

Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 24, 2026.

Minor

A runway rebuild of about 12 billion RUB is planned for 2026–2028. The field was operating through 2025.Aerodrome certificate AD 00351 is printed as valid through 13 December 2026.Scheduled passenger flights to the EU, UK and US are not operating.

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