Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people.

Aeroflot Flight 2306 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vorkuta to Moscow in the Soviet Union, with a stopover in Syktyvkar. The Tupolev Tu-134 operated by Aeroflot crashed on 2 July 1986 during an emergency landing after it departed Syktyvkar, killing 54 of 92 passengers and crew on board.

Syktyvkar Airport is an airport in the Komi Republic, Russia located just within the city of Syktyvkar. It services medium-sized aircraft. The terminal is on the northwest side of the aerodrome with 10 large parking spaces and 9 small ones. The maintenance area is on the northeast side. The airport supports 24-hour operations.

Syktyvkar is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative center of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as Ust-Sysolsk named after the Sysola River.

The Komi Republic, sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar.

July 2 is the 183rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 182 days remain until the end of the year.