Yakutsk Airport
Yakutsk Airport Аэропорт Якутск / Дьокуускай Аэропорт | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Yakutsk Airport State Enterprise | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Yakutsk | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Yakutsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 99 m / 325 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 62°05′36″N 129°46′14″E / 62.09333°N 129.77056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.airport-yakutsk.ru | ||||||||||||||
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  YKS Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic | |||||||||||||||
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Yakutsk Airport (Yakut: Дьокуускай Аэропорт, Coquusqay Aeroport IPA: [ɟoquːsˈqaj aeɾoˈpoɾt]; Russian: Аэропо́рт Яку́тск, Aeroport Yakutsk) (IATA: YKS, ICAO: UEEE) is an airport in Yakutsk, Russia. It has one runway (an older runway serves as a parking area for disused aircraft) and has a capacity of 700 passengers per hour.
The airport is the hub for five regional airlines, including Yakutia Airlines and Polar Airlines.
Construction of the airport started in 1931 and was used as a stopover on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberia air route for American planes flying to Europe during World War II. The present international terminal was built in 1996. The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 4.[3][4]
Yakutsk has another, smaller airport at Magan.
Airlines and destinations
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Accidents and incidents
Before 1992, Aeroflot had monopoly on Soviet domestic flights, and had a lot of accidents. At least a dozen deadly accidents happened on or near Yakutsk. See Aeroflot accidents and incidents.
- On 4 February 2010, Yakutia Airlines Flight 425, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-47360 suffered an engine failure on take-off for Olyokminsk Airport. During the subsequent landing, the nose and port main undercarriage were retracted, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.[10]
References
- ^ Airport information for UEEE at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Airport information for Yakutsk Airport at Transport Search website.
- ^ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
- ^ New Cross-Polar Routes
- ^ "Summer timetable Vladivostok Air". Vladivostok Air. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ a b "РАСПИСАНИЕ" (PDF). Angara Airlines. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Авиакомпания "Якутия" восстанавливает авиаперелеты в Читу". ОАО "Авиакомпания "Якутия". Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Открыта продажа билетов на рейс 469/470 Якутск-Анапа-Якутск". Yakutia Airlines. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Открыта продажа билетов на рейс 455/456 Якутск-Краснодар-Якутск". Yakutia Airlines. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Yakutia AN24 at Yakutsk on Feb 4th 2010, rejected takeoff, presumably early gear retraction". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
External links
- Article on Yakutsk Airport
- Template:WAD
- Airport Yakutsk Aviateka.Handbook