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°ECoordinates: 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.
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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 Search (for) Travel website.
- ↑ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
- ↑ New Cross-Polar Routes
- ↑ "Summer timetable Vladivostok Air". Vladivostok Air. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- 1 2 "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
- Airport information for UEEE at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Airport Yakutsk Aviateka.Handbook