Norilsk Airport
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Alykel Airport Аэропорт Алыкель |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Norilsk | ||||||||||
| Location | Norilsk, Russia | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 574 ft / 175 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 69°18′36″N 087°20′0″E / 69.31000°N 87.33333°ECoordinates: 69°18′36″N 087°20′0″E / 69.31000°N 87.33333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.airport-norilsk.ru | ||||||||||
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Alykel Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Алыкель) (IATA: NSK, ICAO: UOOO) is a large airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located 35 km west of Norilsk. Alykel is the only functional airfield around Norilsk. It handles medium-sized airliners and is serviced by 24-hour operations. Since it is capable of handling widebody jets, it is a diversion airport on Polar route 1.
It was constructed in 1964, when US reconnaissance satellites reported a new airfield with a 6000x150 ft runway 16 nm west of Norilsk. This allowed the use of Norilsk as a staging base for Soviet bombers to reach the United States. This role continues to this day with caretaker status provided by the Russian Air Force's OGA (Arctic Control Group). Norilsk also is served by interceptor aircraft under the 57 IAP (57th Interceptor Aircraft Regiment), which in 1991 had 24 Sukhoi Su-15TM aircraft.
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