Yakutsk Airport
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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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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.
Yakutsk has another, smaller airport at Magan.
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.
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