Polyarny Airport

Polyarny Airport

Аэропорт Полярный
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAlrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
ServesUdachny
LocationUdachny, Russia
Hub forALROSA
Elevation AMSL1,670 ft / 509 m
Coordinates66°25′0″N 112°3′0″E / 66.41667°N 112.05000°E / 66.41667; 112.05000
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PYJ is located in Sakha Republic
PYJ
PYJ
Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 10,170 3,100 Concrete

Polyarny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Полярный) (IATA: PYJ, ICAO: UERP) (also Udachnaya or Poliarny) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located 1 km west of Novy and about 12 km west of Udachny. It services all types of aircraft. The airfield is built on a 4000 x 190 m gravel base, with the first 100 m of runway unusable for takeoff. It is designated as an emergency airfield for cross-polar airline traffic between North America and Asia. The airport serves as base for regional airline ALROSA.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
ALROSAIrkutsk, Mirny, Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
Angara AirlinesIrkutsk,[1] Novosibirsk
Nordstar AirlinesKrasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo
S7 AirlinesNovosibirsk[2]

References

  1. ^ "Авиарейсы из Иркутска в Красноярск и Мирный запустят с 5 января". IrkutskMedia.ru. PrimaMedia. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ^ Liu, Jim (23 April 2019). "S7 Airlines schedules new domestic routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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