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.
Polyarny Airport Аэропорт Полярный | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | ||||||||||
| Serves | Udachny | ||||||||||
| Location | Udachny, Russia | ||||||||||
| Hub for | ALROSA | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,670 ft / 509 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 66°25′0″N 112°3′0″E / 66.41667°N 112.05000°E | ||||||||||
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  PYJ Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| ALROSA | Irkutsk, Mirny, Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk |
| Angara Airlines | Irkutsk,[1] Novosibirsk |
| Nordstar Airlines | Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo |
| S7 Airlines | Novosibirsk[2] |
References edit
- ^ "Авиарейсы из Иркутска в Красноярск и Мирный запустят с 5 января". IrkutskMedia.ru. PrimaMedia. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Liu, Jim (23 April 2019). "S7 Airlines schedules new domestic routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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