Polyarny Airport

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
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
Map
PYJ is located in Sakha Republic
PYJ
PYJ
Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 10,170 3,100 Concrete

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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