Alykel Airport

Alykel Airport
Аэропорт Алыкель
IATA: NSKICAO: UOOO
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Norilsk
Location Norilsk, Russia
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 574 ft / 175 m
Coordinates 69°18′36″N 087°20′0″E / 69.31000°N 87.33333°E / 69.31000; 87.33333Coordinates: 69°18′36″N 087°20′0″E / 69.31000°N 87.33333°E / 69.31000; 87.33333
Website www.airport-norilsk.ru
Map
NSK

Location of airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 11,254 3,430 Concrete

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.[1][2]

It was originally constructed in the late 1950s 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.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
KrasAvia Dikson, Khatanga
NordStar Abakan, Baku, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don,[4] St Petersburg, Ufa, Yekaterinburg[4]
Seasonal: Anapa (begins 2 June 2016), Belgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Sochi
S7 Airlines
operated by Globus Airlines
Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
  2. New Cross-Polar Routes
  3. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
  4. 1 2 "Новый авиарейс свяжет Ростов-на-Дону с Екатеринбургом и Норильском". Rostov-on-Don Airport. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 167.


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