Polyarny Airport
Airport in Udachny, Russia
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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 | ||||||||||
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  PYJ Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic | |||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| ALROSA | Mirny, Novosibirsk |
| IrAero | Irkutsk |
| Rossiya Airlines | Krasnoyarsk–International[1] |
