Yoshkar-Ola Airport
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Airport typePublic
OperatorGU Mari El Republic "Yoshkar-Ola Airport"
ServesYoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia
ElevationAMSL348 ft / 106 m
Yoshkar-Ola Airport Якшар-Хала Аэропорт Аэропорт Йошкар-Ола | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | GU Mari El Republic "Yoshkar-Ola Airport" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 348 ft / 106 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°42′18″N 47°53′42″E / 56.70500°N 47.89500°E | ||||||||||
| Website | https://airport12.ru | ||||||||||
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  JOK Location of airport in Mari El, Russia | |||||||||||
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Yoshkar-Ola Airport (Mari: Якшар-Хала Аэропорт, Russian: Аэропорт Йошкар-Ола) (IATA: JOK, ICAO: UWKJ) is an airport in Mari El Republic, Russia, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Yoshkar-Ola and 800 kilometres (500 mi) from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME).
As a category 2 airport (based on an MAK classification), it handles Tupolev Tu-134, Yakovlev Yak-42 and smaller aircraft.
The airport is the base for Yoshkar-Ola Joint Aviation Group.
All flights from the Airport are temporarily suspended since 29 September 2023 due to runway reconstruction.[1]
Previously following flights were operated from the Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| RusLine | Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg (both suspended) |
