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Talakan Airport

Coordinates: 59°52′35″N 111°02′40″E / 59.87639°N 111.04444°E / 59.87639; 111.04444
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Talakan Airport

Аэропорт Талакан
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSurgutneftegas
LocationLensky District
 Sakha Republic
 Russia
Opened2012
Time zone+9 (UTC+9:00)
Elevation AMSL1,329 ft / 405 m
Coordinates59°52′35″N 111°02′40″E / 59.87639°N 111.04444°E / 59.87639; 111.04444
Websitehttp://www.airport-surgut.ru/affiliates/talakan
Map
TLK is located in Sakha Republic
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Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic
TLK is located in Russia
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TLK (Russia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 10,170 3,100 Reinforced Concrete
Statistics (2017)
PassengersIncrease 265.5 thousand

Talakan Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Талакан) (IATA: TLK, ICAO: UECT) is an airport in Lensky District of Yakutia, Russia. It is located 105 km north-west of Vitim. The airport services Talakan oil field [ru; de].

Talakan airport is the first in Russia, built solely by a private company.

History

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On 23 November 2012, a Tupolev Tu-154 belonging to UTair Airlines successfully completed the first technical flight to «Talakan» airport. On 20 December 2012, a direct flight by a Boeing 737 from Surgut to Talakan was made with 26 passengers on board, representing management of Surgutneftegas. They verified readiness of the facilities and equipment of the airport "Talakan" to start regular operations. On 24 December 2012, the airport welcomed its first scheduled passenger flight.[1]

Facilities

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The airport services Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-28, Antonov An-30, Antonov An-32, Antonov An-72, Antonov An-74, Antonov An-148, Ilyushin Il-76, Let L-410 Turbolet, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-154, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yakovlev Yak-40, ATR 42, ATR 72, Boeing 737-300(-400,-500,-700,-800), Bombardier CRJ 100/200 and all lighter types of aircraft.[2]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Angara Airlines Bratsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk–International, Lensk, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk
Gazpromavia Moscow–Vnukovo, Novy Urengoy, Noyabrsk, Ufa
KrasAvia Bratsk, Tyumen, Ufa
NordStar Krasnoyarsk–International
Polar Airlines Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk–International, Novosibirsk
Red Wings Airlines Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ufa
S7 Airlines Irkutsk, Novosibirsk
Utair Surgut, Ufa
Yamal Airlines Omsk

References

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  1. ^ "Project on equipping Talakan airport completed". Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ^ Справочник «Аэропорты и Авиакомпании, Авиапоставщики 2015 (СНГ и Балтия)» [Airports and Airlines, Carriers 2015 (CIS and Baltic States)] (in Russian). 2015. ISBN 978-5-9905032-3-6.