Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport
Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport Международный аэропорт Якутск имени Платона Ойунского Платон Ойуунускай аатынан аан дойдутааҕы Дьокуускай аэропорт | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Yakutsk Airport State Enterprise | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Yakutsk | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Yakutsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Yakutia Airlines, Polar Airlines | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 99 m / 325 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 62°05′36″N 129°46′14″E / 62.09333°N 129.77056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://yks.aero/ | ||||||||||||||
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Location in the Sakha Republic | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics) | |||||||||||||||
Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (Yakut: Платон Ойуунускай аатынан аан дойдутааҕы Дьокуускай аэропорт, romanized: Platon Oyûnuskay âtınan ân doydutâğı Cokûskay aeroport, Yakut pronunciation: [d͡ʑoquːsˈqaj aeɾoˈpoɾt]; Russian: Международный аэропорт Якутск имени Платона Ойунского, Mezhdunarodnyj aeroport Yakutsk imeni Platona Ojunskogo) (IATA: YKS, ICAO: UEEE) is an airport in Yakutsk, Russia. It has one runway (an older runway serves as a parking area for disused aircraft) and has a capacity of 700 passengers per hour. The airport is the hub for five regional airlines, including Yakutia Airlines and Polar Airlines.
Construction of the airport started in 1931, and it was used as a stopover on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberia air route for American planes flying to Europe during World War II. The present international terminal was built in 1996. The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 4.
As of 2017, the airport has been used by Boeing to test cold weather starting of its aircraft.
The airport is named after Platon Oyunsky, a Yakut writer killed during the Great Purge.