En Name: | Aeroport |
Ru Name: | Аэропорт |
Coordinates: | 63.2456°N 143.1839°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Oymyakonsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Second Borogonsky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Oymyakonsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Second Borogonsky Rural Settlement |
Pop Latest: | 61 |
Pop Latest Date: | 2002 |
Aeroport (Russian: Аэропорт) is a rural locality (a selo), and one of four settlements in Borogonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to Tomtor, the administrative center of the Rural Okrug, Agayakan and Kuydusun. It is located 572km (355miles) from Ust-Nera, the administrative center of the district and 2km (01miles) from Tomtor. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 61.[2]
The Oymyakon Airport, that gives the village its name, was built during the Second World War as part of the ALSIB route for transferring Lend-Lease aircraft from the United States to the Soviet Union.[3] It has an unpaved runway of 1900 metres length.[4] In 1961, a cargo flight from Yakutsk to Oymyakon crashed en route, with no survivors.[5] In the 1990s, Oymyakon had scheduled flights operated by Sakha Avia[6] but these no longer operate. The disused terminal building was still standing as of 2018, however.