Kirensk Airport Explained

Kirensk Airport
Nativename:Аэропорт Киренск
Iata:KCK
Icao:UIKK
Type:Public
Location:Kirensk
Elevation-F:840
Elevation-M:256
Coordinates:57.7728°N 108.0608°W
Pushpin Map:Russia
Pushpin Label:KCK
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the KCK airport
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length-F:5118
R1-Length-M:1560
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Kirensk Airport is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located 3 km west of Kirensk. It handles small transport aircraft. This airfield was part of the Yakutsk-Kirensk-Krasnoyarsk leg of the World War II Lend-Lease program Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route.[1] Angara Airlines serves scheduled flight to Irkutsk six times a week.

Notes and References

  1. Lebedev, Igor Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia Nova Publishers (1997) pp.44-49