Polyarny Airport Explained

Polyarny Airport
Nativename-A:Аэропорт Полярный
Iata:PYJ
Icao:UERP
Lid:ПЛЯ
Type:Public
Operator:Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
City-Served:Udachny
Location:Udachny, Russia
Hub:ALROSA
Elevation-F:1670
Elevation-M:509
Pushpin Map:Russia Sakha Republic
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic
Pushpin Label:PYJ
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:10,170
R1-Length-M:3,100
R1-Surface:Concrete

Polyarny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Полярный) (also Udachnaya or Poliarny) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located 1 km west of Novy and about 12 km west of Udachny. It services all types of aircraft. The airfield is built on a 4000 x 190 m gravel base, with the first 100 m of runway unusable for takeoff. It is designated as an emergency airfield for cross-polar airline traffic between North America and Asia. The airport serves as base for regional airline ALROSA.