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.