Seymchan Airport Explained

Seymchan Airport
Nativename-A:	Аэропорт Сеймчан
Icao:	UHMS
Lid:	СМЧ
Type:	Public
Location:	Seymchan (urban-type settlement)
Elevation-F:	679
Elevation-M:	207
Coordinates:	62.92°N 152.4219°W
Pushpin Map:	Russia Magadan Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Magadan Oblast
R1-Number:	18/36
R1-Length-F:	5315
R1-Length-M:	1620
R1-Surface:	Asphalt

Seymchan Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сеймчан) is an airport in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located two kilometers southeast of Seymchan.

The runway is well-maintained. The facility is marked as military on some US DoD charts.

Airlines and Destinations

Commercial trips by helicopter are made from this airport to arranged destinations in the wilderness, for example, for hunters.

Seymchan Airport connected Zyryanka West Airport (UESU) to Oymyakon on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberian air route during the World War II Lend-Lease program.

Commercial flights from Seymchan to nearby remote areas using the local forest fire protection service's Mi-8 helicopters are routine.

On 15 September 2007, one such flight crashed on the Suruktash mountain while on its way to deliver paying passengers to the vicinity of the Burgali river. 6 people died, and one, the craft's commander, survived with severe burns. The wreck and the survivor were spotted by another Mi-8, and the victim was flown to Seymchan for transport to a hospital.^[1]