Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport

Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorYakutsk Airport State Enterprise
ServesYakutsk
LocationYakutsk, Russia
Hub forYakutia Airlines, Polar Airlines
Elevation AMSL99 m (325 ft)
Coordinates62°05′36″N 129°46′14″E / 62.09333°N 129.77056°E / 62.09333; 129.77056
Websitehttp://yks.aero/
Map
YKS is located in Sakha Republic
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Location in the Sakha Republic
YKS is located in Russia
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Location in Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05L/23R Closed 2,500 8,202 Concrete
05/23 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers908,384
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)

Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (Yakut: Платон Ойуунускай аатынан аан дойдутааҕы Дьокуускай аэропорт, romanized: Platon Oyuunuskay aatınan aan doydutaağı Cokuuskay aeroport, Yakut pronunciation: [d͡ʑoquːsˈqaj aeɾoˈpoɾt]; Russian: Международный аэропорт Якутск имени Платона Ойунского, Mezhdunarodnyj aeroport Yakutsk imeni Platona Ojunskogo) (IATA: YKS, ICAO: UEEE) is an airport in Yakutsk, Russia. It has one runway (an older runway serves as a parking area for disused aircraft) and has a capacity of 700 passengers per hour. The airport is the hub for five regional airlines, including Yakutia Airlines and Polar Airlines.

History

Construction of the airport started in 1931, and it was used as a stopover on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberia air route for American planes flying to Europe during World War II. The present international terminal was built in 1996. The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 4. The airport is named after Platon Oyunsky, a Yakut writer killed during the Great Purge.

As early as 2003 and as recent as 2017, the airport has been used by Boeing for certification and cold weather testing of its aircraft.[needs update]

Airlines and destinations

Ilyushin Il-76 parked at Yakutsk Airport.
Domodedovo Airlines Ilyushin Il-62M parked at Yakutsk Airport in 1998.

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
AeroflotMoscow–Sheremetyevo
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Mirny, Molodo, Saskylakh
Aurora Khabarovsk
Polar Airlines Batagay, Belaya Gora, Cherskiy, Chokurdakh, Moma, Nyurba, Olekminsk, Sakkyryr, Saskylakh, Srednekolymsk, Suntar, Tiksi, Ust-Kuyga, Ust-Maya, Verkhnevilyuisk, Vilyuisk, Zhigansk, Zyryanka
IrAero Deputatskiy, Lensk, Olekminsk, Tiksi, Ust-Nera
Rossiya Airlines Krasnoyarsk–International
S7 Airlines Beijing-Daxing (begins 24 October 2026), Irkutsk, Khabarovsk (begins 29 October 2026), Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok
Yakutia Airlines Blagoveschensk, Cherskiy, Deputatskiy, Harbin, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Mirny, Moscow–Vnukovo, Nalchik, Neryungri, Novosibirsk, Olekminsk, Olenek, Pevek, Polyarny, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Tiksi, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Yakutia Airlines Harbin

Accidents and incidents

Before 1992, Aeroflot had a monopoly on Soviet domestic flights, and had a lot of accidents. At least a dozen deadly accidents happened on or near Yakutsk. See Aeroflot accidents and incidents.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
  3. ↑ New Cross-Polar Routes
  4. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "'Chillin' with the Boeing 737 MAX". YouTube. 20 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Boeing 777-300ER Lands at Russian Airports". MediaRoom. Retrieved 2026-05-25.
  6. ↑ "Авиакомпания «Аврора» открыла продажу авиабилетов на рейсы из Хабаровска в Анадырь, Улан-Удэ, Якутск и Читу до конца 2026 года". flyaurora.ru (in Russian). Aurora Airlines. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "S7 Airlines расширяет полетную программу в столицу Китая в осенне-зимнем сезоне". S7.ru. S7 Airlines. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "S7 Airlines запустит обновленную полетную программу из Хабаровска в зимнем сезоне 2026/2027". S7.ru (in Russian). S7 Airlines. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Yakutia Airlines restarts flights from Yakutsk (YKS) to Harbin (HRB)". 27 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Авиакомпания «Якутия» открывает новый рейс Якутск – Москва – Нальчик и обратно — ЯСИА". ysia.ru (in Russian). Новости Якутии и Якутска — ЯСИА. Сетевое издание «Якутское-Саха Информационное Агентство». 26 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "«Якутия» авиахампаанньа Дьокуускай — Улан-Удэ хайысханан саҥа рейс арыйар — ЯСИА". СИА — Сахалыы сонуннар (in Yakut). Якутское-Саха Информационное Агентство (ЯСИА). 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Авиакомпания «Якутия» возобновляет грузовые перевозки из Якутска в Харбин и обратно". Улус Медиа (in Russian). Ulus.Media. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  13. ↑ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Yakutia AN24 at Yakutsk on Feb 4th 2010, rejected takeoff, presumably early gear retraction". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  14. ↑ "Yakutia Superjet damaged in Yakutsk landing excursion". flightglobal.com. 10 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Четыре пассажира рейса "Улан-Удэ-Якутск" обратились в больницу". arigus.ru. 10 October 2018.