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Yakutsk Airport
Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (, ;, Mezhdunarodnyj aeroport Yakutsk imeni Platona Ojunskogo) 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. 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 has been used by Boeing to test cold weather starting of its aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
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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.
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