Talakan Airport

Talakan Airport

Аэропорт Талакан
Talakan Airport; Аэропорт Талакан
	IATA: TLK; ICAO: UECT;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Surgutneftegas
Location	Lensky District ; Sakha Republic ; Russia
Opened	2012
Time zone	+9 (UTC+9:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,329 ft / 405 m
Coordinates	59°52′35″N 111°02′40″E / 59.87639°N 111.04444°E
Website	http://www.airport-surgut.ru/affiliates/talakan
Map
	TLK Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic TLK TLK (Russia)
Runways
Statistics (2017)
Passengers
Passengers	265.5 thousand

Talakan Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Талакан) (IATA: TLK, ICAO: UECT) is an airport in Lensky District of Yakutia, Russia. It is located 105 km north-west of Vitim. The airport services Talakan oil field [ru; de].

Talakan airport is the first in Russia, built solely by a private company.

History

On 23 November 2012, a Tupolev Tu-154 belonging to UTair Airlines successfully completed the first technical flight to «Talakan» airport. On 20 December 2012, a direct flight by a Boeing 737 from Surgut to Talakan was made with 26 passengers on board, representing management of Surgutneftegas. They verified readiness of the facilities and equipment of the airport "Talakan" to start regular operations. On 24 December 2012, the airport welcomed its first scheduled passenger flight.^[1]

Facilities

The airport services Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-28, Antonov An-30, Antonov An-32, Antonov An-72, Antonov An-74, Antonov An-148, Ilyushin Il-76, Let L-410 Turbolet, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-154, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yakovlev Yak-40, ATR 42, ATR 72, Boeing 737-300(-400,-500,-700,-800), Bombardier CRJ 100/200 and all lighter types of aircraft.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Angara Airlines	Bratsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk–International, Lensk, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk
Gazpromavia	Moscow–Vnukovo, Novy Urengoy, Noyabrsk, Ufa
KrasAvia	Bratsk, Tyumen, Ufa
NordStar	Krasnoyarsk–International
Polar Airlines	Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk–International, Novosibirsk
Red Wings Airlines	Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ufa
S7 Airlines	Irkutsk, Novosibirsk
Utair	Surgut, Ufa
Yamal Airlines	Omsk

References

^ "Project on equipping Talakan airport completed". Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ Справочник «Аэропорты и Авиакомпании, Авиапоставщики 2015 (СНГ и Балтия)» [Airports and Airlines, Carriers 2015 (CIS and Baltic States)] (in Russian). 2015. ISBN 978-5-9905032-3-6.

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[Talakan2013-1] "Project on equipping Talakan airport completed". Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[Book2015-2] Справочник «Аэропорты и Авиакомпании, Авиапоставщики 2015 (СНГ и Балтия)» [Airports and Airlines, Carriers 2015 (CIS and Baltic States)] (in Russian). 2015. ISBN 978-5-9905032-3-6.

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