Sokol Airport
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| Sokol Airport Аэропорт Сокол |
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| IATA: GDX - ICAO: UHMM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | FSUE "Airport Magadan" | ||
| Serves | Magadan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 574 ft (175 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 11,326 | 3,452 | Concrete |
Sokol Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сокол) (IATA: GDX, ICAO: UHMM) is an airport in Sokol in Magadan Oblast, Russia. The airport is located 70 km (43 mi) north of the Magadan city center. The airport is sometimes confused with Dolinsk-Sokol air base, which was home to the fighters that shot down Korean Air Flight 007.
In 1991, the town gained exposure to the Western world with the inauguration of Alaska Airlines flights to the United States using McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets. According to an anecdotal story published in the New York Times, the first Alaska Airlines flight needed deicing services, which were unavailable, so the flight crew acquired a quantity of vodka and sprayed it onto the wings[1]. In 1995 the airline threatened to discontinue Russian service due to difficulties with contract workers. Alaska Airlines flights into Magadan and elsewhere in Russia were halted in October 1998 shortly after the Russian financial crisis, which rendered the routes unprofitable.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Aeroflot (Irkutsk, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok)
- Dalavia (Khabarovsk)
- S7 Airlines (Irkutsk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk)
- VIM Airlines (Bratsk, Moscow-Domodedovo) [seasonal June 19 - August 16]
- Vladivostok Air (Vladivostok)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Alaska Airlines Opens Russia's Wild East, James Brooke, New York Times, March 30, 1997.
[edit] External links
- Magadan Airport official website
- Airport information for UHMM at World Aero Data
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