| Provideniya Bay Airport Аэропорт «Бухта Провидения» |
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| IATA: PVS – ICAO: UHMD | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Chukotavia | ||
| Location | Provideniya | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 72 ft / 22 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01/19 | 6,562 | 2,000 | Gravel |
Provideniya Bay Airport (Russian: Аэропорт «Бухта Провидения») (IATA: PVS, ICAO: UHMD) (also Urelik and Ureliki) is a small airport in Chukotka, Russia located 3 km southwest of Provideniya. It services primarily small transport aircraft. A concrete apron contains four parking spaces. It is not adequate for military operations but there are anecdotal reports that it has received Tupolev Tu-95MR deployment flights as part of military exercises. Moreover, on 25 July 2005 a Swedish Airforce C-130 Hercules landed in Provideniya, bringing in an international research team from the Beringia 2005 expedition [1], organized by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat. This airport was famous for the 1988 flight of Alaska Airlines known as the Friendship Flight at that time.