| Ust-Kut Airport Аэропорт Усть-Кут |
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| IATA: UKX – ICAO: UITT (УИТТ) | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | JSC «Aeroport Ust-Kut» | ||
| Serves | Ust-Kut | ||
| Location | Russia, Irkutsk Oblast, Ust-Kut
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| Elevation AMSL | 2,188 ft / 667 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 6,562 | 2,000 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 24,291 ( 273%) | ||
| Aircraft movements | 2,461 ( 110%) | ||
| Servicing of cargo | 664 tons ( 100%) | ||
| Sources: RU [1] | |||
Ust-Kut (IATA: UKX, ICAO: UITT) is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located 9 km north of Ust-Kut. It services small and medium-range airliners. The main regular destination is Irkutsk. Principal owner of the airport - JSC "UTair Aviation" (76.66% of shares). In the future, it will be converted into the main base of UTair Aviation in Eastern Siberia.
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Airport "Ust-Kut" is the third (after the Irkutsk and Bratsk) the size of the airport of regional significance in the Irkutsk Oblast. Included in the Osetrovo-Lena hub, provides cargo and passenger flights to the north of the Irkutsk Oblast, Yakutia, as well as the regional center - Irkutsk.
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Dimensions of Runway 12/30: 2000 x 45 meters runway concrete. Central series of the runway has a classification number covering 39/R/A/X/T; extreme series - 30/R/A/X/T. |
Airport complex: Airport terminal (requires reconstruction) - 50 pass / hr
Refueling complex (owned by LLC "Aerofuels Ust-Kut")
Air traffic control provides Ust-Kut Department "Air Navigation of Eastern Siberia" FSUE Unitary enterprise "State ATM Corporation".
Monitoring weather and meteoconsultation ANO "Irkutsk Meteoagency"
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ОМИ «Svetlyachok»
Airport construction began in 1963, about 12 km north of Ust-Kut on top of a hill. Was equipped with a dirt runway. Since the autumn of that year began to be implemented the first flights of aircraft Antonov An-2, Ilyushin Il-14, first began to fly helicopters.
In 1966, the airport received the first cargo plane Antonov An-12. Besides him, the flights took place on the An-24 Antonov An-26, Ilyushin Il-14, Antonov An-2, Yak-12, Mi-2, Mi-4. In winter, on a runway compacted snow, was held marking the runway dimensions, which allowed to take cargo aircraft IL-76.
In the 1970s. value of the airport, "Ust-Kut" has increased in connection with the construction of the Baikal Amur Mainline and the opening of new diamond-mining areas in Yakutia. Introduced passenger flights on the An-90 and Yak-40. Building built aircraft maintenance base fuel storage, cargo warehouse, the building control centers and other facilities of air traffic control.
In the 1980s. Airport reaches its peak and the volume of shipments of goods has a leading position in the Eastern Siberia Department of Civil Aviation. Reception and release of air by satisfying the clock. In 1983, through the airport, "Ust-Kut" posted 228.3 thousand passengers, 26.7 thousand tons, 536 tons of mail load. Built a concrete platform building rescue station, a dock for maintenance of helicopters. Built a warm garage for vehicles, equipped with centralized fueling and production of aircraft parking areas for helicopters.
In the 1990s. volumes of work have fallen sharply. The annual decline in 30-40%. From 1991 to 2001, the annual shipment of goods decreased 10-fold (from 18.3 tonnes to 1.8 tonnes), and sending passengers - 15 times (from 111 thousand people; up to 7.2 thousand per year).
By the 2000s (decade). at the airport saved the infrastructure needed to service the cargo planes and helicopters, including a large scale. The replacement of light-signaling equipment of the runway, carried out refurbishment, carried out repairs of runway, updated machinery for its content.
In 2007 a controlling stake in "JSC "Aeroport Ust-Kut"". http://www.ustkutairport.ru/. has acquired the airline "UTair" planning to use it as their main base in Eastern Siberia.
The company "UTair Aviation" in 2007, becoming the controlling shareholder of the airport, announced its intention to build a new airport terminal and lengthen the runway to make a first-class aircraft[2]. The company has adopted a plan of the airport reconstruction in 2009-2015, involving: artificial reconstruction of the runway for the reception at the airport in Ust-Kut aircraft Tupolev Tu-154 and other aircraft first-class; reconstruction of the airport and bring its capacity up to 150 people per hour; replacement of obsolete equipment and special vehicles.
In a subsequent plan to build a new parking lot for the Tupolev Tu-154, the new premises rescue station and replace the light-signaling equipment means aircraft landing[3].
Reconstruction plan for the airport is included in the federal program of revival of significant airports, but in 2009 the airport "Ust-Kut" is "not necessarily important for the partners." Despite this, according to the General Director of JSC "Ust-Kut Airport" by Yuri Samorokov, it is expected that full-scale reconstruction would still be carried out in 2015.
Economic prospects are directly linked to the prospects of development of large oilfields (Verkhnechonskoye, Yarakta, Dulisminskoye, Talakan, etc.) and operation of Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Angara Airlines | Irkutsk (3 times a week) |
| UTair Aviation | Irkutsk[4] (every day) |
| Angara Airlines | Irkutsk — Ust-Kut — Lensk (by dates) |
| UTair Aviation | Novosibirsk (2 times a month) |
Drive to the airport by car from crossing the bypass road and Nekrasov street. In front of the terminal is free and paid (secure) parking.
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