Vaskovo Airport

Arkhangelsk Vaskovo Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Arkhangelsk
Elevation AMSL 82 ft / 25 m
Coordinates 64°26′30″N 040°25′18″E / 64.44167°N 40.42167°E / 64.44167; 40.42167Coordinates: 64°26′30″N 040°25′18″E / 64.44167°N 40.42167°E / 64.44167; 40.42167
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 8,008 2,441 Concrete

Vaskovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Васьково) is an airport in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 13 km southwest of central Arkhangelsk as the crow flies but 19 km by road. It is 10 km west of Isakogorka station.

It is a general aviation airfield. Google Earth high-resolution imagery shows about 50 small propeller planes and a few helicopters.

The airport is the main base for the airline 2nd Arkhangelsk Aviation Enterprise.[1] Commercial flights in small prop-planes operate to the Solovetsky Islands three times a week.

References

  1. Flight International 27 March 2007


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