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Polyarny Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Udachny, Russia

Code
  
PYJ

Phone
  
+7 411 363-51-97

Serves
  
Udachny

Elevation AMSL
  
1,670 ft / 509 m

Elevation
  
509 m

Polyarny Airport

Operator
  
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise

Hub for
  
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise

Address
  
г. Удачный, Sakha Republic, Russia, 678188

Polyarny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Полярный) (IATA: PYJ, ICAO: UERP) (also Udachnaya or Poliarny) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia located 1 km west of Novy and about 12 km west of Udachny. It services all types of aircraft. The airfield is built on a 4000 x 190 m gravel base, with the first 100 m of runway unusable for takeoff. It is designated as an emergency airfield for cross-polar airline traffic between North America and Asia. The airport works as base for Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise.

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Polyarny Airport Wikipedia