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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,339 ft / 408 m

9,842
  
3,000

Code
  
UIK

Phone
  
+7 395 359-81-57

Location
  
Ust-Ilimsk

07/25
  
9,842

3,000
  
Concrete

Elevation
  
408 m

Address
  
Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, 666671

Similar
  
3‑y kanal - OAO "Ilimskoy, Ust'‑Ilim, Administr goroda Ust'‑Ilimska, Irkutsken Ust'‑Ilims TETs, City Polyclinic

Ust-Ilimsk Airport (IATA: UIK, ICAO: UIBS) is a large airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located 17 km northwest of Ust-Ilimsk. It is a major regional facility handling all sizes of airliners. It is served by a very large concrete runway with 500 x 200 m tarmac. The airport was closed in 2001. Since 2013 is used as runway for Irkutsk flight. Because of that runway was shortened by 1000 metres. On the airport location module passenger building with security block and flight control center were installed on the airport location.

History

Airport started off in 1980.

  • 1980 - First flight Ust-Ilimsk - Irkutsk with Yakovlev 40.
  • 1988 - First Tupolev 154 landed.
  • 1989. = Hotel was built.
  • 1993 - New passenger building started off
  • 1994 - First Boeing 757-200 landed in the airport location
  • 1995 - First in Syberia passenger boarding bridges appeared
  • 1997 - Runaway was increased to 3100 metres by Yugoslavia specialists.
  • 2001 - Last passenger flight to Irkutsk city.
  • 2001 - Last cargo flight

    • In 2002 airport was closed after its debts reached 40 million rubles. In 2005 airport went bankruptcy. All airport infrastructure was destroyed. Rebuilding needs a lot of money. Property partly was sold during bankruptcy, partly was given to Ust-Ilimsk city. Security disappeared since 2002, all other property was stolen.
    Reanimation of airport was discussed a lot of times by Moscow companies, Lufthansa. One way or the other, companies declined this deals.

  • 2013 - New company State enterprise "Runaway" was officially registered [original document - МУП «Посадочная площадка (Аэропорт) города Усть-Илимска»]
  • 2013 - Local Parliament of Ust-Ilimsk declared airport infrastructure as city property. [originally - № 57/392 "О принятии недвижимого имущества из муниципальной собственности муниципального образования «Усть-Илимский район» в муниципальную собственность муниципального образования «город Усть-Илимск» объекты аэропорта были приняты в собственность города.]

    • Since August 13, 2013 Flights to Irkutsk have been started off. Airport is working after 11 years stop.

    References

    Ust-Ilimsk Airport Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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