Ust-Kut Airport

Ust-Kut Airport Аэропорт Усть-Кут
IATA: UKX ICAO: UITT LID: УСК
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Utair
Operator	JSC «Aeroport Ust-Kut»
Serves	Ust-Kut
Location	Ust-Kut  Irkutsk Oblast  Russia
Elevation AMSL	2,188 ft / 667 m
Coordinates	56°51′29″N 105°43′46″E / 56.85806°N 105.72944°E / 56.85806; 105.72944
Website	uskairport.ru
Map
UKX Show map of Irkutsk Oblast UKX Show map of Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 6,562 2,000 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 90,026 () Aircraft movements 2,309 () Servicing of cargo 476 tons ()
Sources: RU [1]

Ust-Kut Airport (IATA: UKX, ICAO: UITT) is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia which is located 9 km north of Ust-Kut. It services short-haul routes and links the town to Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk.

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The airport is operational by schedule. A small airport terminal is able to service 50 pax per hour, but it's enough for operation needments.

A runway is equipped lighting navigational aids and an instrument landing system. It allows aircraft to perform flights whatever weather conditions.^[3]

The airport can handle such aircraft as Let L-410, Antonov An-2, Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-30, Antonov An-32, Antonov An-72, Antonov An-74, ATR-42, ATR-72, CRJ-200, Yakovlev Yak-40, Antonov An-140, Antonov An-148, Yakovlev Yak-42, Ilyushin Il-76.

• Aircraft at Ust-Kut Airport
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  Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 on an apron
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  Mil Mi-8
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  ATR-42
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  Yakovlev Yak-40
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  Airport apron
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  Start up of Antonov An-24 turboprop engines at high air temperature.
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  Antonov An-12
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  Dassault Falcon 2000
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  Aerospatiale AS350 Ecureuil
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  Antonov An-2
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  Antonov An-140
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  Mil Mi-26
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• On 5 March 1970 an aircraft Lisunov Li-2 (registration number CCCP-58340) of Aeroflot airlines crashed after take-off due to shifting of cargo.^[4]
• On 17 December 1976 an aircraft Yakovlev Yak-40 (CCCP-88208) of Aeroflot airlines struck trees, crashed and burst into flames. Aircrew errors and poor ground staff service led to an air disaster. All passengers and crew died.^[5]
• On 17 August 2022 an Angara Airlines Antonov AN-24 crash-landed, after its wingtip struck the runway surface upon landing.^[6]

• (in English) Weather in Airport Ust-Kut
• (in Russian) Ust-Kut Airport Official Website