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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Ust-Ilimsk | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,339 ft / 408 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°8′0″N102°33′24″E / 58.13333°N 102.55667°E /58.13333; 102.55667 | ||||||||||
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Ust-Ilimsk Airport (IATA:UIK,ICAO:UIBS) is a large airport inIrkutsk Oblast,Russia located 17 km northwest ofUst-Ilimsk. It was a major regional facility capable of handling all sizes of airliners. The airport has a very large concreteapron with 500 x 200 M tarmac.
The airport was closed in 2001 due to bankruptcy, but reopened in 2013 for flights to Irkutsk. Because of the smaller aircraft needed for the short length of flight to that destination, the operational runway area was reduced to 1000 metres. On the airport location a module passenger building with security block and flight control center have been installed to enable ground operations which were not possible in the earlier-destroyed buildings.
Airport started off in 1980.
In 2002 airport was closed after its debts reached 40 million rubles. In 2005 airport went into bankruptcy.[1] All airport infrastructure was destroyed. Rebuilding will require much money. Part of the property was sold during bankruptcy, and part was given to Ust-Ilimsk city. Security was absent since 2002, all other property was stolen.
Reanimation of airport was discussed a lot of times by Moscow companies,Lufthansa. But the companies declined.
On August 13, 2013 flights to Irkutsk resumed and the airport's eleven-year dormancy ended.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| PANH | Irkutsk,Ulan-Ude[2] |
| SiLA | Irkutsk[3] |
