Sokol Airport

Sokol Airport
Sokol Airport
Аэропорт Сокол
IATA: GDXICAO: UHMM
GDX is located in Magadan Oblast
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Location of airport in Magadan Oblast
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator FSUE "Airport Magadan"
Location Magadan
Elevation AMSL 574 ft / 175 m
Coordinates 59°54′40″N 150°43′14″E / 59.91111°N 150.72056°E / 59.91111; 150.72056Coordinates: 59°54′40″N 150°43′14″E / 59.91111°N 150.72056°E / 59.91111; 150.72056
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 11,326 3,452 Concrete

Sokol Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сокол) (IATA: GDXICAO: UHMM) is an airport in Sokol in Magadan Oblast, Russia. The airport is located 70 km (43 mi) north of the Magadan city center. The airport is sometimes confused with Dolinsk-Sokol air base, which was home to the fighters that shot down Korean Air Flight 007.

In 1991, the town gained exposure to the Western world with the inauguration of Alaska Airlines flights to the United States using McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets. According to an anecdotal story published in the New York Times, the first Alaska Airlines flight needed deicing services, which were unavailable, so the flight crew acquired a quantity of vodka and sprayed it onto the wings[1]. In 1995 the airline threatened to discontinue Russian service due to difficulties with contract workers. Alaska Airlines flights into Magadan and elsewhere in Russia were halted in October 1998 shortly after the 1998 Russian financial crisis, which rendered the routes unprofitable.

Aeroflot suspended flights to Sokol airport on February 1, 2009, due to the planned removal from service of the Tu-154 aircraft. Aeroflot cited the lack of certification of the airport in the acceptance and servicing of more modern aircraft, such as the Airbus A320 and Airbus A330, as the primary reason for the suspension of flights[2]. It resumed service on March 30, 2009.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Chukotavia Keperve'em, Markovo, Omolon
Seasonal: Anadyr
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Irkutsk, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo
Transaero Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo
Vladivostok Air Khabarovsk, Vladivostok
Yakutia Airlines Anadyr, Evensk, Khabarovsk, Moscow-Vnukovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yakutsk
Seasonal: Krasnodar, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo

Notes

  1. ^ Alaska Airlines Opens Russia's Wild East, James Brooke, New York Times, March 30, 1997.
  2. ^ Aeroflot suspends flights to Magadan

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