- Plestsy Airport
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name = Plestsy
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city-served = Plesetsk
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elevation-f = 427
elevation-m = 130
coordinates = Coord|62|43|0|N|040|29|18|E|type:airport
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r1-length-f = 6562
r1-length-m = 2000
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footnotes =Plestsy Airport ( _ru. Плесцы) is an airport in
Russia located 10 km east ofPlesetsk . It is a logistical base for thePlesetsk Cosmodrome launch facility.In 2004-2005 it was modernized: radio and illumination equipment at the airfield were replaced, the power supply and communications systems were rebuilt, the runway was elongated by 600 meters in 2003 and 2004 (now 2,600 meters long), two kilometers of concrete plates were also replaced ($18.2 million).
The name comes from nearby lake Plestsy,
closed town Mirny is also situated in the area.
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