Seymchan Airport
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Seymchan Airport Аэропорт Сеймчан | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Seymchan (urban-type settlement) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 679 ft / 207 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 62°55′12″N 152°25′19″E / 62.92000°N 152.42194°ECoordinates: 62°55′12″N 152°25′19″E / 62.92000°N 152.42194°E | ||||||||||
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Seymchan Airport Location in Magadan Oblast | |||||||||||
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Seymchan Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сеймчан) (ICAO: UHMS) is an airport in Magadan Oblast, Russia located two kilometers southeast of Seymchan.
The runway is well-maintained. The facility is marked as military on some US DoD charts.
Airlines and Destinations[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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SiLA Airlines | Magadan |
Commercial trips by helicopter are made from this airport to arranged destinations in the wilderness, for example, for hunters.
History[]
Seymchan Airport connected Zyryanka West Airport (UESU) to Oymyakon on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberian air route during the World War II Lend-Lease program.
Incidents and accidents[]
Commercial flights from Seymchan to nearby remote areas using the local forest fire protection service's Mi-8 helicopters are routine.
- On 15 September 2007 one such flight crashed on the mountain while on its way to deliver paying passengers to the vicinity of the river. 6 people died, and one, the craft's commander, survived with severe burns. The wreck and the survivor were spotted by another Mi-8, and the victim was flown to Seymchan for transport to a hospital.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Missing Mi-8 crashed in Magadan region, six die"[permanent dead link], ITAR-TASS News Agency, 16 September 2007. Accessed 2007-09-16.
Categories:
- Soviet Air Force bases
- Airports built in the Soviet Union
- Airports in Magadan Oblast