Varandey Airport

Varandey Airport
Varandey Airport
	IATA: VRI; ICAO: ULDW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Elevation AMSL	6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	68°50′52″N 058°11′55″E / 68.84778°N 58.19861°ECoordinates: 68°50′52″N 058°11′55″E / 68.84778°N 58.19861°E
Runways
	Sources: AirportNavFinder, DAFIF

Varandey Airport (IATA: VRI, ICAO: ULDW) is an airport in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It serves the [ru] settlement on the Arctic coast of the Nenets district.

It is capable of accepting aircraft of the third class ( An-24, An-26, L-410, Yak-40 and the like) and other types of aircraft of the 3rd class, helicopters of all types. The maximum take-off weight of an aircraft is 25 tons. Classification number of runway ( PCN ) 18 / F / D / Y / T.

The airport is used for delivery by helicopters ( Gazprom Avia ) of personnel to the Prirazlomnaya OIRFP, where a helicopter platform operates from 2010 [2] (in Varandey the personnel arrives by An-24 and An-26 from Arkhangelsk and Orenburg).

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines	Destinations
Utair	Arkhangelsk

Accidents and incidents[]

On 16 March 2005, Regional Airlines Flight 9288, an Antonov An-24RV (NATO reporting name "Coke"), crashed on approach to Varandey Airport, killing 28 of the 52 people on board.^[4]

References[]

^ http://airportnavfinder.com/airport/VRI/^{[dead link]}
^ "Airport information for VRI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
^ Airport information for VRI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ Accident report at Aviation Safety Network

External links[]

Accident history for VRI at Aviation Safety Network

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[1] ttp://airportnavfinder.com/airport/VRI/^{[dead link]}

[WAD-2] "Airport information for VRI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.

[GCM-3] Airport information for VRI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).

[4] Accident report at Aviation Safety Network

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