Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport

Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport (Yakut: Платон Ойуунускай аатынан аан дойдутааҕы Дьокуускай аэропорт, romanized: Platon Oyûnuskay âtınan ân doydutâğı Cokûskay aeroport, Yakut pronunciation: [d͡ʑoquːsˈqaj aeɾoˈpoɾt]; Russian: Международный аэропорт Якутск имени Платона Ойунского, Mezhdunarodnyj aeroport Yakutsk imeni Platona Ojunskogo) (IATA: YKS, ICAO: UEEE) is an airport in Yakutsk, Russia. It has one runway (an older runway serves as a parking area for disused aircraft) and has a capacity of 700 passengers per hour. The airport is the hub for five regional airlines, including Yakutia Airlines and Polar Airlines.

Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport Международный аэропорт Якутск имени Платона Ойунского Платон Ойуунускай аатынан аан дойдутааҕы Дьокуускай аэропорт
IATA: YKS ICAO: UEEE LID: ЯКТ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Yakutsk Airport State Enterprise
Serves	Yakutsk
Location	Yakutsk, Russia
Hub for	Yakutia Airlines, Polar Airlines
Elevation AMSL	99 m / 325 ft
Coordinates	62°05′36″N 129°46′14″E
Website	http://yks.aero/
Map
YKS Location in the Sakha Republic Show map of Sakha Republic YKS Location in Russia Show map of Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05L/23R Closed 2,500 8,202 Concrete 05/23 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 908,384
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Construction of the airport started in 1931, and it was used as a stopover on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberia air route for American planes flying to Europe during World War II. The present international terminal was built in 1996. The airport serves as a diversion airport on Polar route 4.^[2][3]

As of 2017^[update], the airport has been used by Boeing to test cold weather starting of its aircraft.^{[4][needs update]}

The airport is named after Platon Oyunsky, a Yakut writer killed during the Great Purge.

Airlines and destinations

Ilyushin Il-76 parked at Yakutsk Airport.

Domodedovo Airlines Ilyushin Il-62M parked at Yakutsk Airport in 1998.

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise	Mirny, Molodo, Saskylakh
Polar Airlines	Batagay, Belaya Gora, Cherskiy, Chokurdakh, Moma, Nyurba, Olekminsk, Sakkyryr, Saskylakh, Srednekolymsk, Suntar, Tiksi, Ust-Kuyga, Ust-Maya, Verkhnevilyuisk, Vilyuisk, Zhigansk, Zyryanka
IrAero	Deputatskiy, Lensk, Olekminsk, Tiksi, Ust-Nera
Rossiya Airlines	Krasnoyarsk–International
S7 Airlines	Irkutsk, Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok
Yakutia Airlines	Blagoveschensk, Cherskiy, Deputatskiy, Harbin,[5] Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Mirny, Moscow–Vnukovo, Neryungri, Novosibirsk, Olekminsk, Olenek, Pevek, Polyarny, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Tiksi, Ulan-Ude (begins 4 September 2025),[6] Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Yakutia Airlines	Harbin[7]

Accidents and incidents

Before 1992, Aeroflot had a monopoly on Soviet domestic flights, and had a lot of accidents. At least a dozen deadly accidents happened on or near Yakutsk. See Aeroflot accidents and incidents.

• On 4 February 2010, Yakutia Airlines Flight 425, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-47360 suffered an engine failure on take-off for Olyokminsk Airport. During the subsequent landing, the nose and port main undercarriage were retracted, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.^[8]
• On 10 October 2018, Flight 414, operated by a Sukhoi Superjet 100 RA-89011, rode out from a runway on landing at Yakutsk Airport from Ulan-Ude. During the subsequent landing, the behind chassis of the aircraft were broken.^[9] No one was killed in the crash, but four people were hospitalised.^[10]