Lensk Airport is a public

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Lensk Lensk ( rus, Ленск, p=lʲɛnsk; sah, Лиэнскэй, ''Lienskey'') is a town and the administrative center of Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 24,966. Geography Lensk is loca ...

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for

Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise CJSC "Air Company ALROSA" (russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания АЛРОСА», ''ZAO «Aviakompanija ALROSA»''; sah, Алроса авиахампанньа, ''Alrosa aviaxampannya''), formerly ''Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise'' (Alrosa Air ...

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

*On 4 July 2012, a helicopter operated by

UTair Aviation Utair (russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «ЮТэйр») () is a Russian airline with its head office at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport while its hubs are at Surgut International Airport and Vnukovo International Airport. It operates scheduled ...

for an oil and gas company crashed in a remote area about 4 kilometers from the runway of Lensk Airport. The wreckage was found several hours later and three bodies were recovered, with the fourth person also presumed killed. The cause was not immediately known, but UTair grounded all aircraft at Lensk Airport pending an investigation into the quality of fuel supply at the airport.

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Airports in the Sakha Republic {{Russia-airport-stub