Naryan-Mar Airport () is an airport in
Russia
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located 3 km east of
Naryan-Mar
Naryan-Mar (russian: Нарья́н-Мар; Nenets: Няръянa марˮ, ''Njarjana marꜧ'', literally "red town") is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the r ...
. It is a mixed civilian-military field, and is the only major facility airfield on the
Barents Sea
The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...
coast between
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...
and
Novaya Zemlya. It served as a rear operations air base for
Rogachevo air base on Novaya Zemlya. In 2017, 183,127 passengers traveled via this airport.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
See also
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References
RussianAirFields.com
External links
Russian Air Force bases
Soviet Air Force bases
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airports in Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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