Seymchan Airport (russian: Аэропорт Сеймчан) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

in Magadan Oblast,

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located two kilometers southeast of Seymchan. The runway is well-maintained. The facility is marked as

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on some

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charts.

Airlines and Destinations

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 Zyryanka West Airport is an airport in Russia, located west of Zyryanka, Verkhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic of Russia. It was built during World War II for the Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB ALSIB (or the Northern Trace) was the Soviet U ...

(UESU) to

Oymyakon Oymyakon, ; sah, Өймөкөөн, ''Öymököön'', is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, northwest of Tomtor on the Koly ...

on the

ALSIB ALSIB (or the Northern Trace) was the Soviet Union portion of the Alaska- Siberian air road receiving Lend-Lease aircraft from the Northwest Staging Route. Aircraft manufactured in the United States were flown over this route for World War II c ...

Alaska-Siberian air route during the

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Lend-Lease program.

Incidents and accidents

Commercial flights from Seymchan to nearby remote areas using the local forest fire protection service's

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s are routine. *On 15 September 2007 one such flight crashed on the Suruktash mountain while on its way to deliver paying passengers to the vicinity of the Burgali 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."Missing Mi-8 crashed in Magadan region, six die"
''ITAR-TASS News Agency'', 16 September 2007. Accessed 2007-09-16.

References

{{authority control Soviet Air Force bases Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Magadan Oblast Cultural heritage monuments in Magadan Oblast Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance