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Sokol Airport



Sokol Airport
Аэропорт Сокол
IATA: GDX – ICAO: UHMM
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator FSUE "Airport Magadan"
Location Magadan
Elevation AMSL 574 ft / 175 m
Coordinates 59°54′40″N 150°43′14″E / 59.91111°N 150.72056°E / 59.91111; 150.72056Coordinates: 59°54′40″N 150°43′14″E / 59.91111°N 150.72056°E / 59.91111; 150.72056
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 11,326 3,452 Concrete

Sokol Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сокол) (IATA: GDX, ICAO: UHMM) is an airport in Sokol in Magadan Oblast, Russia. The airport is located 70 km (43 mi) north of the Magadan city center. The airport is sometimes confused with Dolinsk-Sokol air base, which was home to the fighters that shot down Korean Air Flight 007.

In 1991, the town gained exposure to the Western world with the inauguration of Alaska Airlines flights to the United States using McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets. According to an anecdotal story published in the New York Times, the first Alaska Airlines flight needed deicing services, which were unavailable, so the flight crew acquired a quantity of vodka and sprayed it onto the wings. In 1995 the airline threatened to discontinue Russian service due to difficulties with contract workers. Alaska Airlines flights into Magadan and elsewhere in Russia were halted in October 1998 shortly after the 1998 Russian financial crisis, which rendered the routes unprofitable.

Aeroflot suspended flights to Sokol airport on February 1, 2009, due to the planned removal from service of the Tu-154 aircraft. Aeroflot cited the lack of certification of the airport in the acceptance and servicing of more modern aircraft, such as the Airbus A320 and Airbus A330, as the primary reason for the suspension of flights. It resumed service on March 30, 2009.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Chukotavia Anadyr [seasonal], Keperve'em, Markovo, Omolon
Region Avia Airlines Omsukchan, Evensk
S7 Airlines Irkutsk [seasonal], Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo [seasonal]
Transaero Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo
Yakutia Airlines Evensk, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar [seasonal], Moscow-Vnukovo, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo [seasonal], Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yakutsk
Vladivostok Air Khabarovsk, Vladivostok


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General Info
Country Russia
ICAO ID UHMM
Time UTC+11(+12DT)
Latitude 59.910989
59° 54' 39.56" N
Longitude 150.720439
150° 43' 13.58" E
Elevation 574 feet
175 meters
Type Civil
Magnetic Variation 011° W (01/06)
Operating Agency CIVIL GOVERNMENT, (LANDING FEES AND DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE MAY BE REQUIRED)
Near City Magadan
Operating Hours SEE REMARKS FOR OPERATING HOURS OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSSIBLE HOURS
Daylight Saving Time Last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October


Communications
MAGADAN TWR
Opr HO.
120.8
MAGADAN VOLMET
Opr HO.
126.2
ATIS
Opr HO.
127.4
MAGADAN APP
Opr HO.
126.9
124.0
129.0


Runways
ID Dimensions Surface PCN ILS
10/28 11326 x 195 feet
3452 x 59 meters
CONCRETE. 032RAXT NO


Navaids
Type ID Name Channel Freq Distance From Field Bearing From Navaid
NDB WA MAGADAN - 375 3.1 NM 284.5


Remarks
FUEL (NC-TS1)
OPR HOURS Opr 2200-1000Z++.
RSTD First 328' of Rwy 10 unuse for tkof.



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