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Alykel International Airport () is a large international airport in
/ref> Since Norilsk does not have road or railroad connections to the rest of the country, the airport is the main gateway to the city. It was constructed in 1964, when US reconnaissance satellites reported a new airfield with a runway west of Norilsk. This allowed the use of Norilsk as a staging base for Soviet bombers to reach the United States. This role continues to this day, with caretaker status provided by the Russian Air Force's OGA (Arctic Control Group). Norilsk also was served by
An electrified rail link Norilsk-Oktyabrskaya - Airport was operated from 1967-11-22 to 1998.
Krasnoyarsk Krai
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, Russia
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, located west of Norilsk
Norilsk ( rus, Нори́льск, p=nɐˈrʲilʲsk) is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisei, Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk is 300 ...
. Alykel is the only functional airfield near Norilsk. It handles medium-sized aircraft and is serviced by 24-hour operations. Since it is capable of handling wide-body jets, it is a diversion airport on Polar route 1.Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments/ref> Since Norilsk does not have road or railroad connections to the rest of the country, the airport is the main gateway to the city. It was constructed in 1964, when US reconnaissance satellites reported a new airfield with a runway west of Norilsk. This allowed the use of Norilsk as a staging base for Soviet bombers to reach the United States. This role continues to this day, with caretaker status provided by the Russian Air Force's OGA (Arctic Control Group). Norilsk also was served by
interceptor aircraft
An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft that are c ...
under the 57 IAP (57th Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO), which in 1991 had 24 Sukhoi Su-15
The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s. The Su-15 was designed to replace t ...
TM aircraft.
The airport received international status on 1 February 2023.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Accidents and incidents
* On 16 November 1981, Aeroflot Flight 3603, aTupolev Tu-154
The Tupolev Tu-154 (; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, ...
, crashed while attempting to land at Norilsk Airport. Ninety-nine of the 167 passengers and crew on board were killed in the accident.
* On 9 January 2024, NordStar Airlines Flight 207, a 737-800, experienced a runway excursion upon landing on runway 19. None of the occupants onboard were injured.
Rail link to airport
An electrified rail link Norilsk-Oktyabrskaya - Airport was operated from 1967-11-22 to 1998.
References
Soviet Long Range Aviation Arctic staging bases Russian Air Force bases Soviet Air Defence Force bases Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Krasnoyarsk Krai Norilsk {{authority control