Tynda Sigikta Airport is an airport in

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located 16 km north of

Tynda Tynda (russian: Ты́нда) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in ...

. It is an intermediate class of airfield with several large buildings, probably capable of handling jet traffic.

History

The history of the airport as a standalone runway built during the

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years, where American planes which flown from Alaska stopped to refuel. As the airport opened in 1965, to October 26, 1974, opens regular flights from Komsomolsk-on-Amur -

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- Tynda. Over 1974 passengers were sent to 6592, and in connection with the construction of the

Baikal–Amur Mainline The Baikal–Amur Mainline (russian: Байкало-Амурская магистраль, , , ) is a broad-gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the -long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 4 ...

by 1975 the airport already 23,830 passengers passed in the airport. From 1988 to 1992 the reconstruction was taking place with the construction of the terminal, which includes a terminal with a capacity of 100 people per hour, ticket hall, snack bar, lounge with 500 seats, lounges, navigation and meteorological service. the runway has been increased to 1923 meters (the project up to 3000 m).

Airlines and destinations

References

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