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Irkutsk Airport
Airport Directory » Russia » Irkutsk » Irkutsk AirportIrkutsk Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Иркутск) (IATA: IKT, ICAO: UIII) is an airport in the center of Irkutsk, Russia. As of 2006, a new rider depot is about pass completion. In the meanwhile a 1960s ex-international depot is being used for both international and domestic going while domestic reaches are dealt in a little shed-like building by the side.
Due to its propinquity to the Angara Reservoir, the airport savours a particular microclimate with foggy weather condition being prevalent for most of the yr. The airport is frequently closed due to inclemency statuses, with Bratsk Airport assisting as a recreation airport. In pinches, like the 1 in Summer 2006, when the only landing track was closed after the S7 crash (see beneath), incoming aeroplanes is able to also be deviate to the landing track of the nearby Irkut air power constitute, where Sukhoi scrapper and the Beriev Be-200 are brought forth.
As of November 2006, programmes are afoot to relocate the airport to Klyuchevaya, some 24 kilometre from the town of Angarsk. Construction is slated to set about in 2008.
1,020,000 riders moved through Irkutsk International Airport in 2007.
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