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Magadan Airport
Airport Directory » Russia » Magadan » Magadan AirportAirport information for Magadan AirportCountry: RussiaLocation: Magadan Coordinates: 59.55.00N / 150.43.00E IATA Code: GDX Timezone: GMT +11 Direct flights form Magadan Airport Direct flights to Magadan Airport Find connecting flights to Magadan Airport Find connecting flights from Magadan Airport |
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Sokol Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сокол) (IATA: GDX, ICAO: UHMM) is an airport in Sokol in Magadan Oblast, Russia. The airport is turn up 70 kilometre (43 mi) northward of the Magadan town centre. The airport is sometimes confounded with Dolinsk-Sokol air ground, which was place to the scrapper that land Korean Air Flight 007.
In 1991, the city derived exposure to the Western world with the startup of Alaska Airlines voyages to the United States using McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jet plane. According to an anecdotal narration print in the New York Times, the 1st Alaska Airlines voyage necessitated defrosting services, which were unavailable, so the voyage crew get a amount of vodka and sprayed it onto the wings. In 1995 the air hose menaced to stop Russian service due to troubles with contract workers. Alaska Airlines voyages into Magadan and elsewhere in Russia were held in October 1998 shortly after the 1998 Russian fiscal crisis, which rendered the paths unprofitable.
Aeroflot suspended voyages to Sokol airport on February 1, 2009, due to the be after remotion from service of the Tu-154 aircraft. Aeroflot referred the want of enfranchisement of the airport in the credence and servicing of more modern aircraft, such as the Airbus A320 and Airbus A330, as the primary ground for the suspension of voyages. It will restart service on March 30, 2009.
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