Magan Airport Аэропорт Маган | |
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Summary | |
Airport type | Public |
Operator | SakhaAvia |
Location | Magan |
Elevation AMSL | 176 m / 577 ft |
Coordinates | 62°06′26″N 129°32′36″E / 62.10722°N 129.54333°E |
Maps | |
Sakha Republic in Russia | |
Magan Airport ( Russian: Аэропорт Маган; Yakut: Маҕан аэропорда, Mağan aeroporda) ( IATA: GYG, ICAO: UEMM) serves the village of Magan, a few kilometers west of Yakutsk, in Russia.
Until the early 1980s, Yakutsk/Magan was monitored as one of nine Arctic staging bases capable of handling the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) bomber. [3]