Amderma Airport
Amderma Амдерма | |||||||||||
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AMSL 13 ft / 4 m | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 69°45′48″N 61°33′48″E / 69.76333°N 61.56333°E | ||||||||||
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  AMV Location of airport in Nenets Autonomous Okrug | |||||||||||
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Amderma Airport (IATA: AMV, ICAO: ULDD) is a former interceptor base in Arctic Russia, near Novaya Zemlya, located 4 km west of Amderma (Амдерма). It is a simple airfield built on a spit along the ocean, with some tarmac space.
The facility's prime purpose was to defend the northern approaches to European Russia. Amderma's significance was driven home during the
Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-19 were stationed here in the 1960s.[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Smartavia | Naryan-Mar |
Nordavia used to operate twice-monthly flights to Arkhangelsk via Naryan-Mar using Antonov An-24 aircraft.[3]
References
- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ "Mezhdunarodniy Proekt Dmitriy Smirnova". Army.lv. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ^ "Nordavia timetable". Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
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