Aeroport, Oymyakonsky District, Sakha Republic

Aeroport (Russian: Аэропорт) is a rural locality (a selo), and one of four settlements in Borogonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to Tomtor, the administrative center of the Rural Okrug, Agayakan and Kuydusun. It is located 572 kilometers (355 mi) from Ust-Nera, the administrative center of the district and 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from Tomtor. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 61.[1]

Aeroport Аэропорт
Selo[1]
Location of Aeroport
Aeroport Location of Aeroport Aeroport Aeroport (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 63°14′44″N 143°11′02″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Oymyakonsky District[1]
Rural okrug	Second Borogonsky Rural Okrug[1]
Population
• Estimate  (2002)[1]	61
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Oymyakonsky Municipal District[2]
• Rural settlement	Second Borogonsky Rural Settlement[2]
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 [3])
Postal code(s)[4]	678750
OKTMO ID	98639410111

The Oymyakon Airport, that gives the village its name, was built during the Second World War as part of the ALSIB route for transferring Lend-Lease aircraft from the United States to the Soviet Union.[5] It has an unpaved runway of 1900 metres length.[6] In 1961, a cargo flight from Yakutsk to Omyakon crashed en route, with no survivors.[7] In the 1990s, Oymyakon had scheduled flights operated by Sakha Avia[8] but these no longer operate. The disused terminal building was still standing as of 2018, however.

References

Notes

1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
2. Law #173-Z 353-III
3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
4. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
5. Lebedev, Igor (1997). Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia. Nova Publishers. pp. 44–49.
6. https://airportnavfinder.com/airport/UEMJ/
7. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610922-1
8. http://www.somerikko.net/travel/oymyakon.html

Sources

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Oymyakonsky District. (in Russian)
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).