Igarka Airport
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Igarka Airport is an airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai
, Russia
located 3 km south of Igarka
. It accommodates medium-sized airliners. The facility is fully paved and well-maintained, however is isolated on an island and depends on ice crossing or ferry service.
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
located 3 km south of Igarka
Igarka
Igarka is an town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. It is also a port on the Yenisei River, located away from the river's mouth...
. It accommodates medium-sized airliners. The facility is fully paved and well-maintained, however is isolated on an island and depends on ice crossing or ferry service.
Accidents and incidents
- On 3 August 2010, KatekaviaKatekaviaKatekavia is a regional airline in Russia. It is based out of Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport, the domestic airport serving Krasnoyarsk.-History:The airline started operations in 1995 and operates regional flights out of Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport....
Flight 9375Katekavia Flight 9357Katekavia Flight 9357 was a domestic flight operating from Krasnoyarsk to Igarka in Russia that crashed in the early hours of 3 August 2010, killing twelve out of the fifteen people on board the aircraft.-Accident:...
crashed on approach to Igarka. Twelve of the 15 people on board were killed.