Irkutsk Northwest Airport

Irkutsk Northwest Airport is an airport in Russia located 11 km northwest of Irkutsk. It is a flyaway airfield for the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, and has no parallel taxiways. It is also known as Irkutsk II airport, and occasionally serves as a diversion airport for the main Irkutsk Airport which is often fog-bound.

For other uses, see Irkutsk (disambiguation).
Irkutsk Northwest
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationIrkutsk
Elevation AMSL1,470 ft / 448 m
Coordinates52°22′6″N 104°11′0″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 8,202 2,500 Concrete

History

In 1932, the factory Irkutsk Aircraft Plant Stalin 125 was built here, and was expanded in 1941 during World War II.[1] By the 1960s it was known as Irkutsk Airframe Plant 39.[1] and was observed by Western satellites in August 1962. It produced the Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle, the Antonov An-12 Cub, the Yakovlev Yak-28 Brewer, and the Antonov An-24 Coke.[1] By the late 1970s the factory was involved in production of the MiG-23U (Flogger C) and ground attack MiG-23B (Flogger D/F), and produced components for the Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire bomber.[1] The factory is now known as the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.

Accidents and Incidents
  • On 6 December 1997, a Russian Air Force Antonov An-124-100 en route to Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam, crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff.[2]

References
  1. Irkutsk Airframe Plant 39, April 1979, National Photographic Interpretation Center, Washington, DC.
  2. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 124-100 RA-82005 Irkutsk-2 Airport". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-04-11.



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