Sokol airport Magadan (Magadan Sokol Airport). Official site.

Magadan Sokol International Airport provides services for passenger aircraft of Russian domestic flights, in particular between the Magadan region, Siberia, the Far East airports. Today Sokol Magadan airport is a dynamic air transport unit, as evidenced by its popularity among many Russian carriers.

Runway Sokol Magadan International Airport

Sokol Airport Magadan has in its composition a runway concrete runway, total length of 3452 meters and a width of 59.5 meters. These features allow the runway to take aircraft type An-74, An-124, IL-76, Tu-204, Boeing 747 and other, lighter air assets, including absolutely all types of helicopters.

Great length of the runway is connected with the fact that the airport Magadan Sokol can be based not only civil aircraft and aircraft of the Air Forces of the Russian Federation.

Infrastructure Sokol Magadan International Airport

Sokol Airport Magadan has a very well developed infrastructure.

On the territory of the airport there are:

Shops and market places;
A cafe;
Room mother and child;
Pharmacy;
Branch for temporary baggage storage;
Business Facilities;
ATM;
Superior Room;
Hotel;
Parking of motor vehicles.

In addition, hotels and places of temporary residence are also located near to the city of Magadan:

Hotel "Ocean";
Hotel "Magadan";
Hotel "VM-Central."

Get to Magadan Sokol International Airport is one of the following methods:

Shuttle bus, with an interval of motion 30-40 minutes and fare in 108 rubles;
Taxi.

The route network Sokol Magadan International Airport

To date, the international airport Sokol Magadan actively cooperates with seven Russian air carriers, including such airlines as "Yakutia","Transaero","VIM Avia","Siberia" and others. From the airport offers flights to Moscow, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok and other Russian cities. In the near future the authorities Sokol Magadan airport intends to cooperate with the companies that implement the international air service.

Accidents

In late June, the 1969 near the airport Magadan crashed aircraft models IL-14, belonging to "Aeroflot". The cockpit was Zavolochye black toxic smoke, which was the cause of the accident. The pilot is unconscious as a result of poisoning, so the emergency landing was out of control. The incident resulted in lost 3 person.

Second October 1973 the aircraft company "Aeroflot" crashed near the airport "Falcon". The cause of the disaster was the An-12B poor control of the crew landing conditions, improper entry to the second round and neglect Manager to adjust the course of the aircraft. As a result of a combination of factors plane crashed into a mountain range. All 10 people on board were killed.

Basic data:

It serves regional flights in the north of the Russian Far East in the city of Magadan.
Airport coordinates: latitude 59.91, longitude 150.72.
GMT time zone (winter / summer): + 12 / + 12.
Country Airport location: Russia.
Number of airport terminals: 1.
IATA airport code: GDX.
ICAO airport code: UHMM.
Internal code: MDS.
Based airlines: Iraero (IrAero), Chukotavia (Chukotavia)