UNKK
Krasnoyarsk Severniy Airport
VFR
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Name
Krasnoyarsk Severniy Airport
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ICAO
UNKK
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- Region
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Timezone
10:24 am (KRAT)
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Municipality
Krasnoyarsk
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Coordinates
56° 2′ 30″ N 92° 54′ 24″ E
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Elevation
676 ft (206 m MSL)
About Krasnoyarsk Severniy Airport
Krasnoyarsk Northeast was an air base in Russia located 4 km northeast of Krasnoyarsk. The airfield was the western end of the ALSIB Alaska-Siberia air route for Lend-Lease aircraft during World War II including Bell P-39 Airacobras and North American B-25 Mitchells. After the end of World War II, air base was converted in Krasnoyarsk-Severniy Airport, which was used until 1988. In the early 1990th, the former airfield has been converted into apartment complexes. There was an Antonov An-2 maintenance facility, which is now gone. It was a utilitarian airfield with An-2, An-24, and An-6 aircraft, probably now based at Krasnoyarsk Yemelyanovo Airport.