UOHH
Khatanga Airport
UNK
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Name
Khatanga Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
UOHH / HTG / UOHH
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
5:50 pm (KRAT)
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Municipality
Khatanga
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Coordinates
71° 58′ 41″ N 102° 29′ 27″ E
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Elevation
98 ft (30 m MSL)
About Khatanga Airport
Khatanga Airport (IATA: HTG, ICAO: UOHH) is an airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) southeast of Khatanga. It is a major airfield servicing medium-sized airliners. Interceptor aircraft were based here in the 1970s, and the airfield may have been home to deployments from Bratsk. Today it serves as a hub for North Pole tourist expeditions via Sredny Ostrov; however, the Arctic regions still remain sensitive military zones and Khatanga is the first stop requiring entry permission from Federal Security Service border guards.
One of its uses is as a diversion airport if a twin-engine airliner experiences engine problems while flying over Siberia; however, the airport is only equipped for landings during good weather.