UWKJ
Yoshkar-Ola Airport
IFR
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Name
Yoshkar-Ola Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
UWKJ / JOK / UWKJ
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
6:09 am (MSK)
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Municipality
Yoshkar-Ola
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Coordinates
56° 42′ 2″ N 47° 54′ 16″ E
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Elevation
348 ft (106 m MSL)
About Yoshkar-Ola Airport
Yoshkar-Ola Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Йошкар-Ола) (IATA: JOK, ICAO: UWKJ) is an airport in Mari El Republic, Russia, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Yoshkar-Ola and 800 kilometres (500 mi) from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME).
As a category 2 airport (based on an MAK classification), it handles Tupolev Tu-134, Yakovlev Yak-42 and smaller aircraft.
The airport is the base for Yoshkar-Ola Joint Aviation Group.