Varandey Airport
Airport located in Varandey, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Varandey Airport (IATA: VRI, ICAO: ULDW) is an airport in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It serves the Varandey [ru] settlement on the Arctic coast of the Nenets district and the development of the Prirazlomnoye oil field.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 68°50′52″N 058°11′55″E | ||||||||||
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It is capable of accepting aircraft of the third class (An-24, An-26, L-410, Yak-40 and the like) and other types of aircraft of the 3rd class, helicopters of all types. The maximum take-off weight of an aircraft is 25 tons. Classification number of runway (PCN) 18 / F / D / Y / T.
The airport is used by Gazpromavia for delivery of personnel to the Prirazlomnaya OIRFP, where a helicopter platform operates since 2010, with primary connections to Arkhangelsk and Orenburg.