Seymchan Airport

Seymchan Airport Аэропорт Сеймчан
IATA: none ICAO: UHMS LID: СМЧ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Seymchan (urban-type settlement)
Elevation AMSL	679 ft / 207 m
Coordinates	62°55′12″N 152°25′19″E / 62.92000°N 152.42194°E / 62.92000; 152.42194
Map
Seymchan Airport Location in Magadan Oblast
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 5,315 1,620 Asphalt

Seymchan Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Сеймчан) (ICAO: UHMS) is an airport in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located two kilometers southeast of Seymchan.

The runway is well-maintained. The facility is marked as military on some US DoD charts.

Airlines and Destinations

Commercial trips by helicopter are made from this airport to arranged destinations in the wilderness, for example, for hunters.

History

Seymchan Airport connected Zyryanka West Airport (UESU) to Oymyakon on the ALSIB Alaska-Siberian air route during the World War II Lend-Lease program.

Incidents and accidents

Commercial flights from Seymchan to nearby remote areas using the local forest fire protection service's Mi-8 helicopters are routine.

• On 15 September 2007, one such flight crashed on the Suruktash mountain while on its way to deliver paying passengers to the vicinity of the Burgali river. 6 people died, and one, the craft's commander, survived with severe burns. The wreck and the survivor were spotted by another Mi-8, and the victim was flown to Seymchan for transport to a hospital.^[1]

References

This page was last edited on 15 November 2023, at 08:49