🇷🇺 Belaya Gora Airport

Belaya Gora Airport (IATA: BGN, ICAO: UESG) is a public regional airport located in Belaya Gora, Abyysky District, Sakha Republic, Russia, serving as the administrative center for the district,).

Notable Features and History:

• The airport's history began in 1955 with an airfield in the village of Druzhina, with construction of the current airport starting in 1974.
• The first turboprop aircraft, an An-26, landed in 1974.
• A 2,000-meter runway was put into operation on June 12, 1982, allowing for regular flights by An-26, An-24, and An-12 aircraft.
• A new two-story terminal building officially opened in February 1984.
• The airport is operated by FKP "Airports of the North").
• It has a single gravel runway (07/25) measuring 2000m x 60m).
• The airport is equipped with radio-technical support including an automatic radio direction finder (ARP-7S) and a non-directional beacon (BPRM-71).
• It can accommodate aircraft such as An-12, An-24, An-26, An-74, and other 3rd and 4th class aircraft, as well as all types of helicopters,).

Current Status: Belaya Gora Airport provides regular flights to Yakutsk, the regional center, and other flights within the region,). Polar Airlines operates flights to Yakutsk and several local destinations including Abyy, Keng-Kyuyol, Kuberganya, Desku, and Syagannakh,). Yakutia Airlines also offers flights to Yakutsk). The airport handles resupply, mail, charter, and medevac flights.

*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, sever.aero, ru.wikipedia.org, freight-academy.com*