Vitim Airport
| Vitim Airport | |
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| IATA: - – ICAO: UERT | |
| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Serves | Vitim |
| Elevation AMSL | 610 ft / 186 m |
| Coordinates | 59°27′28″N 112°33′46″E / 59.45778°N 112.56278°ECoordinates: 59°27′28″N 112°33′46″E / 59.45778°N 112.56278°E |
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Source: Our Airports web site[1] | |
Vitim Airport is a public use airport built in Vitim, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia[1] during World War II for the Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.[2]
Airlines and destinations
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References
- 1 2 Vitim Airport Retrieved 2009-12-02
- ↑ Lebedev, Igor Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia Nova Publishers (1997) pp.44-49
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