Kirensk Airport

Kirensk Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Киренск) (IATA: KCK, ICAO: UIKK) is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located 3 km west of Kirensk. It handles small transport aircraft. This airfield was part of the Yakutsk-Kirensk-Krasnoyarsk leg of the World War II Lend-Lease program Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route.[1] Angara Airlines serves scheduled flight to Irkutsk six times a week.

Kirensk Airport

Аэропорт Киренск
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationKirensk
Elevation AMSL840 ft / 256 m
Coordinates57°46′22″N 108°03′39″E
Map
KCK
Location of the KCK airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 5,118 1,560 Asphalt

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Angara Airlines Irkutsk

References

  1. Lebedev, Igor Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia Nova Publishers (1997) pp.44-49


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