Palana Airport

Palana Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Палана) (ICAO: UHPL) is an airport in Koryak Okrug, Russia located 4 km west of Palana. It services small transports. There is also the Palana New Airport, which appeared to be under construction around 2000 in Google Earth imagery.

Palana Airport

Аэропорт Палана
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationPalana
Elevation AMSL112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates59°4′54″N 159°53′18″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 4,724 1,440 Asphalt

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Incidents and accidents

  • On 12 September 2012, an An-28 operated by Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise as Flight 251 [1] crashed whilst on a domestic flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana Airport, killing ten of 14 people.

References

  1. "RA-28715 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 12 September 2012.


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