Susuman Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Susuman | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,129 ft / 649 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 62°46′0″N 148°8′48″E / 62.76667°N 148.14667°E / 62.76667; 148.14667 | ||||||||||
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Location in Magadan Oblast | |||||||||||
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Susuman Airport (ICAO: UHMH) is a minor airport built 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of SusumaninMagadan Oblast, Russia
It was built during World War II for the Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.[2] The airport closed about 1998 and the control tower was converted to an Orthodox church and the airport's main building to a monastery.
The airport reopened in 2012 serving 4 flights a week to Magadan's Sokol Airport.[3]
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SiLA Airlines | Magadan |
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