Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport
Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport
Ugolny Airport (Chukot: ???????? ????????????, Russian: ???????? ????????) (also Leninka, Ugolnyye Kopi, Ugolnoye) (IATA: DYR, ICAO: UHMA) is a mixed-use military and civil airfield in the Russian Far East located 11 km east of Anadyr, separated from the town by the waters of Anadyrsky Liman. The airfield was originally constructed in the 1950s as a staging base for Long Range Aviation bombers such as the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-22M. During the Cold War years it became the primary hub for civilian flights in the Chukotka region. In May 2019, the airport was named in honor of the Chukchi writer Yuri Rytkheu.
Location
64.735°N, 177.741°E · 59 m s. n. m. (194 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The Soviet-built Ilyushin Il-62 was a workhorse of the route from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Anadyr for many decades. There is occasional charter aircraft service from Nome, Alaska, to Anadyr.
Anadyr was featured in the American novel Flight of the Old Dog.
In 2018, 102,806 passengers passed through this airport.
On 3 January 2020, United States pilot Matt Guthmiller posted a video of his experience entering the Chukotka Autonomous region without the correct documentation after landing his plane at DYR.
Incidents and accidents
On 2 July 2013, a Korean Air Boeing 777-300 performing a scheduled flight from Chicago to Seoul made an emergency landing at Ugolny after one of its engines failed in flight.
On the morning of 4 March 2019, an Air China Boeing 777-300ER performing a scheduled flight from Beijing to Los Angeles made an emergency landing at Ugolny due to a fire alarm later confirmed false. All of the 10 evacuation slides deployed.
Airlines operating here · 4
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Dzerod at Russian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport (DYR). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DYR
MLA
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Chicago
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BibTeX
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title = {{Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport (DYR)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DYR}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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