PYJUERP

Polyarny Airport

Yakutia, Russia · Asia

Asia Asia/Yakutsk

6direct destinations

5airlines

1runway

3,100 mLongest runway

Polyarny Airport (Yakut: ???????? ????????, romanized: Polyarnay aeroport; Russian: ???????? ????????) (IATA: PYJ, ICAO: UERP) (also Udachnaya or Poliarny) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia, located 1 km west of Novy and about 12 km west of Udachny. It services all types of aircraft. The airfield is built on a 4000 x 190 m gravel base, with the first 100 m of runway unusable for takeoff. It is designated as an emergency airfield for cross-polar airline traffic between North America and Asia. The airport serves as base for regional airline ALROSA.

Location

66.400°N, 112.030°E · 506 m s. n. m. (1.660 ft)

General data

CountryRussia

CityYakutia

IATA codePYJ

ICAO codeUERP

Coordinates66.400°N, 112.030°E

Elevation506 m s. n. m. (1.660 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Yakutsk

Runways1

Longest runway3,100 m

Direct destinations6

Runways · 1

17/35

Length3,100 m10,171 ft

Width42 m138 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Area control (center)

132.100CON

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

Airlines operating here · 5

Other airlines with direct routes

ALROSA Air Company IrAero KrasAvia Rossiya Yakutia Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Polyarny Airport (PYJ). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PYJ

MLA

“Polyarny Airport (PYJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PYJ. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Polyarny Airport (PYJ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PYJ (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_pyj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Polyarny Airport (PYJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PYJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PYJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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