Ust-Kut Airport

Ust-Kut Airport is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia which is located 9 km north of Ust-Kut. It services short-haul routes and links the town to Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Facilities
The airport is operational by schedule. A small airport terminal is able to service 50 pax per hour, but it's enough for operation needments.

A runway is equipped lighting navigational aids and an instrument landing system. It allows aircraft to perform flights whatever weather conditions.

The airport can handle such aircraft as Let L-410, Antonov An-2, Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-30, Antonov An-32, Antonov An-72, Antonov An-74, ATR-42, ATR-72, CRJ-200, Yakovlev Yak-40, Antonov An-140, Antonov An-148, Yakovlev Yak-42, Ilyushin Il-76.

Accidents and incidents

 * On 5 March 1970 an aircraft Lisunov Li-2 (registration number CCCP-58340) of Aeroflot airlines crashed after take-off due to shifting of cargo.
 * On 17 December 1976 an aircraft Yakovlev Yak-40 (CCCP-88208) of Aeroflot airlines struck trees, crashed and burst into flames. Aircrew errors and poor ground staff service led to an air disaster. All passengers and crew died.
 * On 17 August 2022 an Angara Airlines Antonov AN-24 crash-landed, after its wingtip struck the runway surface upon landing.