Seymchan Airport is an airport

Airport

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 in Magadan Oblast

Magadan Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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 located two kilometers southeast of Seymchan

Seymchan (urban-type settlement)

Seymchan is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Srednekansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. Population: -Local geography:...

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The runway is well-maintained. The facility is marked as military on some US DoD charts. Commercial trips by helicopter are made from this airport to arranged destinations in the wilderness, for example, for hunters.

Seymchan Airport connected Zyryanka West Airport

Zyryanka West Airport

Zyryanka West Airport is an airport in Russia located 8 km west of Zyryanka.It is used rarely, when main Zyryanka airport cannot be used....

 (UESU) to Oymyakon

Oymyakon

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 during the World War II

World War II

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 Lend-Lease

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 program.

Incidents and accidents

Commercial flights from Seymchan to nearby remote areas using the local forest fire protection service's Mi-8

Mil Mi-8

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 helicopter

Helicopter

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s are routine.

• On 15 September 2007 one such flight crashed on the Suruktash mountain while on its way to deliver paying passengers to the vicinity of the Burgali river. 6 people died, and one, the craft's commander, survived with severe burns. The wreck and the survivor were spotted by another Mi-8, and the victim was flown to Seymchan for transport to a hospital.