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Yamburg Airport

Yamburg, Russia

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USMQ

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108 ft

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Location

Yamburg · YAN · Russia

Position

67.987°, 75.098° · 108 ft elev.

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Remote Arctic airfield serving Russia's Yamburg gas fields.

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Yamburg, Russia

Yamburg Airport (ICAO: USMQ) is a small, remote airfield located near Yamburg, a settlement in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of northwestern Siberia, Russia. The airport serves the Yamburg gas and condensate field, one of the largest natural gas deposits in the world, operated primarily by Gazprom subsidiary Yamburgazdobycha. The airport functions primarily as an industrial facility supporting shift workers and personnel involved in natural gas extraction operations rather than as a commercial passenger hub. Due to its location well above the Arctic Circle, operations are subject to extreme cold-weather conditions for much of the year. The airport is not open to general public commercial travel and does not have a published IATA code, reflecting its status as a dedicated industrial airfield rather than a civilian commercial airport.

Getting to & from

Ground transport at Yamburg is limited to industrial vehicles and company-arranged transfers, as the settlement is not accessible by public road from the broader Russian road network.

Airlines here

Charter and company-operated flights primarily serve Gazprom-affiliated personnel rather than scheduled commercial airline services.

Notable facts

›Located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, well above the Arctic Circle.
›Serves one of the world's largest natural gas fields, the Yamburg gas and condensate deposit.
›Primarily used for shift-rotation flights for industrial workers.
›Has no assigned IATA code, reflecting its non-commercial status.
›Extreme Arctic weather conditions pose significant operational challenges year-round.

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Yamburg Airport is a small airport in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 21 kilometres (13 mi) northwest of Yamburg. It services medium-sized airliners and helicopters of all types. The Yamburg area is located in remote area of northern Siberia in the Vorkuta region and is 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Cape Kameny Cape.

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Yamburg Airport

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