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Polyarny Airport is a remote Siberian airfield in Yakutia, serving the diamond-mining town of Udachny and operated as a base for the regional carrier ALROSA. Its huge single runway, designated as an emergency diversion field for cross-polar traffic between North America and Asia, makes it a distinctive stop for any simulator pilot exploring the far north of Russia.
Polyarny Airport lies in Yakutia (the Sakha Republic), Russia, serving the settlement of Udachny and operated by Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise as a hub for the regional carrier ALROSA, which supports the local diamond-mining industry. It is of interest to a simulator pilot both for its remoteness and for its official status as a designated emergency airfield for cross-polar traffic flying between North America and Asia, giving it an outsized runway for the volume of traffic it actually handles.
The airfield is located roughly 1 km west of the settlement of Novy and about 12 km west of Udachny, in the Yakutia (Sakha Republic) region of Russia. It sits within the area covered by an area control centre on 132.1 MHz, with a nearby CON/PMSV frequency of 127.2 MHz also listed for the field.
Polyarny has a single physical runway, 17/35, oriented almost due north-south. Both directions are listed at approximately 10,140-10,143 feet in length, with a hard paved surface, and both ends are lit.
An area control (ACC) frequency of 132.1 MHz is published for the airfield, along with a CON/PMSV meteorological frequency of 127.2 MHz. There is no ILS available at Polyarny.
The airfield lies close to the settlement of Novy, about 1 km to its west, and is situated roughly 12 km west of the town of Udachny, which serves as the principal nearby landmark for pilots orienting themselves toward the field.
Polyarny Airport was built with a gravel base measuring 4000 by 190 metres, of which the first 100 metres was unusable for takeoff, reflecting its origins as a rough-field Soviet-era airstrip serving the diamond-mining operations in this part of Yakutia. It has long been designated as an emergency airfield for cross-polar airline traffic operating between North America and Asia, a role that has shaped its long, substantial runway. The airport has served as a base for the regional carrier ALROSA, which is closely tied to the diamond industry that gives the area its economic importance.
Polyarny continues to serve as a base for ALROSA, with services also operated by IrAero, KrasAvia and Rossiya Airlines to destinations including Mirny, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, and seasonally Krasnoyarsk. It handles all types of aircraft and remains an important link for the diamond-mining town of Udachny.