Orlik Airport
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Orlik Airport | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public / military |
| Owner | Russian Federation |
| Serves | Orlik |
| Location | Orlik, Russia |
| Opened | 1951 |
| Closed | 1993 |
Passenger services ceased | 1992 |
| Coordinates | 52°30′25″N 99°49′14″E / 52.507032°N 99.820448°E |
| Map | |
.svg)  Orlik Airport Location within Republic of Buryatia  Orlik Airport Location within Russia | |
Orlik Airport (Buryat: Орлик Аэропорт) is a former airport in Buryatia, Russia. It provided a vital transportation link to the Okinsky District before the construction of a road from Mondy.
History
[edit]Land was cleared for an airfield in the village of Orlik in 1951. The runway was designed to handle Antonov An-2 and Polikarpov Po-2 type aircraft for passenger, cargo and medical flights.[1] Typically, this airfield served flights to Kyren.[2] In 1970, a larger airport was built near the village of Sayany, some 28 km (17 mi) north of Orlik. This had a 1,200 m (3,900 ft) runway that was capable of handling larger aircraft such as the Lisunov Li-2 and Antonov An-24[1] that allowed direct flights to Ulan-Ude when weather permitted.[2] As construction progressed of the Mondy-Orlik road, a transfer service between Orlik and Kyren was introduced in the 1980s using off-road vehicles during inclement weather to mitigate against the frequent closure of the airfields.[2]
The two airports served Orlik simultaneously until the liquidation of Buryat Airlines in 1993. As of 2021, neither site remains in operation as a registered airport. The Orlik town runway still exists in the town but is not in use,[2] while the longer "Oka" runway near Sayany is listed only as a "landing ground".[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Kuklina, Maria; Savvinova, Antonina; Filippova, Viktoria; Krasnoshtanova, Natalia; Bogdanov, Viktor; Fedorova, Alla; Kobylkin, Dmitrii; Trufanov, Andrey; Dashdor, Zolzaya (2022). "Sustainability and Resilience of Indigenous Siberian Communities under the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure Transformation". Sustainability. 14 (6253). doi:10.3390/su14106253. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - 1 2 3 4 Varfolomeeva, Anna (2020). "Lines in the Sacred Landscape: The Entanglement of Roads, Resources, and Informal Practices in Buriatiia". Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies. 19 (2): 27–49. doi:10.3167/sib.2020.190203. Retrieved 27 August 2026.