Vanavara Airport
Vanavara, Russia

Vanavara Airport
Remote Siberian gateway serving the Tunguska wilderness region.
- ›Vanavara is one of the closest inhabited settlements to the 1908 Tunguska event site, roughly 65 km away.
- ›The settlement and airport are accessible primarily by air, as no paved road connects Vanavara to major cities.
- ›The airport serves the Evenki District, one of the most sparsely populated regions in Russia.
- ›Operations are subject to severe weather conditions typical of central Siberia, including extreme cold in winter.
- ›The airport uses ICAO code UNIW and IATA code VAQ.
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Vanavara Airport is an airport in Russia located 2 km northeast of Vanavara. It is a civilian airport with a well-maintained concrete runway and a utilitarian transport layout. The airport was first opened in 1948. The forest clearway is cleared out to 3 km, suggesting that the runway length may have been longer decades ago. A nearby airport is Aksenovo Airport.
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