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Palana Airport Аэропорт Палана
IATA: none ICAO: UHPL LID: ПАН
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Palana
Elevation AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	59°4′54″N 159°53′18″E / 59.08167°N 159.88833°E / 59.08167; 159.88833
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 4,724 1,440 Asphalt

Palana Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Палана) (ICAO: UHPL) is an airport in Koryak Okrug, Russia located 4 km west of Palana. It services small transports.

Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

• On 12 September 2012, an An-28 operated by Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise as Flight 251 crashed whilst on a domestic flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana Airport, killing ten of the fourteen people on board.^[1]
• On July 6, 2021, an An-26 of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise, also operating as Flight 251, crashed on approach to Palana Airport into a steep coastal cliff. Wreckage has been found at the cliff site, and floating offshore. There were no survivors among the aircraft's 28 occupants.^[2]

References

External links

Official website (in Russian)

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