Since April 2025, significant changes have occurred at the Ust-Ilymsk Airport. He received a certificate of grade III airfield by 1500 meters (GDP itself has a length of 3200 meters), and instead of the L-410 aircraft "Sila" (for 17 passengers) now flies a more roomy An-24 Iraero airline. Flights are operated in Irkutsk 5 times a week, there are no other directions yet.
Flight details:
- Road time: 1 hour 45 minutes.
Ticket cost: 7000 rubles. (The standard price, but sometimes you can find for 5500 rubles).
The flight is subsidized by the government of the Irkutsk region.
I bought a ticket a couple of days before departure on the airline, I was lucky, they were not sold out for two weeks. My flight RD122 (IO-122) flew on July 2 at 13:00. [Br] [Br] Features of the tariff: [Br]
- Hand custody: 5 kg. Baggage: 15 kg.
on the left bank. [Br]
Public transport does not yet go (planned), so there are two options:
- of taxi (~ 1000 rubles).
on the population with acquaintances.
I arrived at the airport by 11:00 - registration opened at 11:25. There is no online registration for this direction.
The terminal of a small one was built several years ago in return for the old one, which:
- was opened in 1994 (throughput-450 passengers per hour).
had two telescopic lamps.
closed in 2001 due to bankruptcy in 2008 in 2008 year.
Before entering the building, Yak-40 (Board RA-87339)-a former plane of the Ust-Ilym Avia detachment. He used to stand in the city center near the recreation center, served as an attraction or a cafe, and in September 2022 he was transported to the airport.
was restored. [Br]
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- An inspection at the entrance is absent (although there is equipment).
Registration passes at one counter.
After registration, you need to hand over your own: you go to the inspection zone, leave the suitcase, go out and wait until you are invited to personal inspection.
The clean zone is small, but there is air conditioning and view of the runway. On the wall there is a QR code of the East Siberian transport prosecutor’s office (without explanation, just the inscription “scan”). [Br]
And here is our plane, flew from Irkutsk: [Br]
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An-24RV (registration number RA-46505), released on April 18, 1973 (age-52 years). [IMG]
Warning: the window “Released is prohibited” on the window. [Br] Planting process: [br]
- First, employees carry out luggage to the street, load it in the UAZ and take it to the UAZ and take it to the UAZ The aircraft.
Passengers are delivered by bus (used to go on foot).
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in the cabin in the cabin An-24 [Br] climbing the plane:
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I first flew on the An-24 and expected something extreme, but everything turned out to be normal. The cabin is clean. I did not notice that something dangling or falling apart or looked very battered. The only thing that the porthole noticed was not very clean. [Br]
- Place: 12a (by the window, the last row).
The plane was fully loaded. There were no empty seats.
The chairs are comfortable, the distance between the rows is comfortable.
in Ust-Ilymsk on this day was cloudy, there was a shallow ramp.
[Br] [Br] [Br] [Br] take off the flight attendant conducted the briefing, there was also a paper instruction.
The take -off passed smoothly, the noise of the engines did not interfere. Because of the clouds, it was not possible to discern the city. The first 20 minutes flew in milk. [Br]
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[Br] in the flight [Br] [Br] [Br] began to be carried in an hour (I took water (I took Tomatny).
Poured the on -board company magazine. I looked at the airline’s flights, quite extensive.
In the middle of the flight I felt that from somewhere below it was very blowing, I was in the sweater, so it didn’t bother, but the people who flew in T-shirts said that it was very cold and frozen. He spent the whole flight in an armchair. He did not go anywhere and did not get up. The flight was easy for me. [Br] [Br] The arrival in Irkutsk [Br] The landing was softly.
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[Br] from BR] The passenger’s plane was taken by bus. In Irkutsk, the weather was clear, it was the heat. [Br]
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While driving several sides of such boards of such ships. Airlines as S7, Angara, Strength.
A new “temporary” arrival was opened in Irkutsk (from June 10, 2025). We had a long time with the prosecutor's office. The prosecutor's office believed that the terminal turned out to be capital. The court allowed to open the terminal.
from the airport to the place where I stopped, walked about an hour on foot. On the way, you can see the monuments of aircraft in the courtyards.
Well, not a lot of Irkutsk:
(Government of the Irkutsk Region)
(House-Museum "House-Europe")
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