Magan Airport

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| name = Magan Airport

| nativename =

| nativename-a = {{lang|ru|Аэропорт Маган}}

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| image = Аэропорт Маган 01.JPG

| IATA = GYG

| ICAO = UEMM

| type = Public

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| operator = SakhaAvia

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| location = Magan

| metric-elev = y

| elevation-m = 176

| coordinates = {{coord|62|06|26|N|129|32|36|E|region:RU-SA|display=inline,title}}

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| image_map = Sakha in Russia.svg

| image_mapsize = 300

| image_map_caption = Sakha Republic in Russia

| pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic

| pushpin_mapsize = 300

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in the Sakha Republic

| pushpin_label = GYG

| pushpin_label_position = top

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| footnotes = Sources: GCM,{{GCM|UEMM}} STV{{STV|8030054|Magan Airport}}

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{{Portal|Russia|Aviation}} Magan Airport ({{langx|ru|Аэропорт Маган}}; {{langx|sah|Маҕан аэропорда}}, Mağan aeroporda) {{airport codes|GYG|UEMM}} serves the village of Magan, a few kilometers west of Yakutsk, in Russia.

Until the early 1980s, Yakutsk/Magan was monitored as one of nine Arctic staging bases capable of handling the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) bomber.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170123165859/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2.pdf STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS RELATED ACTIVITIES SUMMARY REPORT (SANITIZED)], June 1, 1980, CREST: CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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