Provideniya Bay Airport (also Urelik and Ureliki) is a small airport in
Chukotka,
Russia located 3 km southwest of
Provideniya. It services primarily small transport aircraft. A concrete apron contains four parking spaces. It is not adequate for military operations but there are anecdotal reports that it has received
Tupolev Tu-95MR deployment flights as part of military exercises. Moreover, on 25 July 2005 a Swedish Airforce C-130 Hercules landed in Provideniya, bringing in an international research team from the
Beringia 2005expedition, organized by the
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat. This airport was famous for the 1988 flight of
Alaska Airlines known as the Friendship Flight at that time. Alaska also used to serve the town until 1998.
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