Seymchan

Alternate namesSeimchan, Siemchan
Location2 km SE Seymchan
CountryRU
ICAOUHMS
Coordinates62° 55.2' N 152° 25.3' E (62.9200,152.4217)
Elevation207 m (679 ft)
Runway18/36 1620x40 m (5315x131 ft) 169-349°T (ASPH)
UsageCIV/MIL
Military unitsWWII Lend-Lease flights.

Comments and historyRunway is well-maintained; may be paved. Marked as military on US DoD charts. It was on the Zyryanka-Seymchan-Oymyakon (questionable) leg during WWII Lend-Lease, though another source gives Markovo-Seymchan-Yakutsk. Google imagery showed only some small single-engine prop planes.
   

Mapping linksGoogle Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=62.9200,152.4217&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml
Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=62.9200,152.4217&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=62.9200,152.4217
Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=62.9200,152.4217&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=62.9200,152.4217
Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=62.9200&lon=152.4217&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended)
Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=62.9200_N_152.4217_E_type:city

Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez
Coordinate data: Google Earth
Elevation data:
Runway data: Google Earth
ICAO identifier assignment: CAICA


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