Bodaybo Airport

Bodaybo Airport
Summary
LocationBodaybo, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates57°51′59″N 114°14′33″E / 57.86639°N 114.24250°E / 57.86639; 114.24250
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ODO is located in Russia
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Location of the airport

Bodaybo Airport (IATA: ODO, ICAO: UIKB) is a regional airport built in Bodaybo, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, during World War II for the Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.[1] In 2017 it handled 51,910 passengers.

  1. ^ Lebedev, Igor Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia Nova Publishers (1997) pp.44-49