Plestsy Airport

Plestsy
Plestsy Airport in 1998
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Owner	Russian Government
Serves	Plesetsk
Elevation AMSL	427 ft / 130 m
Coordinates	62°43′0″N 040°29′18″E / 62.71667°N 40.48833°E / 62.71667; 40.48833
Map
Plestsy Location within Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 6,562 2,600 Concrete

Plestsy Airport (Russian: Плесцы), also Pero (Russian: Перо — "feather"), is an airport in Russia located 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of Plesetsk. It is a logistical base for the Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch facility.

In 2004-2005 it was modernized: radio and illumination equipment at the airfield were replaced, the power supply and communications systems were rebuilt, the runway was elongated by 600 metres (2,000 feet) in 2003 and 2004 (now 2,600 metres (8,500 feet) long), 2 kilometres (6,600 feet) of concrete plates were also replaced. The total cost of this work was $18.2 million.^[1]

The name comes from nearby Lake Plestsy. The closed town of Mirny is also situated in the area.

The airport is still in operation as a private airport and was never a main airport.