# Lensk Airport (ULK / UERL)

**Lensk Airport** (IATA: ULK, ICAO: UERL) is a medium airport in Lensk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, gravel. In 2021 it handled 33 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ULK / UERL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lensk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
- Elevation: 244 m / 801 ft
- Coordinates: 60.7236, 114.8253
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 32,872 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Yakutsk
- Website: http://www.mapalrosa.com/lensk.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensk_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2067431
- Ident: UERL

## Timeline

- 17 Sep 1991: Q24934586.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft |  | Gravel |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 84,303 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 57,341 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 47,660 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 28,460 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 32,872 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [YKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueee.md) Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport · Russia · 808 km / 502 mi · Yakutia Airlines, Polar Airlines, ALROSA Air Company
- [BTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uibb.md) Bratsk Airport · Russia · 900 km / 559 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 1,135 km / 705 mi · Yakutia Airlines, IrAero, Polar Airlines, ALROSA Air Company

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ULK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- R3 [Yakutia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yakutia-airlines) · 3
- 6R [ALROSA Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alrosa-air-company) · 2
- PI [Polar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/polar-airlines) · 2
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 33K (2021) | #2,257 of 3,974 | #703 in Asia | #109 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =1,072 in Asia | =230 in RU |
| Elevation | 244 m / 801 ft | =21,339 of 43,403 | =1,226 in Asia | #153 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [UENO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueno.md) Chapayevo Airport · 143 km / 89 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Lensk Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lensk_Airport&oldid=1363053390), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerl/data