title: Varandey Airport
text: # Varandey Airport
  
  Varandey Airport (IATA: VRI, ICAO: ULDW) is an airport in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It serves the Varandey [ru] settlement on the Arctic coast of the Nenets district and the development of the Prirazlomnoye oil field.
  
  It is capable of accepting aircraft of the third class (An-24, An-26, L-410, Yak-40 and the like) and other types of aircraft of the 3rd class, helicopters of all types. The maximum take-off weight of an aircraft is 25 tons. Classification number of runway (PCN) 18 / F / D / Y / T.
  
  The airport is used by Gazpromavia for delivery of personnel to the Prirazlomnaya OIRFP, where a helicopter platform operates since 2010, with primary connections to Arkhangelsk and Orenburg.
  
  ## Airlines and destinations
  
  | Airlines | Destinations |
  | - | - |
  | Utair | Arkhangelsk |
  
  ## Accidents and incidents
  
  On 16 March 2005, Regional Airlines Flight 9288, an Antonov An-24RV (NATO reporting name "Coke"), crashed on approach to Varandey Airport, killing 28 of the 52 people on board.
  
  