Palana Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Палана) (ICAO: UHPL) is an airport in Kamchatka Krai, Russia located 4 km west of Palana. It services small transports.

Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

On 12 September 2012, an An-28 operated by Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise as Flight 251 crashed whilst on a domestic flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana Airport, killing ten of the fourteen people on board.

On July 6, 2021, an An-26 of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise, also operating as Flight 251, crashed on approach to Palana Airport into a steep coastal cliff, killing all 28 occupants.

Palana Airport
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Palana Airport
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