Pevek Airport

UHMP/ PWE

Description

Pevek Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Певек) (IATA: PWE, ICAO: UHMP) is a civilian airport located 15 km northeast of Pevek. It is located on the coast of East Siberian Sea and is one of the few airports in Russia on the polar route capable of handling aircraft as large as Boeing 767 and, in case of emergency, even larger planes.

It mainly services medium-sized airliners. Its use for military operations is unknown but the runway and facilities are adequate for interceptor operations. The airfield elevation is given either as 13 or 14 meters according to various Department of Defense navigation charts.

Features

In Pevek CTA boundaries altitudes are calculated in meters by QFE.

Transition altitude: 1800 m.

Эшелон перехода:
FL070 when QFE ≥ 760 mm.
FL080 when 760 > QFE ≥ 733 mm.
FL090 when QFE < 733 mm.

Weather

Management

Konstantin Gordeev *

Location

Region

Eastern Russia

FIR

Magadan

APT coordinates

69.78330, 170.59700 

Elevation

11 ft / ≈3 m

Airport charts

Runways information

ATC positions