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The airport Magadan Sokol (Russian Аэропорт Сокол; IATA code GDX, ICAO code UHMM ) is the international airport of the city of Magadan in the Russian Far East. It is located about 50 kilometers from Magadan, near the settlement of Sokol, on the highway M56 ( " Kolymatrakt ").

Construction began in early 1960. Operation of the airplane was recorded on 12 January 1961 with the first regular flight from Moscow to Magadan, according to other data, the first stage of the start and runway was completed only in 1963, so Magadan of aircraft of the types Il -18, could be approached An-10 and An-12. Construction of the airport was completed in 1966, the terminal was not finished until 1974. As of December 1980, the start and runway was reconstructed, and on December 13, 1980 first landed a long-range jet of the type Il- 62.

The first " Western" airline that had approached Magadan, 1991 was Alaska Airlines with an MD 80th In 2000, the airport was expanded to include an international terminal.

Today Magadan is primarily served by Russian airlines, including S7, Transaero and Vladivostok Avia, both with Russian types, as well as Boeing 767, Airbus A320 and others. The main objectives are Moscow and various cities in Siberia and the Russian Far East. The regional airport operation is completed mainly by Yakutia Airlines, IrAero, among other things, Anadyr, Yagodnoye, Yakutsk, Omsuktschan, Petropavlovsk -Kamchatsky, Seimtschan, Severo- Ewensk and Sussuman with An-24, An-28 and An-140 flying (as of October 2012).

With Magadan is about 6 to 22 bus clock in 40 -minute intervals; the journey time is 60-70 minutes.