Nalaih Airport
Description:
Nalaikh Airport was a military airfield in Soviet times. It was built in 1968 near the city of the same name in Mongolia. The height above sea level is 1447 meters. Until the last days of the Soviet Union, the 266th Aviation Red Banner Regiment of Bomber Fighters named after the Mongolian People’s Republic was located here.
In the early 90s, the Nalaikh airfield was used as a transshipment point for equipment that was supplied to Malaysia from the USSR. These were the first international flights.
The runway of the Nalaikh airfield is covered with asphalt concrete, its size is 2.5 kilometers by 40 meters. Today this airport is used for seasonal charter flights. Local authorities are considering making this airport a full-fledged reserve airport in the country.
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