Yoshkar-Ola Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Йошкар-Ола) (IATA: JOK, ICAO: UWKJ) is an airport in Mari El Republic, Russia located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Yoshkar-Ola and 800 kilometres (500 mi) from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME).
As a category 2 airport (based on an MAK classification) it handles Tu-134, Yak-42 and smaller airliners.
Airport is the base for Yoshkar-Ola Joint Aviation Group.
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