About Half Way Across Russia

Off to Krasnoyarsk, which is, oddly enough, not known as the Chicago of Siberia. Flew it at FL190, distance of 341nm.

But, hey, their hydroelectric power plant has a trading card:


(For more Power Plant & Industrial Trading Cards, go to http://www.industcards.com.

Taking off from Novosibirsk


Over Downtown


There's Some Actual Scenery near Krasnoyarsk


Descending before making a left turn to approach- because of winds, landed form east to west.


There's no Frikkity Grass Runway(!)


This airport is supposedly one of the most modern in the area, and Lufthansa was comitted to moving their Asian cargo hub here in 2008, but there was a problem in that the airport did not have ILS, or approach lighting, so they noted they would wait until moden safety features had been installed. As of when FSZ was published though, back in the early aughties (it really feels dumb to type that phrase), none of those features had been installed. All the field has here is a VOR. As usual, though, the runways are so long that it really doesn't matter- take all the time you want lining up. Go have a lunch break, come back, settle in, and flare. And you'll still roll out for yards. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, it's just a thing.