Ekaterinburg airport
Кольцово | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | USSS |
IATA code | SVX |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 233 m (764 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 20 km southeast of Yekaterinburg |
Local transport | Railway, 2 bus routes |
Basic data | |
opening | 1943 |
Terminals | 2 |
Passengers | 4.526 million (2014) |
Air freight | 25,500 t (2014) |
Flight movements |
25,728 (2013) |
Runways | |
08R / 26L | 3026 m × 53 m concrete |
08L / 26R | 3004 m × 45 m asphalt |
Kolzowo ( Russian Кольцово ; also Kolcovo or Koltsovo , IATA code : SVX , ICAO : USSS ) is an airport in the metropolis of Yekaterinburg in the central Urals in the Russian Federation . From 1924 to 1991 the city was called Sverdlovsk, hence the IATA code SVX.
Founded in 1943 as a military airfield, Kolzowo has also been used civilly since 1963. Since 1991 there have been international connections with direct flights to Germany , Finland , Great Britain , the Czech Republic , Turkey , Israel , Dubai , Thailand , PR China , Armenia , Georgia , Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan .
The airport is connected to the city center by two special bus routes, and the Trans-Siberian Railway runs not far from the airport , from which a branch line for local trains went into operation directly to the airport in 2008. Kolzowo is the home airport of the Russian airline Ural Airlines .
In 1973 a monument was created in memory of the flights of the first Soviet missile fighter Bolkhovitinov BI-1 .
Incidents
From 1947 to October 2018 there were 16 total write-downs of aircraft at Sverdlovsk / Yekaterinburg Airport and in its vicinity. 297 people were killed. Examples:
- On November 16, 1967, an Ilyushin Il-18W of Aeroflot ( aircraft registration number CCCP-75538 ) crashed into a field three kilometers east of the airport shortly after taking off from Tashkent Airport. After taking off, an engine fire had occurred; however, the propeller in question could not be brought into the sail position . The increased aerodynamic drag in connection with the maximum take-off weight resulted in a loss of control and a crash at a height of 200 meters. None of the 99 passengers and 8 crew members survived the crash.
- On September 30, 1973, an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B (CCCP-42506) crashed into a forest ten kilometers southwest of the airport four minutes after taking off from Omsk Airport. Obviously, a loss of power led to the failure of both artificial horizon instruments and, as a result, to a loss of control and a subsequent crash. All 100 passengers and 8 crew members were killed.
Web links
- http://www.koltsovo.ru/ website of the airport (Russian)
- http://de.uralairlines.ru/info/company/airport Information about the airport
- http://www.ekaterinburg.tv/de/airport.htm (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual report of the airport for 2014 (Russian)
- ↑ Annual report of the airport for 2013 (Russian)
- ↑ List of accidents at Yekaterinburg Airport , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on November 5, 2018.
- ^ Accident report IL-18V CCCP-75538 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 5, 2018.
- ^ Accident report TU-104B CCCP-42506 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 5, 2018.