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Кольцово
Terminals A and B
Characteristics
ICAO code USSS
IATA code SVX
Coordinates

56 ° 44 '35 "  N , 60 ° 48' 10"  E Coordinates: 56 ° 44 '35 "  N , 60 ° 48' 10"  E
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

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The historic entrance building

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 .

The stele in memory of the Bolkhovitinov BI-1 rocket plane

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

Commons : Yekaterinburg airport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual report of the airport for 2014 (Russian)
  2. ↑ Annual report of the airport for 2013 (Russian)
  3. ↑ List of accidents at Yekaterinburg Airport , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on November 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Accident report IL-18V CCCP-75538 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 5, 2018.
  5. ^ Accident report TU-104B CCCP-42506 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 5, 2018.