Vladivostok Airport
| Vladivostok Владивосток |
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|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | UHWW |
| IATA code | VVO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 14 m (46 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 44 km northeast of Vladivostok |
| Local transport | Train and bus |
| Basic data | |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 1,624,000 (2012) |
| Flight movements |
13,500 (2012) |
| Runways | |
| 07L / 25L | 3500 m × 60 m concrete |
| 07R / 25R | 3500 m × 60 m concrete |
| 06/24 | 973 m × 20 m asphalt |
| 16/34 | 602 m × 20 m asphalt |
The Vladivostok Airport ( Russian Аэропорт Владивосток ) is the international passenger airport of the Russian city of Vladivostok in the Primorye Territory . It was the headquarters of the airline Vladivostok Avia .
The airport is 44 km from Vladivostok and near the city of Artyom .
history
Today's airport was created by merging the two airfields Osjornyje Klyuchi and Knewitschi , the latter being used for military purposes in the past. In 2005/2006 the inland terminal (today Terminal B) was modernized.
Until February 15, 2008, Vladivostok Avia was the operator of the airport, which is now an independent stock corporation and operates as Vladivostok International Airport SA (VIA) ( Vladivostok International Airport AG) . At the end of 2008, 52.2% of the voting shares were transferred from the Russian government to the operating company of Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport .
As part of the expansion for the APEC Summit 2012 in Vladivostok, the airport was modernized and expanded. In June 2011, for example, a new runway was put into operation. The airport now has two parallel runways.
In September 2012, the new passenger terminal A went into operation. It is around 3.5 km from the current two older terminals and has a capacity of 1,360 passengers per hour. A railway connection was also built as part of this expansion. This was put into operation on January 10, 2013.
Transport links
The airport is connected to Vladivostok by an expressway. There are several bus routes to, among others, Vladivostok , Ussuriysk , Nakhodka and Artyom . Since January 2013 there has been a high-speed train connection from the new Terminal A to Vladivostok.
See also
Web links
- Airport website (Russian / English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Footnotes
- ↑ Vladivostok Airport passenger numbers for 2012 (Russian, accessed February 3, 2013)
- ↑ Vladivostok Times.com of December 21, 2006 (accessed on July 2, 2010) ( Memento of the original of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Times.com of November 12, 2007 (English accessed July 1, 2010) ( Memento of the original of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Times.com from December 10, 2008 (English accessed on July 1, 2010) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Airport News from June 30, 2011 (accessed February 3, 2013)
- ↑ Vladivostok Times.com from December 17, 2009 (English accessed on July 1, 2010) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Times.com from February 24, 2010 (English accessed on July 1, 2010) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Times.com of November 26, 2009 (English accessed on July 1, 2010) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Airport News from 21-09-2012 (English, accessed on February 3, 2013) ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vladivostok Airport News from May 2012 (English, accessed on February 3, 2013) ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aeroexpress.ru (English, accessed on February 3, 2013) ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
