Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport

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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport
Международный аэропорт Южно-Сахалинск
Airport building, 2007
Characteristics
ICAO code UHSS
IATA code UUS
Coordinates

46 ° 53 '19 "  N , 142 ° 43' 3"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 53 '19 "  N , 142 ° 43' 3"  E
Height above MSL 18 m (59  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 11 km south of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Local transport Bus 3, 63
Basic data
opening 1945
operator AO Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
majority owner Sakhalin Oblast
Terminals 1
Passengers 942,730  (2016)
Air freight 10,559 t  (2016)
0 1202 t airmail  (2016)
Employees 918
Start-and runway
01/19 3400 m × 60 m asphalt concrete



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The Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport ( Russian Международный аэропорт Южно-Сахалинск , Meschdunarodny aeroport Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ) is the largest airport on the Russian island of Sakhalin . It is 11 km south of the city center of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk . The airport is rarely called Chomutowo ( Russian Хомутово ) because of the settlement of the same name in the immediate vicinity . The airport is also the seat of Aurora Airlines .

history

Civil aviation began in 1945 after the island of Sakhalin was conquered by Soviet troops. The first flights connected the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with Khabarovsk. In September 1947, the 198th Fliegerstaffel was united with the civil airport and the United Aviation Unit Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Южно ‐ Сахалинский объединенный авиаотряд) was founded, which also included the airport in Okha . In 1955 the aviation unit in Alexandrowsk-Sakhalinsky was connected to the aviation unit in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and the 147th aviation unit was founded. The 147th Aviation Unit was converted into a company in August 1963. In 1964 construction began on the new airport in the Chutowo district, where the airport is today. The new airport could serve the then current aircraft types An-10 and Il-18 . At that time, the operating company owned its own An-2 , An-24 and Il-14 aircraft as well as several helicopters. With the repair of the runway in 1985, Tu-154 aircraft could also be received. From Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk connections to Moscow , Vladivostok , Blagoveschensk and Komsomolsk on the Amur were offered. In 1990 the airport received the status of an international airport and in 1993 it became organizationally independent from the other small airports on the island of Sakhalin. In the meantime, the airport was operated by a state company ( FGUP ). During this time, the airport was extensively modernized: New signal systems and snow clearing technology were procured, the building for the fire brigade and rescue service renovated, the runway renewed and widened from 45 m to 60 m. In May 2013, the state-owned company was privatized again and a joint-stock company was founded, 100% of which is owned by Sakhalin Oblast.

Expansion plans

Airbus A319 of Aurora Airlines on the airfield outside the terminal building in October 2015
Front view of the terminal building in October 2005

In recent years, the need to replace the obsolete terminal has become increasingly evident. A new passenger terminal is to be built by 2019, in which 550 passengers on national and 250 passengers on international flights can be handled. The terminal building will have three floors and an area of ​​40,000 m². The contract for the construction was awarded in September 2017. The cost should amount to a good 6.7 billion  rubles .

Passenger numbers

year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Passengers 630.314 745.686 773.243 834.960 852,547 853.597 849.211 942.730

Incidents

  • On September 2, 1964, at 9:11 p.m. local time, an Ilyushin Il-18V of Aeroflot on the SU721 scheduled flight from Moscow via Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk collided with an almost 800m high mountain 26 km northwest of the destination airport. The pilots asked for a direct landing without following the standard approach path. They didn't notice the mountain because of the bad weather conditions. All nine crew members and 78 of the 84 passengers were killed in the crash.
  • On August 23, 1970 , an Ilyushin Il-18V of Aeroflot first touched down with the nose wheel on a scheduled flight from Moscow-Domodedovo via Chelyabinsk , Krasnoyarsk and Chita to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk . This broke, the machine slipped off the runway, and the wings broke. All occupants survived the crash landing. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
  • On December 18, 1976, at 16:56 local time, an Ilyushin Il-14RR of Aeroflot collided with a mountain on an SAR flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 12 km east of the airport. The aircraft had deviated from the standard approach path. The aircraft had only been converted into a search and rescue aircraft for fishing in March 1976. All of the five crew members perished, of the five passengers on board three died. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
  • On November 2, 2005 , when an Antonov An-24RV of SAT Airlines landed, the nose wheel broke and bored into the fuselage. All inmates survived the incident. The plane was written off.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Russian Aviation Agency : Passenger Statistics of Russian Airports 2015/2016. (PDF) p. 2 , accessed on September 12, 2017 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Explanatory part of the 2016 annual financial statements, p. 7. (PDF) AO Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, January 1, 2017, accessed on September 22, 2017 (Russian).
  3. ^ History of the airport in different chapters. (No longer available online.) AO Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, March 31, 2013, archived from the original on September 22, 2017 ; Retrieved September 22, 2017 (Russian). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.airportus.ru
  4. ↑ Managing director of the airport in conversation with avia.ru. AO Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, November 15, 2012, accessed on September 22, 2017 (in Russian).
  5. ↑ Explanatory part of the 2016 annual financial statements. (PDF) AO Juzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, January 1, 2017, p. 3 , accessed on September 22, 2017 (Russian).
  6. ↑ Commission of authorities approves the results of the tenders for the new airport terminal in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. AO Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport, September 6, 2017, accessed on September 22, 2017 (in Russian).
  7. ↑ a b c d e AO Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport: Passenger statistics for the 2000s. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 22, 2017 ; Retrieved September 22, 2017 (Russian). 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.airportus.ru
  8. ↑ Russian Aviation Agency : Passenger Statistics of Russian Airports 2014/2015. (PDF) p. 7 , accessed on September 12, 2017 (Russian).
  9. ^ Aviation Security Network: Air accident of an Ilyushin Il-18V on September 2, 1964. Accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ Aviation Security Network: Air accident of an Ilyushin Il-18V on August 23, 1970. Accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ Aviation Security Network: Air accident of an Ilyushin Il-14RR on December 18, 1976. Accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ Aviation Security Network: Air accident of an Antonov An-24RV on November 2, 2005. Accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).