Vladivostok International Airport

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Vladivostok International Airport

Международный аэропорт "Владивосток"

Mezhdunarodnyi aeroport "Vladivostok"
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Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesVladivostok
LocationArtyom, Russia
Hub forAurora, S7 Airlines
Elevation AMSL46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates43°23′57″N 132°09′05″E / 43.39917°N 132.15139°E / 43.39917; 132.15139Coordinates: 43°23′57″N 132°09′05″E / 43.39917°N 132.15139°E / 43.39917; 132.15139
Websitewww.vvo.aero
Map
VVO/UHWW is located in Primorsky Krai
VVO/UHWW
VVO/UHWW
Location of airport in Artyom , Primorsky Krai , Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 3,191 973 Asphalt
07R/25L 11,483 3,500 Concrete
07L/25R 11,483 3,500 Concrete
16/34 1,975 602 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers Served2,634,000

Vladivostok International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт "Владивосток" Mezhdunarodnyi aeroport Vladivostok) (IATA: VVO, ICAO: UHWW) is an international airport located near Artyom, Primorsky Krai, Russia, roughly an hour's drive (44 kilometres (27 mi)) north of the center of the city of Vladivostok. It was formerly known as Knevichi Airport, named after the village of Knevichi.

History[]

The Vladivostok Airport was constructed in 1931 near the town of Artyom. Commercial flights began in the summer of 1932. In the decade after World War II, Po-2 and W-2 planes were widely used in air-chemical works and coastal exploration for fish in the service of geologists and forest patrols. Passenger flights on the Moscow - Vladivostok route began in 1948 using Ilyushin Il-12s.

From 1959 to 1964, a complex of ground facilities was built to allow regular flights with larger planes after the closure of the , encroached by the growing city.

Expansion and modernization[]

Domestic Terminal B of the Vladivostok airport underwent complete renovation during 2005–2006, which transformed it into one of the most comfortable and up-to-date airport terminals in Russia. The renovated terminal was re-opened on December 19, 2006.

The federal and regional governments announced plans to rebuild Vladivostok International Airport prior to the APEC Russia 2012 Summit on Russky Island, south of Vladivostok. A new terminal (Terminal A) was built in 2012, at a cost of 7 billion RUB. The capacity of this new terminal building is 3.5 million passengers per year.[2] Runway 07R/25L was also reconstructed and lengthened, to 3,500 metres (11,500 ft), and this new runway is capable of accommodating every type of aircraft.[3]

The Terminal B has since closed and converted to an exhibition center.

Facilities[]

Inside Vladivostok Airport.
The reconstructed terminal with air-bridges, behind Antonov An-12

The airport consists of two passenger terminals: the old Domestic Terminal B and the new International Terminal A. It has two associated airfields, Lake Springs and Knevichi.

Lake Springs Airfield

The Lake Springs airfield (approximately 2 miles south-west of the main terminal) was designed for aircraft operating on regional routes. It has two hard-surface runways 21 metres (69 ft) wide each. One is 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in length and the second is 600 metres (2,000 ft). Currently, it is not used for regularly scheduled flights, and local aviation operates from there, instead.

Knevichi

The Knevichi airfield was designed for all types of aircraft and has two hard surface runways. Each runway is 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) in length and 60 metres (200 ft) in width.[3]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Busan Busan[4]
Air Koryo Pyongyang
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Narita[5]
Angara Airlines Ulan-Ude[6]
Aurora Beijing–Daxing, Blagoveshchensk, Busan, Dalnegorsk, Dalnerechensk, Harbin,[7] Kavalerovo, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur,[7][8] Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Plastun, Seoul–Incheon, Terney, Tokyo–Narita,[9] Ulan-Ude,[10] Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seasonal: Yanji[11]
Azur Air Dubai, Sharm El Sheikh[12]
Beijing Capital Airlines Seasonal: Xi'an[13]
Chengdu Airlines Harbin[14]
China Express Airlines Qiqihar[15]
China Southern Airlines Harbin[16]
Seasonal: Shenyang[17]
Eastar Jet Seasonal: Seoul–Incheon[18]
IrAero Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude[19]
Japan Airlines Tokyo–Narita[20][21]
Jeju Air Muan,[22] Seoul–Incheon[23]
Juneyao Airlines Nanjing,[24] Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon[25]
Nordwind Airlines Saint Petersburg[26]
Pegas Fly Khabarovsk
Rossiya Airlines Moscow–Sheremetyevo[27]
Royal Flight[28] Seasonal charter: Nha Trang, Pattaya–U-Tapao, Phuket, Phu Quoc
S7 Airlines[29] Anadyr, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Hong Kong, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk–International, Magadan, Novosibirsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Tokyo–Narita,[30] Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seasonal: Yakutsk
T'way Air Seasonal: Seoul–Incheon[31]
Ural Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu,[32] Da Lat,[33] Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Pattaya–U-Tapao,[32] Saint Petersburg, Sapporo–Chitose,[34] Yekaterinburg[35]
Seasonal: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[36] Changchun[36]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent[37]
Vietnam Airlines Seasonal charter: Nha Trang ,[38] Phu Quoc[38]
Yakutia Airlines Magadan,[39] Yakutsk

Statistics[]

Annual traffic[]

Annual Passenger Traffic[40]
Year Passengers % Change
2010 1,263,000 Steady
2011 1,457,000 Increase 15.4%
2012 1,624,000 Increase 11.5%
2013 1,853,000 Increase 14.1%
2014 1,792,000 Decrease 3.3%
2015 1,698,178 Decrease 5.2%
2016 1,850,311 Increase 9%
2017 2,179,000 Increase 17.8%
2018 2,634,000 Increase 21%

Transportation[]

Rail[]

Platform of Knevichi Railway Station

Between 2012 and 2015, Aeroexpress used to go between Vladivostok Railway Station to Knevichi Airport. This was done for APEC Summit. However, even before the crisis that has occurred since 2014, the Aeroexpress did not bring enough demand, running at the constant loss, due to a high fare and heavily automobilized population: most locals could rely on friends and family members to give them a ride, or had their own cars parked at the airport. Additionally, several bus routes offered the ride for significantly lower cost than the express, drawing off some of the visitors who found the rail and taxi fares excessive. In 2015, Aeroexpress shut down its service to the airport, and was replaced by an ordinary commuter express run by the regional commuter rail company "Express Primorya", with reduced cost and frequency to match the demand and save on the expences of the operator.

See also[]

References[]

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