International Airport Irkutsk

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International Airport Irkutsk
Международный
Аэропорт Иркутск
IATA: IKTICAO: UIII
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Owner Russian Federation
Operator JSC "International Airport Irkutsk"
Serves Irkutsk
Location Irkutsk, Russia
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 1,675 ft / 511 m
Coordinates 52°16′05″N 104°23′20″E / 52.26806°N 104.38889°E / 52.26806; 104.38889Coordinates: 52°16′05″N 104°23′20″E / 52.26806°N 104.38889°E / 52.26806; 104.38889
Website en.iktport.ru
Map
IKT

Location of airport in Irkutsk Oblast

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 11,702 3,564 polymer asphalt concrete
Statistics (2013)
Passengers Increase 1,569,011
Servicing of cargo (in tons) Increase 11 578
Source:[1][2][3]

International Airport Irkutsk (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Иркутск) (IATA: IKT, ICAO: UIII) is an airport on the outskirts of Irkutsk, Russia, at a distance of 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lake Baikal.

Operations

The airport has direct international flights to Vietnam, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Spain, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan and South Korea. It has daily domestic flights to Moscow, Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Yakutsk, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, and regional daily flights to Ust-Kut, Bratsk, Bodaybo, Kirensk and other Russian cities.

Due to its proximity to the Angara Reservoir, the airport is subject to a microclimate of foggy weather. When the airport is closed due to bad weather conditions, Bratsk Airport, Ulan-Ude Airport, Irkutsk Northwest Airport, and Belaya (air base) serve as diversion airports.

History

Technical characteristics

Airport map (2007)
Gate in the International Airport Irkutsk.
Apron buses at Irkutsk Airport.

Airport "Irkutsk" has only one runway with armobetonnym coating having a vertical drop of more than 30 m. The total capacity of the two passenger terminals is 1450 passengers / hour. Cargo terminal is equipped with diesel forklifts, hoists, container platform, electronic and mechanical scales (for weighing cargo up to 30 tons). The airport complex also includes the airport hotel "Air Harbour", a service of aviation service (board food workshop) repair facility and medical services. There is a VIP lounge in the international terminal building.

Passenger capacity:

Cargo terminal: area = 2.2 hectares with a capacity of 150 tonnes per day.

Fire fighting equipment: cat VIII

Runway characteristics

The class of the artificial landing strip - B (according to the length of the landing strip) Corresponding to the first category of ICAO.

Runway dimensions and type of surface: 3565 x 45 m, Cement and Concrete – 40 cm, Fiber Crete – 29 cm, PCN 72/R/C/X/T.
Aids to navigation and operations:

ETOPS Diversion airport

Irkutsk airport serves as a diversion airport on transcontinental flights and Polar route 2.[7][8]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Angara Airlines Antonov An-148 landing at Irkutsk Airport.
S7 Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M in new livery parked at Irkutsk Airport.
AirlinesDestinations
Aero Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Aeroflot
operated by Aurora
Khabarovsk
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Lensk, Mirny, Udachny
Angara AirlinesBodaybo, Bratsk, Chita, Erbogachen, Kirensk, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Mama, Mirny, Novosibirsk, Olyokminsk, Polyarny,[9] Talakan, Ust-Kut, Vladivostok, Yakutsk
Seasonal: Sochi
Avia Traffic CompanyOsh
Bural
operated by PANH
Ulan-Ude
China Eastern Airlines Seasonal charter: Jinan, Xi'an
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital
IrAero Blagoveshchensk, Bodaybo, Bratsk, Chita, Harbin, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Lensk, Magadan, Manzhouli, Nizhnevartovsk, Shenyang, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ulan-Ude, Ust-Kut, Vladivostok, Yakutsk
Juneyao Airlines Seasonal: Shanghai-Pudong
Korean AirSeasonal: Seoul-Incheon
NordStar Kyzyl, Novosibirsk
Nordwind Airlines Seasonal Charter: Denpasar/Bali, Krabi, Nha Trang, Phuket, Sanya
Pegas Fly Seasonal Charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Burgas, Dubai-World Central, Heraklion, Nha Trang (Cam Ranh), U-Tapao
PANH Kazachinskoe, Nizhneudinsk, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Ulan-Ude
Polar Airlines Lensk
S7 Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Hong Kong, Magadan, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok
Seasonal: Seoul-Incheon
S7 Airlines
operated by Globus
Novosibirsk, Yakutsk
Somon Air Dushanbe
Tianjin Airlines Seasonal Charter: Ordos
Ural Airlines Changchun, Harbin, Khabarovsk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg
UTair Aviation Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Surgut, Tomsk
Yakutia Airlines Chita, Neryungri, Tashkent, Yakutsk

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
China Postal Airlines Charter Flights only
Volga-Dnepr Airlines Kolkata

Statistics

Busiest routes at International Airport Irkutsk (by number of passengers) 2013[10]
RankCountryRegionCityAirportAirlinesNumber of passengers
1  Russia Moscow Moscow / Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast Moscow Moscow Domodedovo Airport IrAero, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines 128,586
2  Russia Moscow Moscow / Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport Aeroflot, Orenair 112,868
3  Thailand Bangkok Metropolitan Region Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Transaero, UTair Aviation 53,497
4  Russia Moscow Moscow / Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast Moscow Vnukovo International Airport Transaero, UTair Aviation 40,045
5  Russia Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport Angara, IrAero, NordStar, RusLine, S7 Airlines 35,762
6  Russia Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Novy Airport Angara, Aurora Airlines, IrAero, S7 Airlines, Vladivostok Air 34,108
7  China Municipality of Beijing Beijing Beijing Capital Airport Hainan Airlines, S7 Airlines 30,563
8  Thailand Phuket Province Phuket City Phuket International Airport Nordwind Airlines 28,808
9  Russia Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast Ust-Kut Ust-Kut Airport Angara Airlines, UTair Express 28,503
10  Turkey Antalya Province Antalya Antalya Airport Nordwind Airlines, UTair Aviation, VIM Airlines 21,481
11  Russia Sakha Republic Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Yakutsk Yakutsk Airport IrAero, S7 Airlines, Yakutia Airlines 21,134
12  Russia Sakha Republic Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Lensk Lensk Airport Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, Polar Airlines, Yakutia Airlines 15,750
13  Russia Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast Kirensk Kirensk Airport Angara Airlines 14,913
14  Russia Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai Vladivostok Knevichi Airport Angara Airlines, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines 14,466
15  Russia Sakha Republic Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Mirny Mirny Airport Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, Angara Airlines 14,136
Busiest routes at International Airport Irkutsk (by number of passengers) 2015[11]
RankCountryRegionCityAirportAirlinesNumber of passengers
1  Russia Moscow Moscow / Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast Moscow Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Vnukovo International Airport S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, Aeroflot, Transaero 614,888
2  Russia Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport Angara, IrAero, NordStar, S7 Airlines 139,208
3  Thailand Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Phuket Province Bangkok, Phuket City Suvarnabhumi Airport, Phuket International Airport Azur Air, S7 Airlines, Pegas Fly 125,418
4  China Municipality of Beijing Beijing, Manzhouli, Harbin, Hong Kong Beijing Capital Airport, Manzhouli Xijiao Airport, Harbin, Hong Kong Airport Hainan Airlines, S7 Airlines 106,323
5  Russia Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Novy Airport Aurora Airlines, IrAero 76,340
6  Russia Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai Vladivostok Knevichi Airport S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines 50,251

Transport connection

The airport is actually located within the city. At the airport there are two paid parking area: 180 seats (near the international terminal) and 80 seats (near the terminal domestic airlines).

At air terminals equipped with three stops for complex urban public transport. In addition, three times daily shuttle buses number 306 to Angarsk (2010 data).

Periodical literature

Airport publishes its own regional industry newspaper "Irkutsk sky", dedicated to civil aviation in Irkutsk region. The publication contains interviews with the heads of airlines, airline news column, analytical materials. The newspaper is published bimonthly and distributed free in the airport terminals and the airlines' offices in Irkutsk.[12]

Incidents and accidents

In Summer 2006, when the only runway was closed after the S7 crash (see below), incoming planes were diverted to the runway of the nearby Irkut aviation plant, where Sukhoi fighters and the Beriev Be-200 are produced.

See also

References

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