Sochi International Airport
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| Sochi International Airport Международный Аэропорт Сочи |
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| IATA: AER – ICAO: URSS | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | JSC "Sochi International Airport" | ||
| Serves | Sochi | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 89 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 02/20 | 2,200 | 7,218 | Asphalt |
| 06/24 | 2,890 | 9,482 | Asphalt |
Sochi International Airport (IATA: AER, ICAO: URSS) (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Сочи) is an airport located in Adler District of the resort city of Sochi situated at the Black Sea coast in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
The airport serves primarily Russian holiday makers on their way to resorts in the Greater Sochi area, Russia's top domestic leisure destination. Approximately 1.53 million passengers used the airport in 2007 (11,3% growth over 2006).
The airport is likely to see significant growth in traffic in the coming years as tourist infrastructure in the Greater Sochi area expands in preparation for 2014 Winter Olympics.
On 20 November 2006 the airport was auctioned to Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element group for 5.5 bn roubles (about $206.6 mn).[1] Deripaska is also a member of the committee organizing Sochi's bid for the Winter Olympics.[2]
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
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- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Frankfurt)
- Aeroflot-Don (Dubai, Frankfurt, Gyumri, Istanbul-Ataturk, Rostov-on-Don)
- airBaltic (Riga) [begins June 18]
- Armavia (Yerevan)
- Austrian Airlines
- Austrian Arrows operated by Tyrolean Airways (Vienna)
- Chernomor Avia
- Dniproavia (Dnepropetrovsk)
- Gazpromavia (Moscow-Vnukovo, Belgrade)
- Karat (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Kavminvodyavia (Mineralnye Vody)
- KrasAir (Krasnoyarsk, Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Kuban Airlines (Belgrade, Krasnodar, Moscow-Vnukovo)
- Perm Airlines (Perm)
- Polet Airlines (Voronezh)
- Rossiya (Moscow-Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo)
- S7 Airlines (Chelyabinsk, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kemerovo, Kiev-Borispol [seasonal; begins June 08], Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk [seasonal], Omsk, Perm, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, Ufa)
- Sky Express (Moscow-Vnukovo)
- Tatarstan Airlines (Kazan)
- Tbilaviamsheni (Tbilisi)
- Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Ural Airlines (Ekaterinburg)
- UTair (Moscow-Vnukovo, Tyumen, Yerevan)
- VIM Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Vladivostok Avia (Moscow-Vnukovo)
- Voronezhavia (Voronezh)
- Yakutia Airlines (Yakutsk)
[edit] Incidents and accidents
On May 3, 2006, an Armavia Airbus A320 operating Armavia Flight 967 crashed in the Black Sea en route from Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport to Sochi. The airplane crashed into the sea while attempting to conduct a go-around following its first approach to Sochi airport, killing all 113 aboard. The accident was the first major commercial airline crash in 2006.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site (in Russian)
- Sochi Airport site (in English)
- Great Circle Mapper: AER / URSS - Adler, Sochi, Russian Federation (Russia)
- World Aero Data airport information for URSS
- ASN Accident history for URSS
- Historical Weather Records for Adler
