Talagi Airport

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Talagi Airport Аэропорт Талаги
IATA: ARH - ICAO: ULAA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		JSC "Arkhangelsk Airport"
Serves		Arkhangelsk
Elevation AMSL		62 ft (19 m)
Coordinates		64°36′0″N, 40°43′0″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
08/26	8,202	2,500	Concrete
Statistics (2001)
Number of Passengers			105,797

Talagi Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Талаги) (IATA: ARH, ICAO: ULAA) is an international airport serving Arkhangelsk, Russia, located 11 kilometers outside the city. In 2001 it had 105,797 passengers and 921 tonnes of cargo.

The airport was founded on February 5, 1963. It had an operational peak in 1990 with 952,457 passengers.

The Soviet Anti-Air Defense PVO had a presence at this airfield with 518 IAP (518th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-128 from 1966 onward. It received MiG-31 aircraft during the 1980s ^[1] ^[2]. This regiment was disbanded in 1998.

1 Airlines and destinations
2 Ground transport
- 2.1 Bus
- 2.2 Taxi
3 References

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Aeroflot-Nord (Amderma, Anapa, Apatity, Kotlas, Leshukonskoye, Mezen, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Naryan-Mar, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, St Petersburg, Sochi, Solovetsky, Tromsø, Usinsk)^[3]^[4]
Rossiya (St. Petersburg)^[3]

[edit] Ground transport

[edit] Bus

Bus #12 departs to the city center hourly 06 - 19, costing RUR 15.^[5]

[edit] Taxi

Taxis are available at the airport for approx. RUR 200 to the city center.

[edit] References

Article on the airport

^ Mason, R. A. (1986). Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force. Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 0710603738.
^ Aviatsiya PVO. Aviabaza KPOI.
^ ^a ^b (Russian) Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Summer Air Traffic Schedule 25.03.2007 - 27.10.2007 (Airports - Russian domestic), 29 May 2007, p. 3
^ (Russian) Flight schedule from Arkhangelsk. Polyot-Sirena. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
^ To and From the Airport.com - Russia North Region