| Nizhny Novgorod International Airport Международный аэропорт Нижний Новгород |
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| IATA: GOJ – ICAO: UWGG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | JSC "Nizhny Novgorod International Airport" | ||
| Location | Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 256 ft / 78 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 06/24 | 500 | 1,640 | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 600 | 1,969 | Asphalt |
| 18R/36L | 2,805 | 9,203 | Concrete |
| 18L/36R | 2,509 | 8,232 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Passengers (regular flights) | 210,483 | ||
| Passengers (charter flights) | 70,238 | ||
Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Нижний Новгород) (IATA: GOJ, ICAO: UWGG) (sometimes referred to as Strigino Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Стригино)) is the international airport serving the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is located on the outskirts of the city's Avtozavodsky District, 14 km southwest of city centre.
It was founded in 1936.
The civil terminal offers a very large apron that can accommodate 44 aircraft. The airfield supports 24-hour flight operations. Several Ministry of Interior Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft are based here. Lufthansa has a regular service to Frankfurt from this airport.
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The airport can be reached by:
The Nizhny Novgorod - Arzamas railway line runs close to the airport, and the authorities are currently (2008) studying the feasibility of constructing a railway branch into the airport, and a train station there, with a view to running trains from there to Nizhny Novgorod's main railway station.[1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Armavia | Yerevan |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Perm |
| RusLine | Moscow-Domodedovo, Yekaterinburg |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Ural Airlines | Dubai, Namangan |
| UTair Aviation | Anapa, Baku, Moscow-Vnukovo, Mineralnye Vody, Samara, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Surgut, Yekaterinburg, Ufa |