Khrabrovo Airport
Khrabrovo Airport Аэропорт Храброво | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Novaport | ||||||||||
Serves | Kaliningrad | ||||||||||
Location | Kaliningrad, Russia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°53′24″N 20°35′33″E / 54.89000°N 20.59250°ECoordinates: 54°53′24″N 20°35′33″E / 54.89000°N 20.59250°E | ||||||||||
Website | kgd.aero | ||||||||||
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KGD Location of airport in Kaliningrad | |||||||||||
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Khrabrovo Airport (Russian Аэропорт Храброво) (IATA: KGD, ICAO: UMKK) is the airport of Kaliningrad, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) north of the city near the village of Khrabrovo. While it mostly serves scheduled domestic destinations, part of it is still a military base of the Russian Air Force.
History
- 1922 - Joint Russian-German joint venture Deruluft starts flights on first scheduled international route, from Königsberg (Devau airport) - Moscow
- 1945 - Airport is transferred to Civil Air Fleet of USSR
- 1961 - Joint Air Squadron formed at the basis of airport and airline
- 1977 - Operations of Tupolev-134 begin
- 1979 - Passenger terminal is built in Khrabrovo
- 1988 - Tupolev-154s begin operations to Kaliningrad
- 1992 - Enterprise separates from Vnukovo Production association and becomes independent entity
- 1993 - First scheduled international flights begin. Two Tupolev-154s are purchased
- 1997 - Air enterprise is renamed “Kaliningrad Avia”
- 2001 - Air enterprise is in receivership
- 2002 - Change of ownership structure. Transformation into Joint Stock Company
- 2004 – Beginning of reconstruction of runway, apron, navigation equipment
- 2005 – Air enterprise renamed “KD Avia”
- 2007 - opening of the new terminal
- 2009 - "KD Avia" airlines cease operations
In July 2016, Novaport bought the Khrabrovo Airport from Aeroinvest.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
Aeroflot operated by Rossiya | Moscow–Vnukovo,[2] St Petersburg |
Belavia | Minsk Seasonal: Brest, Homiel, Hrodna, Vitebsk[3] |
Izhavia | Seasonal: Krasnodar |
LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw-Chopin |
Nordavia | Seasonal: Arkhangelsk,[4] Moscow–Domodedovo, Murmansk, St Petersburg[5] |
Onur Air | Seasonal: Antalya[6] |
Red Wings Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo |
Saravia | Seasonal: Anapa |
S7 Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo, St Petersburg[7] |
Severstal Air Company | Cherepovets |
Ural Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg |
UTair Aviation | Moscow–Vnukovo |
Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent |
Vueling | Seasonal: Barcelona |
Summer charters
Airlines | Destinations |
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Azur Air | Barcelona, Antalya, Heraklion, Enfidha |
Nordstar Airlines | Heraklion |
Nordwind | Heraklion, Antalya, Enfidha |
Pegas Fly | Heraklion, Antalya, Enfidha, Monastir |
Royal Flight | Rhodes |
Passengers statistics
Passenger numbers are also rising, and are set to rise even more with the introduction of more routes:
- 2002 - 163,000
- 2003 - 115,000
- 2004 - 209,000
- 2005 - 311,000
- 2006 - 731,626
- 2007 - 1,204,060
- 2008 - 1,920,000
- 2009 - 1,357,000
- 2010 - 1,023,990
- 2011 - 1,229,017
- 2014 - 1,460,054[8]
Ground transportation
The city bus line No. 144 by Koenigtransauto (Кёнигтрансавто) connects the airport with the Kaliningrad Main Bus/Railway Station.
See also
References
- ↑ "Businessman Roman Trotsenko bought two Russian airport". Sevendaynews.com. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (5 January 2017). "Rossiya schedules Moscow – Kaliningrad service in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (7 April 2017). "Belavia plans additional routes in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (20 April 2017). "Nordavia expands Kaliningrad flights in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Jim. "Nordavia expands St. Petersburg network in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (3 May 2017). "Onur Air expands Antalya – Russia routes from April 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ↑ "Schedule". S7 Airlines. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ "Kaliningrad Khrabrovo airport in 2014 year handled 1.46 million (Russian)". kgd.aero. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
Media related to Khrabrovo Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Khrabrovo Airport Official website
- ASN Accidents history for UMKK
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- Airport information for UMKK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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