Belgorod International Airport

Belgorod International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Белгород) (IATA: EGO, ICAO: UUOB) is an airport in Russia located 4 km north of Belgorod. It services narrow-body airliners (such as the Tupolev Tu-154, Tupolev Tu-204, Ilyushin Il-76, Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 757 etc.) and wide-body airliner Boeing 767.[2] It conducts 24-hour flight operations. The airport was founded in 1954.

Belgorod International Airport

Международный Аэропорт Белгород
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorJSC "Belgorod Air Enterprise"
ServesBelgorod
LocationBelgorod, Russia
Elevation AMSL224 m / 735 ft
Coordinates50°38′36″N 36°35′24″E
Websitebelgorodavia.ru/en/
Map
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Location of the airport in Belgorod Oblast
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Location of the airport in Russia
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Location of the airport in Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
12/30 2,417 7,930 Grass
Statistics (2015)
Number of passengers 316 000
Sources:[1]

History

The establishment date of the airport is considered to be 30 August 1954, when the order was issued by the Deputy Chief of Air Fleet under the Council of Ministers of the USSR and Belgorod landing pad began its transformation into a class IV Airport.

In 1954, the Kursk squadron relocated to the northern outskirts of Belgorod. These aircraft carried cargo and mail transportation, medical staff in the newly created districts of the Belgorod Oblast. The staff (technicians, drivers) did not exceed 20-30 people then.

In 1957, Yak-12 came into operation, capable of carrying 4 passengers or 350 kilograms of cargo. Aircraft used for flight on the territory of the region. In the years 1959-1968, made fleet capacity by AN-2 and Yak-12.

In 1969, the runway was put into operation. It began receiving short-haul aircraft: Yak-40, L-410, An-24. To fly to Moscow, Sochi, Anapa, Simferopol, Poltava, Donetsk. Created by air traffic control, 170 people work at the plant. Since 1970, flights operated to Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Krasnodar and Lipetsk.

In 1975, the airport admitted to reception of the Tu-134. New lines opened up to new directions in Murmansk, Yekaterinburg, Astrakhan, Tyumen, Smolensk, Saratov and Mariupol.

In 1976–1989, years of the expansion of the geography of flights and an increase in the intensity of flights. 1981 saw reconstruction of the runway. In the years 1985-1994 were performed passenger flights to Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Surgut, Tyumen, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Leningrad, Riga, Minsk, Kiev, Lviv, Yerevan, Sochi, Odessa, Simferopol, Kaliningrad, Chelyabinsk and Baku.

In 1995, the airport was given the status of international airport. Along with the implementation of domestic flights, international flights started to operate to Turkey, Bulgaria, Israel, Hungary. Accepted cargo planes from India, China, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates.

In 1998-1999 following the an economic meltdown, which resulted in a sharp decline in demand for passenger air travel and the reduction of the amount of work, number of flights reduced.

In 2000-2001, scheduled passenger transport resumed, including international with opening of new flights to Salekhard, Tyumen, Surgut, Norilsk, Yekaterinburg, Anapa, Murmansk, Sochi, Novy Urengoy, Soviet, Naryan-Mar, Arkhangelsk, Israel, Hungary, Cyprus and Bulgaria using Tu-134, Tu-154, Yak- 42, with a capacity of 70 - 160 passengers.

In April 2002, "the airline Belgorod" transformed into a Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Belgorod State Aviation Enterprise", and in December of the same year transformed into Open Joint Stock Company "Belgorod Airlines".

Airlines and destinations
Orenair Boeing 737-500 at Belgorod Airport.
Yamal Airlines Airbus A320 taking off at Belgorod Airport.
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremeteyevo[3]
Gazpromavia Seasonal: Irkutsk, Novy Urengoy, Nyagan
Nordwind Airlines Moscow–Sheremeteyevo
Seasonal charter: Antalya[4]
Pegas Fly Seasonal: Simferopol [5]
Seasonal charter: Phuket[4]
RusLine Kaliningrad, Moscow–Vnukovo[6]
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo[7]

Traffic Statistics
Busiest domestic routes from Belgorod Int. Airport (2014)[8]
RankCityRegionPAXFlights
1MoscowCity of Moscow
Moscow Oblast		161,6052,022
2Simferopol*Republic of Crimea*14,34777
3Novy UrengoyTyumen Oblast
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug		12,84858
4Saint PetersburgCity of St Petersburg
Leningrad Oblast		9,406139
5NyaganTyumen Oblast
Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug		9,16532
6KaliningradKaliningrad Oblast8,366125
7KrasnodarKrasnodar Krai8,34398
8KazanTatarstan6,300127
9NorilskKrasnoyarsk Krai4,95727
10YamburgTyumen Oblast
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug		3,40612

^* – Status of Crimea as Russian region disputed by Ukraine. See 2014 Crimean crisis.

Busiest international routes from Belgorod Int. Airport (2014)[8]
RankCityCountryPAXFlights
1Antalya Turkey76,182203
2Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt19,88151
3Hurghada Egypt19,39150
4Barcelona Spain7,80124
5Heraklion Greece4,93915
6Rhodes Greece3,11412
7Bishkek Kyrgyzstan2,91617
8Kos Greece2,6349
9Cam Ranh Vietnam2,3227
10Dabolim India2,1926

See also

References
  2. Международный аэропорт Белгород Archived May 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Liu, Jim (9 January 2017). "Aeroflot domestic routes additions in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. "Flight Search". pegasys.pegast.ru.
  5. Liu, Jim. "PegasFly expands Simferopol network in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. Авиакомпания "РусЛайн" меняет аэропорт базирования в Москве. www.rusline.aero (in Russian). Airline "RusLine". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. Liu, Jim (11 January 2019). "S7 Airlines adds Moscow – Belgorod service from Feb 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. "В 2014 году аэропорт Белгород вновь на высоте!". International Airport Belgorod. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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