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Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport

Airport in Chelyabinsk, Russia

Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport
Summary

Airport in Chelyabinsk, Russia

FieldValue
nameKurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport
nativenameКурчатов Международный аэропорт Челябинска
image2Аэропорт Челябинск (52321876807).jpg
image2-width300
captionKurchatov Airport view
imageЛоготип аэропорта Челябинск (Курчатов).svg
image-width250
IATACEK
ICAOUSCC
typePublic
operatorNovaport
city-servedChelyabinsk
locationChelyabinsk, Russia
hubRed Wings Airlines
focus_city
elevation-f771
elevation-m235
coordinates
website
r1-number09/27
r1-length-f10,499
r1-length-m3,200
r1-surfaceConcrete
stat-year2018
stat1-headerNumber of passengers
stat1-data1,640,535
footnotesSources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)

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Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (Balandino) is an international airport in Russia located 18 km north of Chelyabinsk. It services large airliners and can park up to 51 aircraft. It also serves as a secondary hub for Ural Airlines and Yamal Airlines.

History

Terminal buildings of Chelyabinsk Airport

Passenger flights to Chelyabinsk were served by Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport from 1938 until it was repurposed for military only use.

The current Chelyabinsk airport, initially called Balandino Airport, was opened in late 1953 with a passenger terminal and a dirt runway. The runway was paved in December 1962. A year later, the first jet plane (a Tu-104) arrived at the airport.

A new terminal was built in 1974 which remains in service to this day as one of the terminal buildings. In 1994, the government-owned airport was privatized and started its first international flights.

Passenger traffic reached 1.1 million and declined heavily during the 1990s. In 2013, the airport handled 1.2 million passengers, breaking the Soviet-time record.

The new, longer runway was built in 1999, while the old runway was repurposed as a taxiway. The airport can accept heavy aircraft including the Boeing 747 and the An-225.

New terminal construction and airport expansion

The construction of the new passenger terminal is planned at Chelyabinsk Airport, this is done for BRICS summit in 2020. The project includes the construction of the new terminal, which was scheduled to commence in summer 2018 and finish by December 2019. The complex will be able to handle 2,5 million passengers per annum. The next plan for the airport is to take the third category of ICAO. This category in Russia is owned only by Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo Airports and Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

| Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo | AlMasria Universal Airlines | Seasonal charter: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh | Azimuth | Mineralnye Vody | Azur Air | Seasonal charter: Nha Trang, Phuket | Nordwind Airlines | Saint Petersburg, Sochi | NordStar Airlines | Krasnodar, Norilsk | Pobeda | Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg, Sochi | Red Wings Airlines | Minsk, Norilsk, Yerevan | Rossiya | Krasnoyarsk–International, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg Seasonal charter: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh | RusLine | Khanty-Mansiysk | S7 Airlines | Novosibirsk | Smartavia | Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg | Ural Airlines | Dushanbe, Krasnodar, Osh, Sochi | Utair | Surgut | UVT Aero | Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan

Cargo

|Grizodubova Air Company | Moscow–Vnukovo

Passenger statistics

YearTotal
passengersChangeDomesticInternationalAircraft
departures20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152021
274 236+0,1%208 91265 3242 656
297 198+8,4%325 07762 1213 205
302 626+1,8%234 49567 7013 152
359 822+18,9%282 18677 6363 439
404 151+12,3%307 23196 9203 550
386 115−4,5%333 20652 9093 096
432 034+11,9%357 73374 3013 167
675 141+56,3%534 796140 3455 050
685 408+1,5%561 649123 7604 832
581 555−15,2%477 507104 0483 499
664 184+14,2%510 314153 8704 416
833 780+25,5%594 087239 6935 150
1 000 753+20,0%679 920320 833≈5 800
1 210 388+20,1%799 288339 609≈6 380
1 404 238+16,0%964 887364 075≈7023
1 239 212-11,8%990 868248 344no data
1 827 951+57,0%1 683 432144 5198 227

Accidents and incidents

  • On 26 January 2008, an S7 Airlines Airbus A319 landed on the taxiway by mistake. There were no injuries or damage.
  • On 26 May 2008, an Antonov An-12 operated by Moskovia Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff when trying an emergency landing. All nine crew members on board died.
  • On 17 July 2015, an An-12BK of the Russian Air Force registered RF-94291 diverted to Chelyabinsk Airport after flying into severe thunderstorm and hail. Three out of four engines failed. The aircraft landed on the grass outside the runway and sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries.

Miscellaneous facts

  • An NDB beacon transmits on 412 kHz.

References

References

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