Volgograd International Airport
| Volgograd International Airport Международный Аэропорт Волгоград |
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IATA: VOG – ICAO: URWW
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | JSC "Volgograd International Airport" | ||
| Serves | Volgograd | ||
| Location | Volgograd, Russia | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 482 ft / 147 m | ||
| Coordinates | 48°46′54″N 044°20′48″E / 48.78167°N 44.34667°ECoordinates: 48°46′54″N 044°20′48″E / 48.78167°N 44.34667°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 11/29 | 8,202 | 2,500 | Asphalt |
Volgograd International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Волгоград) (IATA: VOG, ICAO: URWW) is an airport in Russia located 15 km northwest of Volgograd. It comprises a civilian airport built on top of an older military runway (3300 m), now demolished. The terminal area parks 42 medium/large aircraft and 91 small aircraft.
A military training unit was present at Gumrak as late as 1994, the 706 UAP (706th Aviation Training Regiment), using Aero L-39 aircraft. Volgograd Airport served as base for Air Volga. When the airline went bankrupt in April 2010, its aircraft and most of the routes were taken over by RusLine.
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Battle of Stalingrad [edit]
The airport, then named Gumrak Airport, was used by the German 6th Army as fuel and supply depot (alongside with Pitomnik Airfield) during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942/43. After the fall of Pitomnik on 17 January 1943, Gumrak was the only one of seven airfields around Stalingrad still in German hands.[1] On 22 January, a last He 111 aircraft left the airfield with 19 wounded soldiers, the last flight out of Stalingrad for the 6th Army.[2] Gumrak eventually was recaptured on 23 January, leaving the 6th Army without any means of direct support.[3]
Airlines and destinations [edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Aeroflot operated by Donavia |
Seasonal: Sochi |
| Astra Airlines | Seasonal Charter: Thessaloniki |
| flydubai | Dubai (begins 13 September 2013)[4] |
| RusLine | Moscow-Domodedovo, St Petersburg, Yerevan Seasonal: Sochi (begins 20 June 2013) |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| SCAT | Aktau |
| Transaero Airlines | Charter: Paphos (begins 31 May 2013)[5] |
| UTair Aviation | Moscow-Vnukovo, Surgut (begins 6 June 2013)[6] |
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References [edit]
- ^ The Great Patriotic War - 1943 accessed: 9 March 2009
- ^ Hitler's War on Russia Google book review, author: Charles Winchester, publisher: Osprey Publisjing, page: 111, accessed: 10 March 2009
- ^ Das Wolf - Third Reich militaria January 1943, accessed: 9 March 2009
- ^ "flydubai doubles Russia and Ukraine network". Arabian Aerospace. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "ИЗ ВОЛГОГРАДА НА КИПР". АвиаПорт.Ru. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Schedule from city Volgograd". Utair Aviation. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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