International Airport Irkutsk
| International Airport Irkutsk Международный Аэропорт Иркутск |
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| IATA: IKT – ICAO: UIII | |||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Owner | Russian Federation | ||
| Operator | JSC "International Airport Irkutsk" | ||
| Serves | Irkutsk | ||
| Location | Irkutsk, Shiryamova st., 13
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| Elevation AMSL | 1,675 ft / 511 m | ||
| Coordinates | 52°16′05″N 104°23′20″E / 52.26806°N 104.38889°ECoordinates: 52°16′05″N 104°23′20″E / 52.26806°N 104.38889°E
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 12/30 | 10,384 | 3,564 | polymer asphalt concrete |
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| Passengers |  1,257,804 |
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| Servicing of cargo | 11 578 tons |
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International Airport Irkutsk (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Иркутск) (IATA: IKT, ICAO: UIII) is an airport in the centre of Irkutsk, Russia. Located at a distance of 60 km from the Pearl of Siberia - Lake Baikal.
Provides a series of direct international flights to Vietnam, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Spain, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan and South Korea. Within the country - daily flights to Moscow (6-7 flights per day in winter, 8-9 - in the summer), Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Yakutsk, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, the regional daily flights to Ust-Kut, Bratsk, Bodaybo, Kirensk and other Russian cities.
Due to its proximity to the Angara Reservoir, the airport enjoys a particular microclimate with foggy weather. When airport is closed due to bad weather conditions, Bratsk Airport, Ulan-Ude Airport, Irkutsk Northwest Airport, and Belaya (air base) serving as a diversion airport.
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[edit] Technical characteristics
Airport "Irkutsk" has one runway with armobetonnym coating having a vertical drop of more than 30 m. The total capacity of the two passenger terminals is 1450 pax / hour. Cargo terminal is equipped with a diesel forklifts, hoists, container platform, electronic and mechanical scales (for cargoes weighing up to 30 tons). The composition also includes airport hotel "Air Harbour", a service of aviation service (board food workshop) repair facility and medical services (medical center). There is a zone for VIP-passengers in the international terminal building.
[edit] Landing strip
The class of the artificial landing strip - B (according to the length of the landing strip) Corresponding to the first category of ICAO-International Civil Aviation Organization
The category of the fire fighting equipment - VIII
The measurements of the general landing strip and the type of surface:
3565 x 45 m, Cement and Concrete – 40 cm, Fiber Crete – 29 cm, PCN 72/R/C/X/T.
The airdrome is supplied landing systems
NDB – 2 direct., VOR/DME – 2 direct., ILS – 2 direct., HIALS-1 – 2 direct.
The traffic capacity of the airport building complex
The airport building of domestic flights – 800 passengers/hour
The airport building of international flights – 650 passengers/hour
Cargo Complex:
Total area - 2.2 hectares with a capacity of 150 tons per day.
[edit] The accepted aircrafts
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Ilyushin Il-76, Ilyushin Il-86, Ilyushin Il-62M, Ilyushin Il-114, Tupolev Tu-154, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-204, Tupolev Tu-214, An-12, An-24, Boeing 737, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Airbus 310, Airbus 319, Airbus 321, Airbus 321, ATR-42, ATR-72, Fokker-50, Fokker-100, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, McDonnell Douglas MD-90, BAC 1-11, Bombardier Global Express, aircrafts of the 3 and 4 classes without restrictions |
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[edit] ETOPS Diversion airport
Irkutsk airport serves as a diversion airport on transcontinental flights and Polar route 2.[4][5]
[edit] History
- 24 June 1925. is considered to be the official birth date of Irkutsk airport. 6 air crafts — participants of great flight on the route Moscow — Irkutsk — Ulan-Bator — Beijing arrived at Irkutsk airport that day. The flight was performed with the help of 6 air crafts — 4 of them were domestic and 2 were foreign. This flight was headed by pilot Mr. I. P. Shmidt. This event served as the beginning of organized planned air opening up of Siberia.
- On August 10–13, 1928 the first postal-passengers flight on the hydro aviation route Irkutsk — Bodaybo on the aircraft Junkers F 13 «Mossovet» was performed.
- August 1932 the greatest major air route Moscow — Vladivostok was opened. Irkutsk aviators started to perform flights on the route Irkutsk — Mogocha.
- January 1948. Twenty-four-hour flights on the air routes Irkutsk — Moscow, Irkutsk — Bodaybo — Yakutsk were started.
- On December 30, 1954 Airport Irkutsk had become the status of international by means of Government of the Soviet Union № 2412–1153.
- On September 15, 1956. The reactive aircraft Tupolev Tu-104 was firstly arrived at Irkutsk aerodrome by tech-flight from Beijing. That day was starting the first in the USSR passenger air route Moscow — Irkutsk on the reactive aircraft Tupolev Tu-104. The flight was performed by Moscow crew headed by captain Mr. E. P. Barabash.
- On March 7, 1975. the first aircraft of second generation of civil airplanes Tupolev Tu-154 was landed in Irkutsk.
- April 4, 1975. The first flight to Moscow on Tupolev Tu-154 was performed.
- November 11, 1980 The first aircraft Il-76 CCCP-76525 was arrived in Irkutsk, this plane can take on board 40 tons of cargo. The crew was consisted of: flight instructor МГА Mr. M. V. Ptitsyn, the commander УТО Mr. V. F. Podshivalov, captain-probationer A.V. Bobylkov and other flying experts.
- December 19, 1980 The first flight was performed on the route Irkutsk — Polyarnyi using Il-76, it was headed by air detachment commander Mr. v. I. Sviridov.
- April 1, 1992 According the order № 238 d.d. 30 March Irkutsk united air group was reorganized. There were: State Enterprise " Irkutsk Airport " (SE «Irkutsk Airport») and public corporation «Air company «Baikal»
- October 28, 1994. The certificate № 045-А-М of Intergovernmental Aviation Committee for accordance with certification requirements was given. The aerodrome was accepted as suitable for international flights service.
- December 16, 1994 The acting terminal of international flights was put in commission.
- April 12, 2002 According to the own statute’s change the enterprise has become another name — Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Irkutsk Airport".
- July 14, 2004 The aerodrome got the certificate for accept to international flight and landing-minimum 1 category ICAO 60
- On October 14, 2008 the work for lengthening the runway (400 m to the Lake Baikal) was completed.
- April 10, 2009 It was opened the terminal of domestic flights after reconstruction. The terminal is called "Crystal Gate".
- November 13, 2009 - International Airport "Airport Irkutsk" held its first aircraft spotting session, becoming the third largest city in Russia (after Moscow and Novosibirsk). The event has become a tradition.[6][7]
- July 2, 2010 - I/Airport "Irkutsk" celebrated its 85th anniversary.[8]
- March 1, 2011 - Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Airport Irkutsk" transformed into an open Joint-stock company International airport "Irkutsk ".
[edit] Future expansion
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Passenger airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aero Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| AeroBratsk | Bratsk |
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
| Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise | Lensk, Mirny, Polyarny |
| Bural | Nizhnyiangarsk(Severobaikalsk) (ends 5 June), Ulan-Ude (ends 5 June) |
| Eznis Airways | Ulaanbaatar |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital |
| IrAero | Anapa (via Omsk) [begins 2 June], Blagoveshchensk, Bodaybo, Chita, Hailar, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar (via Omsk) [begins 2 June], Krasnoyarsk, Kyzyl, Magadan, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk [begins 2 June], Rostov-on-Don (via Omsk) [begins 2 June], Sochi (via Omsk) [begins 2 June], Ulan-Ude, Yakutsk |
| Kavminvodyavia | Anapa, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Sochi, Rostov-on-Don |
| Korean Air | Seasonal: Seoul-Incheon |
| MIAT Mongolian Airlines | Ulaanbaatar |
| NordStar | Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk |
| Nordwind Airlines | Antalya, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Sanya |
| Polar Airlines | Neryungri, Yakutsk |
| Rossiya | Barnaul, Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, St Petersburg |
| RusLine | Manzhouli, Tomsk, Ulan-Ude |
| S7 Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Magadan, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Yakutsk [begins 8 June] Seasonal: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Phuket |
| Tajik Air | Dushanbe, Khujand |
| Tyva Airlines | Kyzyl |
| Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Ural Airlines | Dushanbe, Guangzhou, Moscow-Domodedovo, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg |
| UTair Aviation | Bodaybo, Moscow-Vnukovo, Ust-Kut |
| VIM Airlines | Charter: Antalya |
| Vladivostok Air | Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk |
| Yakutia Airlines | Dushanbe, Lensk, Munich, Tashkent, Olyokminsk, Yakutsk |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| China Postal Airlines | |
| Volga-Dnepr |
[edit] Transport connection
The airport is actually located within the city. At the airport there are two paid parking area: 180 seats (near the international terminal) and 80 seats (near the terminal domestic airlines).
At air terminals equipped with three stops for complex urban public transport. In addition, three times daily shuttle buses number 306 to Angarsk (2010 data).
[edit] Statistical data
1,020,000 passengers traveled through Irkutsk International Airport in 2007.
[edit] Periodical literature
Airport publishes its own regional newspaper industry "Irkutsk sky", dedicated to civil aviation in Irkutsk region. The publication contains interviews with the heads of airlines, airline news column, analytical materials. The newspaper is published bimonthly and distributed free in the airport terminals and the airlines' offices in Irkutsk.[9]
[edit] Incidents and accidents
Aside from foggy weather, the airport is notorious for its sloping runway and having many hills in its vicinity. The airport and its surrounding area have played scene to several crashes. In emergencies, like the one in Summer 2006, when the only runway was closed after the S7 crash (see below), incoming planes can also be diverted to the runway of the nearby Irkut aviation plant, where Sukhoi fighters and the Beriev Be-200 are produced.
- S7 Airlines Flight 778, occurring at roughly 08:00 hours on Saturday 8 July 2006, killed in excess of 100 people.
[edit] References
- ^ (Russian)Aviapages.ru Airport Irkutsk/Irkutsk
- ^ (Russian)"Airport Irkutsk" in 2010 showed an increase in passenger traffic
- ^ (English)World Aero Data
- ^ Boeing-conducted Airport safety and operational assessments
- ^ New Cross-Polar Routes
- ^ (Russian)November 13 at Irkutsk airport for the first time was aircraft spotting session // Official site of JSC "International airport" Irkutsk ""
- ^ (Russian)In the Irkutsk airport today held a summer aircraft spotting //News "AS Baikal TV"
- ^ (Russian)"Airport Irkutsk" marks 85 years // Official site of JSC "International airport" Irkutsk ""
- ^ (Russian)"Airport Irkutsk" presented the first edition of the newspaper devoted to civil aviation of the Irkutsk region
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Irkutsk Airport |
- (English) Official Website International Airport Irkutsk
- (Russian) Official Website International Airport Irkutsk
- Airport information for UIII at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for UIII at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for UIII at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for IKT at Aviation Safety Network
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