Kazan International Airport
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| Kazan International Airport Международный аэропорт Казань |
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IATA: KZN – ICAO: UWKD
 KZN
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | JSC "Kazan International Airport" | ||
| Location | Kazan | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 413 ft / 126 m | ||
| Coordinates | 55°36′24″N 049°16′54″E / 55.60667°N 49.28167°ECoordinates: 55°36′24″N 049°16′54″E / 55.60667°N 49.28167°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11L/29R | 12,218 | 3,724 | Concrete |
| 11R/29L Closed | 8,196 | 2,498 | Concrete |
Kazan International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Казань, Tatar: Qazan Xalıqara Aeroportı); IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is an airport located in Tatarstan, Russia, located 25 km southeast of Kazan. The current airport main terminal building was opened in 1979, and has served international flights since 1985. The airport was renovated for the Kazan millennium celebrations in 2005. It currently handles nearly one million passengers yearly, and serves medium- to large-sized aircraft. The airport has received visits from dignitaries including heads of states, premiers, and foreign secretaries. The terminal area of the airport parks 20 aircraft. The concrete runway is built upon an older, dismantled 3500 m runway.
The main terminal building is currently looking somewhat outdated. A new modern business-class terminal was recently built, and further developments are due: a new railway connecting the airport directly with central Kazan is expected to be completed for the 2013 Summer Universiade (serviced by Siemens Desiro trains). By the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the airport will have two brand new modern terminals and is expected to serve around 3 million people per year. from city's centre has been built to 2013 Summer Universiade and 2018 FIFA World Cup [1] to change an airport into a hub for 3 milliones of passengers by year. The new developments are currently under construction.
A bus runs every hour from the bus terminal in Kazan to the airport. However this service is not available 24 hours a day.
The airport is still often referred to locally as the new airport, as from 1979 till end of 1980s there was also a second airport for local airlines, Kazan-2 Airport within the city. Instead of it, the main airport was situated in the same place within the city since 1930s till 1979.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
Following is a list of the airlines operating at the airport (as of December, 2011):[1]
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 1 |
| Astra Airlines | Seasonal: Thessalonki [begins May 2012] | 1 |
| Air Arabia | Sharjah [begins March 6, 2012] | 1 |
| Air Astana | Almaty [begins June 1, 2012] | 1 |
| Ak Bars Aero | Bugulma, Chelyabinsk, Gelendzhik [operates during summer season only], Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, St.Petersburg, Munich | 1 |
| Avia Traffic Company | Bishkek | 1 |
| Flydubai | Dubai | 1 |
| Kuban Airlines | Charter: Antalya, Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh | 1 |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | 1 |
| Nordwind Airlines | Charter: Phuket | 1 |
| Orenair | Charter: Goa | 1 |
| Red Wings | Charter: Antalya | 1 |
| RusLine | Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Yekaterinburg | 1 |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | 1 |
| Somon Air | Dushanbe, Khudjand | 1 |
| Tatarstan Airlines | Baku, Dushanbe, Istanbul-Atatürk, Khudzhand, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Prague, St.Petersburg, Sochi, Tashkent, Tel Aviv, Yerevan Charter: Antalya, Barcelona, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Hurghada, Kos, Larnaca, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Pula, Sharm El Sheikh, Tivat, Varna |
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| Transaero | Moscow-Domodedovo Charter: Bangkok, Dubai, Phuket |
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| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk Charter: Antalya |
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| Ural Airlines | Dubai, Dushanbe, Khudzhand, Moscow-Domodedovo, Yekaterinburg Charter: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh |
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| UTair Aviation | Moscow-Vnukovo, Surgut, Ufa Charter: Bangkok, Sharm El Sheikh |
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| Uzbekistan Airways | Fergana, Samarkand, Tashkent | 1 |
[edit] Other facilities
Tatarstan Airlines has its head office on the airport property.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.airport.kazan.ru/files/dep_arr092011.pdf Kazan International Airport. Flights schedule for September 2011
- ^ "Головной офис." Tatarstan Airlines. Retrieved on 28 October 2010. "420144, Россия, Татарстан, г. Казань, Аэропорт"
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 23–29 March 1994. 122. "Head office: Kazan Airport, Tatarstan 420017, Russia"
