Odesa International Airport
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Odesa International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Одеса" | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military/public | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Odessa | ||||||||||||||
Location | Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | SkyUp Ukraine International Airlines | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 172 ft / 52 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°25′37″N 030°40′41″E / 46.42694°N 30.67806°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.odesa.aero | ||||||||||||||
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Odesa International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Одеса») (IATA: ODS, ICAO: UKOO) is an international airport of Odessa, the third largest city of Ukraine, located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest from its city centre.
Facilities
The area of Odesa International airport is 570 hectares. Technical service of airport is based on 2,800 square meters area and represented by four parking places to provide technical service to four planes simultaneously. European standards classify the airport as "class 1".[2] The airport has ILS CAT I status.
The airport's runways either were or are co-used by the Ukrainian Air Force.
History
The airport was built in 1961.
In May 2007, the airport started construction work that included extending the main runway.
In 2009, it served 651,000 passengers.
On 8 June 2012, builders started to prepare the land on which the new terminal would be built. The area of the new terminal was to be 26,000 square meters, with the capacity for 1,000 passengers per hour (1.5–2 million passengers per year). It would have 16 check-in desks, and four telescopic gangways, and the number of bus pick-up points would be increased from two to five. The construction of the new terminal was planned to be completed by the end of 2013. However, due to extensive delays, it was opened for arrivals on 15 April 2017.[3] It is to serve both international and domestic flights. The estimated cost of the work was around 45–60 million. Airport Consulting Vienna company has developed a master plan, business plan and evaluation of the technical concept of the airport. The chief designer of the project is the Spanish company Ineco.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Year | Passengers | Change on previous year | Odessa International Airport passenger totals 2001–2019 (in millions) |
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2001 | 117,000 | – | |
2002 | 132,000 | 12.8% | |
2003 | 260,000 | 97.0% | |
2004 | 307,000 | 18.1% | |
2005 | 343,000 | 11.7% | |
2006 | 465,100 | 35.6% | |
2007 | 527,400 | 13.4% | |
2008 | 787,000 | 49.2% | |
2009 | 651,000 | 17.3% | |
2010 | 707,100 | 8.6% | |
2011 | 824,300 | 17.0% | |
2012 | 907,600 | 10.1% | |
2013 | 1,069,100 | 17.8% | |
2014 | 863,900 | 19.2% | |
2015 | 949,100 | 9.8% | |
2016 | 1,033,560 | 8.9% | |
2017 | 1,230,000 | 18.3% | |
2018 | 1,446,500 | 17.7% | |
2019 | 1,694,022 | 17.1% |
See also
- List of airports in Ukraine
- List of the busiest airports in Ukraine
- List of the busiest airports in Europe
- List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
References
- ^ odesa.aero (31 December 2019). "Annual report 2019". Odessa International Airport. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Ukraine travel guide dompavlov.com – Odessa International Airport Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New terminal launched at Odesa airport - Russian aviation news". Russian Aviation Insider. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ^ Liu, Jim (3 June 2019). "Arkia adds Odessa charters in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Flights". anextour.com.ua.
- ^ "Buta Airways to launch flights to Odessa and Kharkiv". azernews.az. 18 January 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim (8 January 2020). "Ellinair S20 network additions as of 07JAN20". Routesonline.
- ^ "SkyUp". skyup.aero.
- ^ a b c d "SkyUp launches four new international flights from Odesa". ukrinform.net. 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Even more sea: SkyUp opens ticket sales for new flights from Odessa". skyup.aero. 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Crete, Zakynthos and Corfu within a few hours of direct flight". skyup.aero. 23 January 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim (20 February 2019). "SkyUp Airlines updates S19 network expansion". Routesonline.
- ^ "Never too much of Italy: SkyUp opens ticket selling for four new destinations". skyup.aero. 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "freight monitor". online.joinup.ua. 9 July 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim (7 February 2017). "Sun d'Or plans additional routes for S17". Routesonline. Routesonline. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ Liu, Jim (2 August 2018). "Tarom adds Odessa / Tbilisi from Sep 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)".
- ^ a b "Charter flights timetable". flyuia.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
External links
Media related to Odessa International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- NOAA/NWS current weather observations
- ASN Accident history for UKOO