Any person who has to fly by plane, thinks about which airports he will be served. If until recently all Russian air harbors could not boast of special comfort, then over the past 20 years, many airports in the country have reached the best world level. We will present a list of the largest airports in Russia and talk about their features.
History of Russian Airports
Civil aviation in Russia appeared in the 20s of the twentieth century, although aeronautical devices in Russia began to be launched back in 1910. A special field was allocated for them in St. Petersburg. But the first airport is the Khodynskoye field in Moscow, from where regular flights to Smolensk have been made since 1923 and then to Berlin. A specially built airport appears in Moscow in 1933 - it was Bykovo. Since the 30s, the aviation industry in the USSR began to grow actively. Aircraft are being built, new air harbors are being built, domestic passenger service standards are being formed. By the beginning of the 40s, the list of international airports in Russia was growing. During the Second World War, part of the airports was converted for military purposes, part was destroyed. But already from the 50s a new round of development of civil aviation begins. By the 70s, each relatively large city had its own air terminal. Also, the construction of small airports in small villages of district scale is underway. After perestroika, this large-scale subsidized system disintegrated; aviation went through difficult times. But large airlines went through privatization and set about developing airports. Today, Russian airports, with a list of 329, are included in many international ratings and are actively continuing to modernize.
Top 10
Today there is intense competition between airlines, the same situation is observed in the market for air harbors. Each year, airports are evaluated and monitored for various parameters and a general rating is issued. Today, every year, the best and largest airports in Russia are determined. This list is constantly changing. Airline companies give a lot of effort to rise in this national and world rankings. For 2016, the list of 10 largest airports in the country includes: Moscow Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, St. Petersburg Pulkovo, Yekaterinburg Koltsovo, southern Sochi and Krasnodar, Novosibirsk Tolmachevo and Ufa from the capital of the same name.
The largest airports in the south of Russia (list and features)
Air transportation is an important part of the transport system of any region, including a hot topic for the southern regions of the country. Airplanes not only connect this part of the state with other parts of Russia, bringing here thousands of tourists every day, especially in the high season, but also establish relationships with foreign countries. The largest southern airports in Russia, the list of which includes several dozen harbors, most often exist for a long time and have an established reputation. So, the largest airport in the Pashkovsky region (Krasnodar) was created back in 1923. It has three runways and a capacity of about 1 thousand people per hour. The list of the largest harbors in the south also includes: Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Mineralnye Vody and Simferopol.
The largest airports in Central Russia
In the center of the country there are many airports that are strategically important transportation hubs. They are often the connecting points for passengers traveling from distant regions of Russia to the European part or abroad. The center of the country is characterized by the presence of a large number of medium-sized airports. All of them were built in Soviet times, today many are undergoing modernization processes. The largest air harbors include: Kurumoch (Samara) with two runways and a passenger flow of more than 2 million people a year, Strigino (Nizhny Novgorod) - about 1 million passengers a year, Gumrak (Volgograd) - 900 thousand people. in year.
The largest airports in Siberia
A huge space called Siberia is simply impossible to imagine without air travel. For many regions, this is the main form of transport communication with other parts of the country. For Siberia, air travel is an essential part of the economy. The list of Russian airports by city and size includes several Siberian harbors, which are distinguished by modern infrastructure and large volumes of traffic. The largest airports in Siberia include: Tolmachevo (Novosibirsk) with 2 runway and landing lanes and a passenger flow of almost 4 million people a year, Emelyanovo (Krasnoyarsk) - about 2 million passengers a year, Irkutsk with 1.6 million passengers a year , Surgut - 1.4 million people. per year, Roshchino (Tyumen) - 1.4 million people per year.
The largest airports in the Far East
Considering the airports of Russia, the list of which is long, it is worth paying special attention to enterprises in the Far East. Indeed, for this region, air traffic is a vital form of transport. Some areas of this part of the country are completely dependent on the airplane delivery of food and consumer goods and are the only way for people to get to other areas of the country. The largest airports include: Novy (Khabarovsk) - 1.8 million passengers a year, Knevichi (Vladivostok) - 1.7 million people. per year, Khomutovo (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - 800 thousand passengers per year.
Passenger Traffic Leaders
The undisputed national leaders topping the list of Russian airports in terms of passenger flow are two Moscow harbors: Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. Also, many domestic and world ratings include Vnukovo and Pulkovo. Sheremetyevo is a modern complex with five terminals and a passenger flow of 31 million people per year. It is included in the top 20 European airports and is constantly striving to improve the quality of passenger service. Sheremetyevo offers about 200 flight directions and works with all the leading airlines in the world, it is the “home” airport for Aeroflot. The second leader of the country is Domodedovo. Here, 80 planes of the world receive and send planes in 247 directions. This airport has more than once been recognized as the most convenient and modern of the Russian airports. It is home to S7 Airlines.