The international air harbor - Sheremetyevo Airport - has undergone reconstruction and today looks completely different. The changes made it possible to increase throughput and optimize passenger flow. It is impossible to miss a flight today: every half an hour an aeroexpress train arrives from the Belorusskaya metro station (from 5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily).
In September 2018, Sheremetyevo Airport was awarded the prestigious ASQ Awards as the best European airport for quality of service.
The airport in the north of the Moscow region is currently growing, for 8 months of 2018 its passenger traffic grew by 13.2% compared to the same period last year, and in actual terms this figure exceeded 30 million people.
Terminal F at Sheremetyevo Airport (formerly Sh-2) is the historically important and most famous of all the sites of the air harbor. Its construction was dedicated to the Moscow Olympics, held in 1980. The terminal is located in the southern sector of the airport, nearby are terminals D and E, as well as the aeroexpress train station.
Beginning of work
Sheremetev F terminal was commissioned on May 6, 1980. Today it is used exclusively for serving international destinations. The total area of the F-terminal is 95 thousand square meters, and its throughput exceeds 6 million passengers per year. At the same time, in 2018, Beijing, Paris and Prague, as well as Antalya and Tel Aviv can be distinguished among the most popular and popular destinations served by the terminal.
From terminal F Sheremetyevo there is access to other areas of the South Sector of the air harbor through a clean and public area. A single security control zone operates here. Passengers can freely move around the vast expanse of the airport, using the services of lounges, restaurants, numerous bars and a large number of duty-free shops, which occupy a huge area.
Flight info
The terminal board of Sheremetyevo F displays all flights for the current day, departures and arrivals of aircraft.
If you want to receive data on a specific flight, which is scheduled for a certain date in the coming days, you can use the online scoreboard posted on the Internet. You will receive comprehensive information, including all delays and cancellations, the actual time of arrival and departure of each aircraft, flight number and terminal for boarding the aircraft. You can see the departure board of terminal F Sheremetyevo both on the official website of the airport by setting a filter of your choice and on the websites of major sellers of airline tickets and search engines.
Building
The facility in which Terminal F is located is huge and has a total of five floors.
- On the ground floor, equipped for arriving guests, there are all the necessary amenities for those who come to Moscow.
- From the second floor you can go to the racks 135-182.
- To go to runways 42-58, you need to climb to the third floor.
- If you want to have a bite to eat or have a full dinner, the Fifth Ocean restaurant and the Airport Service are located on the fourth floor.
- The Museum of the History of the Sheremetyevo Airport offers everyone to see the exhibits and find out interesting facts regarding the creation of one of the main air ports in Russia.
2018 Reviews
About the work and convenience of terminal F Sheremetev leave good reviews. They note the cleanliness and high speed of service, friendly staff. The biggest drawback is the presence of queues, which, apparently, is due to savings in the number of staff. Some people saw the untimely cleaning of socially important areas of the airport as a significant minus. But this, apparently, isolated cases, is cleaned in the terminal regularly and efficiently. Passengers give positive feedback to a pleasant cafe with good food, a convenient internal device of the terminal. In particular, the presence of signs provided a quick search for the required premises or place. Delicious food in the dining room and low prices are also advantages of the terminal.
In a word, of course, not without flaws, but Sheremetev’s terminal F fully meets all modern world standards adopted in relation to air harbors. Convenience, comfort, affordable food and an excellent level of service win the hearts of passengers from all over the world.