| Vladivostok International Airport Международный аэропорт "Владивосток" Mezhdunarodnyi aeroport "Vladivostok" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Vladivostok | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Artyom, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Aurora, S7 Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 46 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°23′57″N 132°09′05″E / 43.39917°N 132.15139°E / 43.39917; 132.15139 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.vvo.aero | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladivostok International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт "Владивосток" Mezhdunarodnyi aeroport Vladivostok) (IATA: VVO, ICAO: UHWW) is an international airport located near Artyom, Primorsky Krai, Russia, roughly an hour's drive (44 kilometres (27 mi)) north of the center of the city of Vladivostok. It was formerly known as Knevichi Airport, named after the village of Knevichi.
History
The Vladivostok Airport was constructed in 1931 near the town of Artyom. Commercial flights began in the summer of 1932. In the decade after World War II, Po-2 and W-2 planes were widely used in air-chemical works and coastal exploration for fish in the service of geologists and forest patrols. Passenger flights on the Moscow - Vladivostok route began in 1948 using Ilyushin Il-12s.
From 1959 to 1964, a complex of ground facilities was built to allow regular flights with larger planes after the closure of the Vtoraya Rechka Airport, encroached by the growing city.
Expansion and modernization
Domestic Terminal B of the Vladivostok airport underwent complete renovation during 2005–2006, which transformed it into one of the most comfortable and up-to-date airport terminals in Russia. The renovated terminal was re-opened on December 19, 2006.
The federal and regional governments announced plans to rebuild Vladivostok International Airport prior to the APEC Russia 2012 Summit on Russky Island, south of Vladivostok. A new terminal (Terminal A) was built in 2012, at a cost of 7 billion RUB. The capacity of this new terminal building is 3.5 million passengers per year. Runway 07R/25L was also reconstructed and lengthened, to 3,500 metres (11,500 ft), and this new runway is capable of accommodating every type of aircraft.
The Terminal B has since closed and converted to an exhibition center.
Facilities
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The airport consists of two passenger terminals: the old Domestic Terminal B and the new International Terminal A. It has two associated airfields, Lake Springs and Knevichi.
- Lake Springs Airfield
The Lake Springs airfield (approximately 2 miles south-west of the main terminal) was designed for aircraft operating on regional routes. It has two hard-surface runways 21 metres (69 ft) wide each. One is 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in length and the second is 600 metres (2,000 ft). Currently, it is not used for regularly scheduled flights, and local aviation operates from there, instead.
- Knevichi
The Knevichi airfield was designed for all types of aircraft and has two hard surface runways. Each runway is 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) in length and 60 metres (200 ft) in width.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Sanya Seasonal: Phuket |
| Air Koryo | Pyongyang |
| Angara Airlines | Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Sovetskaya Gavan |
| Aurora | Beijing–Daxing, Chita, Dalnegorsk, Harbin, Iturup, Kavalerovo, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Krasnoyarsk–International, Kurilsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Plastun, Preobrazheniye, Sovetskaya Gavan, Terney, Ulan-Ude, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Azur Air | Seasonal charter: Phuket, Pattaya |
| China Southern Airlines | Yanji |
| China United Airlines | Beijing–Daxing |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Xi'an |
| Ikar | Sochi |
| IrAero | Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Neryungri |
| Juneyao Air | Shanghai–Pudong |
| Rossiya Airlines | Blagoveshchensk, Changchun, Harbin, Krasnoyarsk–International, Shanghai–Pudong |
| S7 Airlines | Beijing–Daxing, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Shanghai–Pudong, Yakutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Tianjin Airlines | Hailar |
| Ural Airlines | Yekaterinburg |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent |
| Yakutia Airlines | Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Yakutsk |
Statistics
Annual traffic
| Year | Passengers | % Change |
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| 2010 | 1,263,000 | 
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| 2011 | 1,457,000 |  15.4%
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| 2012 | 1,624,000 | 11.5%
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| 2013 | 1,853,000 | 14.1%
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| 2014 | 1,792,000 |  3.3%
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| 2015 | 1,698,178 | 5.2%
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| 2016 | 1,850,311 | 9%
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| 2017 | 2,179,000 | 17.8%
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| 2018 | 2,634,000 | 21%
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| 2019 | 3,080,000 | 16.9%
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| 2020 | 1,292,500 | 58%
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| 2021 | 1,813,658 | 40.3%
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| 2022 | 2,118,000 | 16.7%
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| 2023 | 2,593,000 | 022.4%
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Transportation
Rail
Between 2012 and 2015, Aeroexpress used to go between Vladivostok Railway Station to Knevichi Airport. This was done for APEC Summit. However, even before the crisis that has occurred since 2014, the Aeroexpress did not bring enough demand, running at the constant loss, due to a high fare and heavily automobilized population: most locals could rely on friends and family members to give them a ride, or had their own cars parked at the airport. Additionally, several bus routes offered the ride for significantly lower cost than the express, drawing off some of the visitors who found the rail and taxi fares excessive. In 2015, Aeroexpress shut down its service to the airport, and was replaced by an ordinary commuter express run by the regional commuter rail company "Express Primorya", with reduced cost and frequency to match the demand and save on the expenses of the operator.
See also
References
- "Airport handled over 2 million passengers in 2017". vvo.aero.
- "The new terminal Vladivostok airport building is provided a first test flight reception and service". Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "The information about Runway #1 at Vladivostok's airport". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- "Aeroflot Expands Sanya Network From Sep 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- "Aeroflot to increase flights from Russia to Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand". Travel News Asia. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- "Air Koryo March 2024 Flight Operations". AeroRoutes. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- "Авиасообщение между Итурупом и Владивостоком возобновят осенью". www.eastrussia.ru (in Russian). EastRussia («Восток России»). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- Liu, Jim (7 March 2017). "Aurora expands Vladivostok network in March 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- Прямой рейс свяжет Комсомольск-на-Амуре и Владивосток. primamedia.ru (in Russian). Медиахолдинг PrimaMedia. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- "Авиакомпания «Аврора» открывает продажу на новый рейс Владивосток-Курильск". Aurora Airlines. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- "Жители Бурятии смогут летать из Улан-Удэ во Владивосток за 5700 рублей". InformPolis. 21 July 2021.
- "AZUR air ударит по Юго-Восточной Азии — FrequentFlyers.ru" (in Russian). FrequentFlyers.ru. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- "China Southern Expands Yanji – Vladivostok Service in NS24". AeroRoutes. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- Liu, Jim (13 June 2024). "China United Begins Beijing – Vladivostok Service From June 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- "Hainan Airlines Adds Beijing – Vladivostok From Oct 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- "Hainan Airlines Adds Dalian – Vladivostok From mid-Oct 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- "Hainan Airlines Schedules Xi'An – Vladivostok Dec 2024 Launch". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- "Juneyao Airlines NS24 Short-Haul International Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- Liu, Jim (21 November 2024). "Aeroflot Begins Vladivostok – Changchun Service From mid-Nov 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- "Aeroflot opens ticket sales for flights from Vladivostok to Harbin". WebWire. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- "S7 Airlines flight schedule". www.s7.ru. S7 Airlines.
- "S7 Airlines NS24 China Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- "S7 to launch flights between Vladivostok and Shanghai as of April 25". interfax.com. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- "Tianjin Airlines Adds Hailar – Vladivostok in 3Q24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ""Уральские авиалинии" в ноябре откроют прямой рейс Екатеринбург-Владивосток". Interfax-Russia.ru (in Russian). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- "Uzbekistan Airways adds regular Vladivostok service from Sep 2018". Routesonline.
- "vladivostok-v-2017". www.eastrussia.ru.
- "Международный аэропорт Владивосток подвел итоги производственной деятельности за 2023 год". vvo.aero. Vladivostok International Airport. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
Media related to Vladivostok Airport at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and Russian)
- Spotting in Vladivostok International Airport on YouTube
- Airport information on the Vladivostok Avia website
- (in Russian) Airport Vladivostok Aviateka.Handbook
