Vladivostok International Airport

Международный аэропорт "Владивосток"

Mezhdunarodnyi aeroport "Vladivostok"
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesVladivostok
LocationArtyom, Russia
Hub forAurora, S7 Airlines
Elevation AMSL46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates43°23′57″N 132°09′05″E / 43.39917°N 132.15139°E / 43.39917; 132.15139
Websitewww.vvo.aero
Map
VVO/UHWW is located in Primorsky Krai
VVO/UHWW
VVO/UHWW
Location of airport in Artyom, Primorsky Krai, Russia
VVO/UHWW is located in Russia
VVO/UHWW
VVO/UHWW
VVO/UHWW (Russia)
VVO/UHWW is located in Asia
VVO/UHWW
VVO/UHWW
VVO/UHWW (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 3,191 973 Asphalt
07R/25L 11,483 3,500 Concrete
07L/25R 11,483 3,500 Concrete
16/34 1,975 602 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers Served2,634,000

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.[2] 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.[3]

The Terminal B has since closed and converted to an exhibition center.

Facilities

Inside Vladivostok Airport.
The reconstructed terminal with air-bridges, behind Antonov An-12

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.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Harbin,[4] Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk–International, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Saint Petersburg, Ulan-Ude, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seasonal: Phuket[5]
Air Koryo Pyongyang
Angara Airlines Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Sovetskaya Gavan
Aurora Beijing–Daxing, Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Dalnegorsk, Harbin, Kavalerovo, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur,[6][7] Krasnoyarsk–International, Kurilsk,[8] Neryungri, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Plastun, Preobrazheniye, Sovetskaya Gavan, Terney, Ulan-Ude,[9] Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Phuket[10]
Chengdu Airlines Harbin[11]
Hainan Airlines Dalian[12]
Ikar Sochi
IrAero Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Irkutsk
Juneyao Air Shanghai–Pudong (begins 2 February 2024)[13]
Rossiya Airlines Moscow–Sheremetyevo[14]
S7 Airlines[15] Anadyr, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yakutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Ural Airlines Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg[16]
Seasonal: Vientiane[17]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent[18]
Yakutia Airlines Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Yakutsk

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual Passenger Traffic[19]
Year Passengers  % Change
20101,263,000Steady
20111,457,000Increase 15.4%
20121,624,000Increase 11.5%
20131,853,000Increase 14.1%
20141,792,000Decrease 3.3%
20151,698,178Decrease 5.2%
20161,850,311Increase 9%
20172,179,000Increase 17.8%
20182,634,000Increase 21%
20193,080,000Increase 16.9%
20201,292,500Decrease 58%
20211,813,658Increase 40.3%
20222,118,000Increase 16.7%

Transportation

Rail

Platform of Knevichi Railway Station

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

  1. ↑ "Airport handled over 2 million passengers in 2017". vvo.aero.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 "The information about Runway #1 at Vladivostok's airport". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Aeroflot opens ticket sales for flights from Vladivostok to Harbin". WebWire. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Aeroflot to increase flights from Russia to Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand". Travel News Asia. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Liu, Jim (7 March 2017). "Aurora expands Vladivostok network in March 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Прямой рейс свяжет Комсомольск-на-Амуре и Владивосток. primamedia.ru (in Russian). Медиахолдинг PrimaMedia. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Авиакомпания «Аврора» открывает продажу на новый рейс Владивосток-Курильск". Aurora Airlines. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Жители Бурятии смогут летать из Улан-Удэ во Владивосток за 5700 рублей". InformPolis. 21 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "AZUR air ударит по Юго-Восточной Азии — FrequentFlyers.ru" (in Russian). FrequentFlyers.ru. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Chengdu Airlines Resumes Harbin – Vladivostok Service From late-July 2023". AeroRoutes. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hainan Airlines Adds Dalian – Vladivostok From mid-Oct 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Juneyao Airlines Plans Vladivostok Feb 2024 Launch". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  14. ↑ Liu, Jim (31 August 2018). "Rossiya Airlines W18 Moscow service changes". Routesonline. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "S7 Airlines flight schedule". www.s7.ru. S7 Airlines.
  16. ↑ ""Уральские авиалинии" в ноябре откроют прямой рейс Екатеринбург-Владивосток". Interfax-Russia.ru (in Russian). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  17. ↑ "Ural Airlines adds Novosibirsk – Vientiane Service in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Uzbekistan Airways adds regular Vladivostok service from Sep 2018". Routesonline.
  19. ↑ "vladivostok-v-2017". www.eastrussia.ru.
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