Chelyabinsk Airport

Chelyabinsk Airport
Аэропорт Челябинск

IATA: CEKICAO: USCC

CEK
Location of airport in Chelyabinsk Oblast

Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Chelyabinsk
Location Chelyabinsk, Russia
Elevation AMSL 771 ft / 235 m
Coordinates 55°18′18″N 061°30′18″E / 55.30500°N 61.50500°E / 55.30500; 61.50500Coordinates: 55°18′18″N 061°30′18″E / 55.30500°N 61.50500°E / 55.30500; 61.50500
Website cekport.ru
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 10,499 3,200 Concrete

Chelyabinsk Airport (IATA: CEK, ICAO: USCC) is an airport in Russia located 18 km north of Chelyabinsk. It services large airliners and can park up to 51 aircraft. It also serves as a secondary hub for S7 Airlines and Ural Airlines.

History

Terminal buildings of Chelyabinsk Airport

Passenger flights to Chelyabinsk were served by Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport from 1938 and until it was repurposed for military only use.

The current Chelyabinsk airport, initially called Balandino Airport, was opened in late 1953 with a passenger terminal and a dirt runway. The runway was paved in December 1962. A year later, the first jet plane (a Tu-104) arrived to the airport.

A new terminal was built in 1974 which remains in service to this day as one of the terminal buildings. In 1994, the government-owned airport was privatized and started its first international flights.

Passenger traffic reached 1.1 million and declined heavily during the 1990s. In 2013, the airport handled 1.2 million passengers, breaking the Soviet-time record.

The new, longer runway was built in 1999 while the old runway was repurposed as a taxiway. The airport is accepting heavy aircraft including Boeing 747 and An-225.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
AeroflotMoscow-Sheremetyevo
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya
Moscow-Vnukovo,[1] St Petersburg
Angara Airlines Kazan, Novosibirsk[2]
Nordwind AirlinesSeasonal charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Goa, Heraklion, Larnaca, Monastir, Phuket, Rhodes
OrenburzhyeOrenburg
PobedaSeasonal: Moscow-Vnukovo, Sochi
S7 AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo
Ural AirlinesDushanbe, Moscow-Domodedovo, Osh, St Petersburg, Tashkent
Seasonal: Anapa, Tivat
Seasonal charter: Burgas[3]
UTair Aviation Moscow-Vnukovo[4]
UVT Aero Kazan,[5] Novosibirsk[5]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Grizodubova Air Company Moscow-Vnukovo

Passenger statistics

Chelyabinsk Airport Statistics
Year Total
passengers
Change Domestic International Aircraft
departures
2000 274 236 +0,1% Increase 208 912 65 324 2 656
2001 297 198 +8,4% Increase 325 077 62 121 3 205
2002 302 626 +1,8% Increase 234 495 67 701 3 152
2003 359 822 +18,9% Increase 282 186 77 636 3 439
2004 404 151 +12,3% Increase 307 231 96 920 3 550
2005 386 115 4,5% Decrease 333 206 52 909 3 096
2006 432 034 +11,9% Increase 357 733 74 301 3 167
2007 675 141 +56,3% Increase 534 796 140 345 5 050
2008 685 408 +1,5% Increase 561 649 123 760 4 832
2009 581 555 15,2% Decrease 477 507 104 048 3 499
2010 664 184 +14,2% Increase 510 314 153 870 4 416
2011 833 780 +25,5% Increase 594 087 239 693 5 150
2012 1 000 753 +20,0% Increase 679 920 320 833 ~ 5 800
2013 1 210 388 +20,1% Increase 799 288 339 609 ~ 6 380
2014 1 404 238 +16,0% Increase 964 887 364 075 ~ 7023
2015 1 239 212 -11,8% Decrease 990 868 248 344 no data

Accidents and incidents

Miscellaneous facts

See also

References

  1. Плохотниченко, Юрий (26 January 2016). "Рейсы "Донавиа" и Orenair переводятся из Домодедово во Внуково под бренд "России"". Travel.Ru. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Из Новосибирска в Челябинск с авиакомпанией "Ангара"". Пресс-центр. Novosibirsk International Airport (Tolmachevo). Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. "Ural Airlines Planned New Routes in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. "UTair launches new direct flights from Moscow to Chelyabinsk!". UTair Aviarion. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Новые рейсы авиакомпании UVT aero из Международного аэропорта «Казань»". International Airport Kazan. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  6. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20150717-0

External links

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