Iturup Airport

This article is about new public airport serving Kurilsk. For old military airport, see Burevestnik Airport.
Iturup Airport
Аэропорт Итуруп

IATA: ITU[1] – ICAO: UHSI[2]

ITU
Location of airport in Sakhalin Oblast

Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Kuril Islands Airports
(Аэропорты Курильских островов)
Serves Kurilsk, Iturup Island
Elevation AMSL  m / 387 ft
Coordinates 45°15′23″N 147°57′21″E / 45.25639°N 147.95583°E / 45.25639; 147.95583Coordinates: 45°15′23″N 147°57′21″E / 45.25639°N 147.95583°E / 45.25639; 147.95583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,300 7,546 Concrete

Iturup Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Итуруп) (IATA: ITU, ICAO: UHSI) is a public airport on Iturup Island, Russia. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the town of Kurilsk.[3]

History

The airport has been in commercial operation since September 2014.[4] It has been built in a swampy taiga and it is the first airport built from scratch in Russia's post-Soviet history.[4]

Before Iturup Airport was built, Burevestnik Military Air Base, located 40 km southwest from the town center (or 60 km by road), had been the only airport serving Kurilsk. Now, it becomes a reserve airfield for Iturup. Because it is often closed due to fog, new Iturup Airport airport improves air traffic punctuality.[4]

Facilities

The airport's only runway (marked 13/31) is 2,300 by 42 metres (7,546 ft × 138 ft) and has concrete surface,[3] equipped with an Instrument Landing System and glideslope which facilitate Instrument Flight Rules landings.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aurora Airline Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "UHSI - Iturup Airport". Skyvector.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "AIP Russian Federation - UHSI KURILSK/Iturup" (PDF) (in Russian and English). Federal State Unitary Enterprise Centre of Aeronautical Information. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 4 (help)
  4. 1 2 3 "New airport on Kuril Iturup Island receives first flight". rbth.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Aurora - on-line timetable" (in Russian). flyaurora.ru. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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