Tolmachevo Airport

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Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport(Russian:Аэропо́рт Толмачёво) (IATA:OVB,ICAO:UNNT) is situated in the town ofOb,16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the center ofNovosibirsk,an industrial and scientific center inSiberiaandRussia's third-largest city.

Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
Novosibirsk

Аэропорт Толмачёво
Summary
Airport typeMilitary / Public
OwnerRoman TrotsenkothroughNovaport
OperatorTolmachevo Airport (JSC)
ServesNovosibirsk
LocationOb,Russia
HubforS7 Airlines
ElevationAMSL365 ft / 111 m
Coordinates55°00′45″N82°39′02″E/ 55.01250°N 82.65056°E/55.01250; 82.65056
Websitewww.tolmachevo.ru
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OVB is located in Novosibirsk Oblast
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OVB is located in Russia
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OVB is located in Asia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,600 11,801 Asphalt concrete
16/34 3,600 11,818 Concrete
Statistics (2020)
Passengers4,634,166
Passenger change 19–20Decrease31.3%
Aircraft movements30,770
Movements change 19–20Decrease7.3%
Sources: Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe[1]
AIPof the Russian Federation,[2]Tolmachevo media centre*[3][4]

Overview

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There are two (3,600 metres (11,800 ft) and 3,605 metres (11,827 ft)) activerunwaysin Tolmachevo Airport, along with one largepassenger terminalwith two connected sections (Section A for domestic flights (25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft), 18 check-in desks, 2jet bridges,capacity 1,800 passengers/hour,[5]and Section B for international flights (27,000 square metres (290,000 sq ft), 14 check-in desks, 3 jet bridges, capacity 1,300 passengers/hour),[6]2cargo terminalsand 61 aircraft stands. Runway 16 is equipped with anILS CAT II,which enables aircraft operations in lowceiling(30 metres) and visibility (350 metres).[7]

The airport is situated in the middle of the route from some importantEast-Asiancities (e.g.Seoul,Shanghai,Hong Kong,etc.) toEuropewhich makes it attractive for cargo airlines to use it for refueling stops.[8]It serves also as adiversion airportonPolar route1.[9][10]

Tolmachevo is the busiest airport inSiberiaand thesixth-busiest airport in Russia.[11][12]It is also the busiest regional transit airport in Russia after Moscow MOW.[13]In 2020, the airport served 4,634,166 passengers (-31.3%)[4]and handled 34,158 tons of cargo (+0.05%).[4]Detailed data for years 2003–2020 is in theTraffic Statisticssection below.

The Tolmachevo Airport is operated byNovaportsince 2011.[14][15]

History

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Operations began on July 12, 1957, with the first passenger flight of aTupolev Tu-104from Novosibirsk toMoscow.The airport was owned by United Tolmachevo Aviation Enterprise and the Ministry of Civil Aviation of theUSSRuntil 1992. The airport then became ajoint stock companyin 1995, with 51% owned by the state. The domestic terminal was completely renovated in 2006. Tolmachevo Airport is also the first Russian airport to receive anISO 9002-96certificate. On November 29, 2012, for the first time in its history, the airport received its three-millionth annual passenger.[16]During 2014-2015, the former international terminal was enlarged and merged with the domestic terminal which doubled its passenger capacity.[6]The airport celebrated its four-millionth annual passenger on December 21, 2016.[17]In the last hours of 2017, another milestone was reached: on December 31, 2017, the airport handled its five-millionth annual passenger.[18]On December 18, 2019, the airport celebrated its first 6.5-millionth annual passenger.[19]

Plans for its further development include construction of a new rapid-exit taxiway and 4 stands for wide-body aircraft,[20]On 15 September 2020 the airport commenced construction works of the new terminal. Work is being conducted by contractor Ant Yapı (Turkey). Construction of the 56,000 square meters terminal will be completed in the third quarter of 2022. Phase two work will be completed by 2025.[21]The total area of the airport terminal will be more than 100,000 square meters.[22]

The airport is also home to the337th Independent Helicopter Regiment(previously called the 562nd Air Base (Army Aviation)) flyingMil Mi-24P's andMil Mi-8AMTSh-V's[23]and the Composite Aviation Squadron,32nd Independent Composite Transport Aviation Regiment,both as part of the14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[24]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 13 November 2020, anAntonov An-124 Ruslanaircraft operating Volga-Dnepr Airlines Flight 4066 suffered anuncontained engine failureon departure and was severely damaged. On landing back at Tolmachevo, the aircraft overran the runway and was further damaged when its nosewheels collapsed. All fourteen people on board survived.[25]

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
AeroflotBangkok–Suvarnahumi,[26]Khabarovsk,Moscow–Sheremetyevo,Phuket,[27]Saint Petersburg,Sanya[28]
Seasonal:Antalya,Sochi
AlrosaMirny,Moscow–Vnukovo,Udachny
Seasonal:Sochi
AuroraKhabarovsk
Avia Traffic CompanyBishkek,Osh
Azerbaijan AirlinesBaku[29]
Azur AirSeasonal charter:Colombo-Bandaranaike,[30]Hurghada,Pattaya,[30]Phuket[30]
FlyOne ArmeniaYerevan(begins 31 March 2025)
flydubaiDubai–International
Georgian AirwaysTbilisi[31]
IkarSeasonal charter:Phuket,Sochi
IrAeroBaku,Irkutsk,Kyzyl,Talakan
Myanmar Airways InternationalMandalay,[32]Yangon[33][34]
NordStarNorilsk
Nordwind AirlinesSeasonal:Saint Petersburg,Sochi
PobedaMoscow–Sheremetyevo,[35]Moscow–Vnukovo
Seasonal:Sochi
Qazaq AirAstana,[36]Öskemen[36]
Red Wings AirlinesSeasonal charter:Hambantota–Mattala,Phuket,[37]
Rossiya AirlinesKrasnoyarsk–International,Saint Petersburg
RusLineMoscow-Vnukovo
S7 Airlines[38]Abakan,Almaty,[39]Antalya,[40]Astana,[39]Baku,[41]Bangkok–Suvarnahumi,[42]Barnaul,Beijing–Daxing,[43]Bishkek,Blagoveshchensk,Bratsk,Chelyabinsk,Chita,Dubai–Al Maktoum,[44]Dubai–International,[44]Dushanbe,Fergana,Gorno-Altaysk,Irkutsk,Istanbul,[45]Izhevsk,Kaliningrad,[46]Kazan,Kemerovo,Khabarovsk,Khanty-Mansiysk,Khujand,Krasnoyarsk–International,Kyzyl,Magadan,Makhachkala,Mineralnye Vody,Mirny,Moscow–Domodedovo,Nadym,Neryungri,Nizhnevartovsk,Nizhny Novgorod,Norilsk,Novokuznetsk,Novy Urengoy,Noyabrsk,Omsk,Orenburg,Osh,Öskemen,Perm,Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,Pevek,Saint Petersburg,Samara,Samarqand,Saratov,[47]Sochi,Surgut,Talakan,Tomsk,Tyumen,Ufa,Ulan-Ude,Ulyanovsk–Baratayevka,Vladivostok,Volgograd,Yakutsk,Yekaterinburg,Yerevan,[48]Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Seasonal:Tamchy-Issyk-Kul
SCAT AirlinesSeasonal charter:Phu Quoc,Sihanoukville,[49]Taraz[49]
SmartaviaMoscow–Sheremetyevo,Saint Petersburg
Seasonal:Sochi
Somon AirDushanbe
UtairIrkutsk,Krasnoyarsk–International,Moscow–Vnukovo,Surgut
UVT AeroTobolsk,[50]Yekaterinburg
Uzbekistan AirwaysFergana,Tashkent
Yakutia AirlinesMoscow–Vnukovo,Neryungri,Yakutsk
Yamal AirlinesNovy Urengoy,Salekhard

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Aviastar-TUHangzhou[51][52]
Russian PostHarbin,Zhengzhou[53][54]

Statistics

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The monument fromTupolev Tu-154MofS7 Airlinesat Tolmachevo Airport
Tolmachevo Airport outside view of joint terminal (left - domestic section A, right - international section B) before construction of the new terminal in 2020
Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[55][56][57][58][59][60][4]
Year (month) Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2021* 6,046,000 48.0% 0715,000 31.0% 6,761,000 46.0%
2020 4,087,771 16.6% 0546,395 70.4% 4,634,166 31.3%
2019 4,903,212 14.5% 1,843,939 13.3% 6,747,151 14.2%
2018 4,281,799 20.6% 1,627,279 11.7% 5,909,078 18.0%
2017 3,550,375 17.7% 1,456,927 34.9% 5,007,302 22.2%
2016 3,017,226 16.0% 1,080,264 02.0% 4,097,490 10.6%
2015 2,600,974 07.0% 1,102,237 27.8% 3,703,211 06.4%
2014 2,431,238 10.9% 1,526,429 02.0% 3,957,667 05.6%
2013 2,191,304 08.7% 1,556,907 24.5% 3,748,211 14.7%
2012 2,015,767 13.7% 1,250,978 25.9% 3,266,745 18.1%
2011 1,772,566 12.5% 0993,316 44.7% 2,765,884 22.3%
2010 1,575,185 15.3% 0686,442 56.8% 2,261,630 25.3%
2009 1,366,500 20.3% 0437,800 06.3% 1,804,297 14.5%
2008 1,643,900 12.7% 0465,500 12.4% 2,109,424 12.6%
2007 1,459,200 12.3% 0414,300 16.0% 1,873,496 13.1%
2006 1,299,700 02.5% 0357,200 06.2% 1,656,901 00.5%
2005 1,268,500 05.7% 0379,400 11.5% 1,647,940 07.0%
2004 1,199,500 11.7% 0340,300 17.3% 1,539,777 12.9%
2003 1,073,900 12.7% 0290,000 00.4% 1,363,952 09.9%

(*)Preliminary Data. Source: Tolmachevo media centre[61]

Busiest domestic routes from Tolmachevo Int. Airport (2013)[62][63]
Rank City Passengers Growth

2013/2012

1 Moscow 1,073,265 05%
2 Saint Petersburg 0152,068 15%
3 Khabarovsk 0122,150 24%
4 Vladivostok 0095,864 15%
5 Yakutsk 0069,555 11%
6 Irkutsk 0066,751 69%
7 Yekaterinburg 0044,091 17%
8 Mirny 0042,246 04%
9 Surgut 0038,006 14%
10 Nizhnevartovsk 0035,465 18%
Busiest international routes from Tolmachevo Int. Airport (2013)[62][63]
Rank City Country Passengers Growth

2013/2012

1 Bangkok Thailand 215,408 25%
2 Antalya Turkey 143,906 13%
3 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 100,635 22%
4 Phuket Thailand 093,134 49%
5 Osh Kyrgyzstan 080,041 08%
6 Beijing China 077,026 14%
7 Dubai United Arab Emirates 050,564 36%
8 Khujand Tajikistan 047,645 13%
9 Ürümqi China 041,845 06%
10 Dushanbe Tajikistan 041,470 04%

Ground transportation

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Public transportation to the city is provided by a number of bus routes, as well as by private and municipal taxis. Shuttle bus service runs also between the airport and theObrailway station at theTrans-Siberian Railway- a stop forElektrichkalocal commuter trains and some long-distance trains in the direction ofOmsk.[64]

Since 1 June 2024 direct buses toKuzbas'Mezhdurechenskwith additional stops inMyski,Novokuznetsk,BelovoandLeninsk-Kuznetskyare available on daily basis.[65]

See also

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