Kaluga Airport: features and infrastructure

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

Kaluga is located 160 kilometers from Moscow, on the Oka River. It is the administrative center of the urban district of Kaluga, as well as the Kaluga region.

Today, this city and region are one of the most picturesque places in Russia. There are modern high-rise buildings, industrial microdistricts side by side with old buildings, churches, narrow lanes, as well as amazing nature that has survived to our time.

You can visit this contrasting city by arriving at the Kaluga airport. This airport has two names - city and Grabtsevo.

About the airport

Kaluga Airport is an international B-class airport located 5 kilometers from the city and 190 kilometers from Moscow.

It can receive and service airliners such as Boeing 737-500 and Airbus A319.

The An-24 from Leningrad in 1970 was the first passenger ship to be received by Kaluga Airport. Subsequently, the international air port also began to accept the Yak-40.

Today, flights to and from Kaluga Airport arrive and depart from it only to the city of St. Petersburg, but they candirections from other cities, as well as countries are accepted. In addition, from this airport you can get to the capital of Russia, but there will be a transfer in St. Petersburg. There are also flights to Simferopol, Ufa, the resort cities of Russia, Lipetsk, Tambov and Kazan, as well as to such foreign cities as Minsk, Braunschweig, Berlin, Stockholm, Brussels, Paris. The most convenient way is to use a chartered transfer between Sheremetyevo Airport and Kaluga Airport, which will take no more than 3 hours.

Reconstruction of Grabtsevo Airport in Kaluga

In 2015, the overhaul of the air port was completed with the introduction of innovative equipment.

Reconstruction included lengthening the runway, refurbishing the airport terminal, constructing new buildings for rescue services, erecting a hangar for business aviation aircraft, and installing and replacing avionics and navigation systems.

The advantage was the creation of amenities for people with limited mobility - a modern waiting room. A comfortable room for mother and child has also been designed, as well as free access to a wireless Wi-Fi network.

At the moment we are actively cooperating with two airlines: Saratov Airlines and S7. Their planes are accepted and serviced by Kaluga airport, in particular Embraer RJ-170.

Airport infrastructure

Before the reconstruction, which took place in 2014-2015, Grabtsevo Airport was no different from other air harbors. The overhaul brought many changes toterminal area:

• Inexpensive cafes and restaurants where airport visitors can eat.
• Comfortable chairs installed in the renovated waiting room where you can charge your mobile gadget. In addition, you can use the free Wi-Fi network.
• Safe storage areas for hand luggage and luggage.
• Shops where you can buy the goods you need on the way.
• Car parking.
• ATMs and payment terminals.

There are several hotels near the Kaluga airport. One of them is the Kaluga Hotel, which offers more than 80 rooms, including suites. There is a bar where you can hold a business conference in a comfortable atmosphere, as well as use the spacious conference room.

Ambassador Aparthotel is in close proximity - more than 100 rooms, spa and fitness centers, a restaurant and a bar, as well as express check-out and check-in, cash withdrawal from an ATM, a delicious breakfast.

How to get to Kaluga airport?

You can get to the airport by private transport with subsequent parking in the parking lot. Taxi services are also available, but this option is not to everyone's liking due to the price.

A cheaper option is a bus that runs through the city and then heads to Kaluga Airport via the railway station and the central square.

In addition, on the airport website you can order a transfer to absolutely anywhere, but this service is much more expensive than a regular taxi. Therefore, among visitors, it is less popular.