Vologda Airport is located ten kilometers from Vologda and is an air transport hub that serves regional flights.
History of the airport
In the twenties of the last century, biplanes were assembled near the village of Kovyrino.
Later, in the thirties, the first passenger planes began to appear in the district. Immediately began the active establishment of a system of regular transportation on the route Arkhangelsk - Moscow. Naturally, the flights were carried out with transfers, which were carried out in the city of Vologda.
Until the end of the seventies, there was a huge passenger flow. Cargo turnover was also quite impressive. Due to such a huge number of flights, the terminal building was overloaded. In addition, due to any minor error of the controllers, collisions of aircraft in the air and on the runway could take place.
Due to the inability of the airport to handle such a large passenger flow, the management decided to close the building, which happened in 1978. At the moment, this territory, called the "old Vologda Airport", is occupied by variouswarehouses.
In 1981, the new airport building was commissioned. The airline began its active development, for the transportation of passengers several new models of aircraft with greater capacity began to be used.
General information about the airport
Vologda airport is located eight kilometers from the city center. The city has no other airports.
The airport serves only domestic flights, it does not carry out any international flights. Passenger check-in, as well as baggage handling, starts two hours before departure and ends forty minutes before it.
To check in for a flight, you will need to present your ticket and passport. If a passenger purchased an e-ticket for a flight, they will only need to present their passport to check in for the flight.
Airport runways (Vologda)
The airport has at its disposal two small runways designed for takeoff and landing. The total length of one of them is six hundred twenty-five meters, each of them is thirty meters wide. Special asph alt concrete is used as a coating.
The second runway is almost twice as long as the first - its length is one and a half kilometers, and its width is forty-two meters. Reinforced concrete is used as a covering for this strip.
Thanks to these characteristics, Vologda (airport) can receive small planes and helicopters of anytype.
Airport infrastructure
In fact, the airport infrastructure is not as well developed as we would like. At the moment, there is only a cafe and a shop on the territory.
The nearest hotel to the airport is located in the city, eight kilometers from the landing site.
Airport (Vologda): how to get there
Vologda Airport is located eight kilometers from the city, so passengers do not have any problems getting to it.
There are several ways to do this.
By bus number 36, which runs daily from six in the morning to eleven in the evening. The cost of the road will be only sixteen rubles, the bus passes through the whole city. Vologda (the airport is, as we already said, 8 km away) - the city is not very big, so it won't take long.
On a special bus number 133, which departs towards the airport from the railway station, you can also get to the runway.
To help also a private car or taxi. Vologda is rich in such services. The airport is located north of the city, you need to go along the M8 highway.
