When a traveler flies to Yakutia, he begins to worry about how this land with harsh nature will meet him. I really do not want to experience the cold in the very first minutes after landing. Will passengers be dropped off the plane in the middle of a field? Where to expect luggage? What conditions can the airport of the city of Yakutsk boast of? Is there any hotel near the air harbor? Our article will tell about this.
It cannot be said that Yakutia (the official name of the Republic of Sakha) was a favorite and popular destination. But many tourists use this airport as a transit point on their way to resorts in Thailand, such as Phuket. What do they say about conditions at the airport? It should be said that the old and new reviews are very different from each other. Maybe the reason is that a new terminal has been put into operation? It opened at the end of June 2012.
Yakutsk Airport: Description
AirportThe Republic of Sakha also has a second, unofficial name - "Tuymaada". This is the name of the valley in which Yakutsk is located. And the name was transferred to the city air terminal. As for its characteristics, quite often we will have to repeat the word "most". After all, Yakutsk is a unique airport in many respects. For example, it is the only test site in the world where new aircraft are tested in natural conditions of low temperatures. And this airport also became the first point from where a flight was made over the Far North of the USSR and Siberia (to Irkutsk). Now the air station has the status of international and federal significance. The airlines "Polar Airlines" and "Yakutia" are based in it. At the moment, the passenger turnover of the airport is 850 thousand people a year. This modest figure is due to the fact that Yakutsk is not a frequently visited city. But the capacity of the airport is seven hundred passengers per hour! So the potential of the air terminal is truly huge.
History
October 8, 1925 can be called the birthday of aviation in Yakutia. On this day, the first plane took off from the Darkylakh pier. And three years later, air communication between Irkutsk and Yakutsk was established. The airport in the republic began to be built in 1931 and completed in 1935. Even now, however, in an updated form, it exists in its old place, in the Tuymaada valley. At first, the airport was used as a transport hub between the mines. And for civil aviation, they began to operate it from 1940, when they built a small terminal with rooms for staffand passengers, buffet and weather station. After the end of World War II, regular flights to Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, and Magadan began to operate. An airport hotel was built in 1964. And in 1985 it was replaced by the new Liner Hotel, which is still operating today. After the successful testing of the Boeing 757 at low temperatures, Yakutsk Airport received a new impetus for development. In 1996, a new terminal was opened, which received international status. In 2012, a new terminal was put into operation. The old building has become part of the airport complex.
Air Harbor Features
This transport hub includes the Yakutsk passenger and cargo airport, the service of ground navigators-dispatchers, the Aerotorgservice company, which prepares food for meals on board, customs and border control, hangars, dog service. Many airlines in the USA, Japan, as well as FinnAir, KLM, Singapore Airlines, SpeedBird (Great Britain), Lufthansa, Aeroflot and others have recognized this airport as possible for landing on cross-polar routes. The first international flight on a regular basis was launched to Harbin in 2006. A year later, one of the world's largest Boeing 747-200 aircraft was accepted.
Facilities for passengers
Photos of Yakutsk airport show quite a modern spacious terminal that meets the requirements for the international class "C". The building has six elevators, fourescalator. Telescopic ladders - "sleeves" are served to the aircraft. In addition to the usual waiting room, there is an area for business class passengers and a VIP area. Luggage is issued on circular paths. There is a cafe in the terminal building. The area in front of the airport terminal looks no less presentable. Parking is equipped there and a monument to Karina Chikitova and her dog Naida is erected as a sign of touching friendship and resilience. The Yakutsk airport hotel is also part of the complex. It has one hundred and thirty comfortable rooms of different categories. There is a sushi bar on the ground floor of the hotel.
Where can I fly from Yakutsk
The Republic of Sakha has a vast territory. And many of its corners are connected with civilization only by air. Not surprisingly, local flights account for about 70 percent of all aircraft circulation from Yakutsk Airport. As for the cities of Russia, Yakutsk is connected with Moscow (Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo), St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Khabarovsk, Anapa and Sochi. Abroad from the airport you can fly to Thailand (Bangkok and Phuket), Vietnam (Nha Trang), Hong Kong, Seoul, Harbin. The hub serves twelve airlines. Among them are Aeroflot, Yakutia, S7, IrAero, Polar Airlines, Globus and others.
How to get to Yakutsk
The airport is located seven kilometers north of the city center. Its address is: st. Gagarin, 10, Yakutsk. You can stay atthree-star hotel "Liner", it is the largest in the city. The hotel is part of the airport complex. And you will be taken to Yakutsk in ten minutes by city buses No. 18 and 4.
