Any person who is going to fly by plane thinks about which airports they will be served at. If until recently all Russian air harbors could not boast of special comfort, then over the past 20 years, many airports in the country have reached the best world level. Let's present a list of the largest airports in Russia and tell you about their features.
History of Russian airports
Civil aviation in Russia appeared in the 20s of the twentieth century, although aeronautic vehicles in Russia began to be launched as early as 1910. A special field was allocated for them in St. Petersburg. But the first airport is Khodynskoye Pole in Moscow, from where, since 1923, regular flights have been made to Smolensk and further to Berlin. A specially built airport appears in Moscow in 1933 - it was Bykovo. Since the 1930s, the aviation industry in the USSR has been actively growing. Aircraft are being built, new air harbors are being built, domesticpassenger service standards. By the beginning of the 1940s, the list of international airports in Russia was also growing. During the Second World War, some of the airports were converted for military purposes, some were destroyed. But already in the 1950s, a new round of development of civil aviation began. By the 70s, each relatively large city had its own air terminal. The construction of small airports in small villages of the regional scale is also underway. After perestroika, this large-scale subsidized system collapsed, and aviation was going through difficult times. But major airlines have been privatized and have taken up the development of airports. Today, Russian airports, the list of which includes 329 units, are included in many international ratings and are actively continuing their modernization.
Top 10
Today, there is intense competition between airlines, the same situation is observed in the market of air harbors. Airports are assessed and monitored annually on various parameters and an overall rating is issued. Today, every year the best and largest airports in Russia are determined. This list is constantly changing. Air carrier companies are working hard to rise in this national and global rankings. For 2016, the list of the 10 largest airports in the country includes: Moscow Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, St. Petersburg Pulkovo, Ekaterinburg Koltsovo, southern Sochi and Krasnodar, Novosibirsk Tolmachevo and Ufa from the capital of the same name.
The largest airports in the south of Russia (list and features)
Air transportation is an important part of the transport system of any region, including this is a hot topic for the southern regions of the country. Airplanes not only connect this part of the state with other parts of Russia, delivering thousands of tourists here daily, especially during the high season, but also establish relationships with foreign countries. The largest southern airports in Russia, the list of which includes several dozen harbors, most often exist for a long time and have an established reputation. So, the largest airport in the region Pashkovsky (Krasnodar) was created in 1923. It has three runways and a capacity of about 1,000 people per hour. The list of the largest harbors in the south also includes: Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Mineralnye Vody and Simferopol.
The largest airports in Central Russia
There are many airports in the center of the country, which are strategically important transport hubs. They are often connecting points for passengers traveling from distant regions of Russia to the European part or abroad. The center of the country is characterized by the presence of a large number of medium-sized airports. All of them were built back in Soviet times, today many are undergoing modernization processes. The largest air harbors include: Kurumoch (Samara) with two runways and a passenger flow of more than 2 million people a year, Strigino (Nizhny Novgorod) - about 1 million passengers a year, Gumrak (Volgograd) - 900 thousand people. per year.
The largest airports in Siberia
The vast space called Siberia is simply impossible to imagine without air service. For many regions, this is the main form of transport connection with other parts of the country. For Siberia, air transportation is the most important part of the economy. The list of Russian airports by city and size includes several Siberian harbors at once, which are distinguished by modern infrastructure and large volumes of traffic. The largest airports in Siberia include: Tolmachevo (Novosibirsk) with 2 runways for takeoff and landing and with a passenger flow of almost 4 million people per year, Emelyanovo (Krasnoyarsk) - about 2 million passengers per year, Irkutsk with 1.6 million passengers per year, Surgut - 1.4 million people. per year, Roschino (Tyumen) - 1.4 million people per year.
The largest airports in the Far East
Considering the airports of Russia, the list of which is long, it is worth paying special attention to the enterprises of the Far East. Indeed, for this region, air communication is a vital mode of transport. Some areas of this part of the country are completely dependent on the air delivery of food, consumer goods and are the only way for people to get to other areas of the country. The largest airports are: Novy (Khabarovsk) - 1.8 million passengers per year, Knevichi (Vladivostok) - 1.7 million people. per year, Khomutovo (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - 800 thousand passengers per year.
Passenger traffic leaders
Unconditional national leaders leading the list of Russian airports bypassenger traffic are two Moscow harbors: Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. Also, many domestic and world ratings include Vnukovo and Pulkovo. Sheremetyevo is a modern complex with five terminals and a passenger traffic of 31 million people per year. It is one of the top 20 European airports and is constantly striving to improve the quality of passenger service. Sheremetyevo offers about 200 flight destinations and works with all the world's leading airlines; it is the "home" airport for Aeroflot. The country's second leader is Domodedovo, which receives and sends planes from 80 world airlines to 247 destinations. This airport has been recognized more than once as the most convenient and modern of Russian air enterprises. It is "home" for S7 Airlines.
