Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport is a modern air transport hub of federal and international importance. It is located 10 km from the city of the same name in the Sakhalin region. The airport has been operating for over 70 years. What airlines are served here? How can passengers get to the airport terminal from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?
History
Khomutovo Airport (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) was founded in 1945 immediately after the region was liberated from Japanese troops after the war. An air squadron was created. Already in October of this year, the air hub began to serve regular flights from Khabarovsk.
From 1946 until 1960, the airfield complex served aviation regiments No. 296 and 96, which were stationed here to perform air defense tasks.
In the 1950s, Soviet-made Il-14 aircraft entered the civil air squadron. It was these aircraft that subsequently made flights to Kirovskoye, Okha and Khabarovsk. Also, Mi-type helicopters (1 and 4 modifications) were handed over to the squadron.
By 1964, the airfield complex was put into operationKhomutovsky, which is located on the site of a modern airport. Thanks to this, it became possible to receive and send such airliners as the Il-18 and An-10.
In the 1970s and until 1985, the Civil Aviation Squadron received, in addition, Mi helicopters (1, 2, 4 and 8 modifications) and Il-14 and An-2 (24) airliners. By 1985, the airfield complex was completely ready to serve the Tu-154.
In 1990, the airport began serving international traffic. And in 2013, it becomes an open joint stock company as a result of reorganization.
Services Provided
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport provides passengers with many services. There is parking on the territory of the airport complex. The terminal building has a left-luggage office, a playroom for children, various bars, restaurants, snack bars, a post office, and duty-free shops in the international zone. Passengers with disabilities are provided with an escort service free of charge. There is also a VIP lounge, where passengers are served for a fee.
What aircraft are served here?
The airfield complex has only one runway with the number 01/19 with concrete pavement. Its dimensions are 3.4 km in length and 45 m in width. The runway has been assigned a classification number of 43/R/A/X/T.
WFP allows servicing, receiving and sending any types of helicopters, as well as the following airliners:
- DHC-8;
- "An" (modifications 12, 24, 26,28, 30, 32, 72, 74, 124);
- Airbus (319-321, 330);
- Boeing (737, 747, 757, 767, 777);
- Bombardier (CRJ, Dash 8);
- "Il" (62, 76, 96);
- "L-410";
- "Dry superjet 100";
- "Tu" (134, 154, 204, 214);
- "Yak" (40, 42).
Airlines & Destinations
Currently, the airport serves flights of 8 Russian and 2 foreign airlines, namely:
- S7;
- "Aurora";
- Asiana Airlines (South Korea);
- Aeroflot;
- Krasavia;
- NordWind;
- Pegasus Fly;
- "Russia";
- Air Incheon (South Korea);
- Yakutia.
The airport serves flights both in Russia and abroad. Among domestic regular destinations:
- Blagoveshchensk;
- Vladivostok;
- Iturup;
- Moscow;
- Novosibirsk;
- Ohh;
- Khabarovsk;
- Shakhtyorsk;
- Yuzhno-Kurilsk.
International air transportation is carried out regularly to the following locations:
- Sapporo;
- Seoul;
- Tokyo;
- Harbin.
In addition, there are also seasonal international destinations - Bangkok, Nha Trang and Phuket.
South Korean company Air Incheon is engaged in the implementation of exclusively cargo air transportation.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport: phone, address
The air transport hub is located at the following address: Russian Federation, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, pos. Khomutovo, postal code 693014. You can contact the airport management by phone number +7 (4242) 788311, as well as by fax +7 (4242) 788385. Information office of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport answers all questions of interest to passengers by number +7 (4242) 788390.
How to get there
Public transport runs regularly between the city and the airport - buses numbered 3 and 63. You can also get there by taxi or car.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport is a Far Eastern air transport hub of federal and international importance. It was founded almost immediately after the Great Patriotic War. It serves 10 air carriers, 2 of which are foreign. Flights from the airport are operated both within Russia and abroad. The airport is of great strategic importance for the economy of the entire Far East region.
