Ufa International Airport Explained

Ufa International Airport
Nativename-A:Russian: Международный аэропорт Уфа
Nativename-R:Bashkir: Өфө халыҡ-ара аэропорты| Öfö xalıq-ara aeroportı
Image2-Width:250
Iata:UFA
Icao:UWUU
Type:Public
Operator:JSC "International Airport "Ufa"
City-Served:Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia
Metric-Elev:y
Elevation-M:137
Coordinates:54.5636°N 55.8803°W
Website:www.airportufa.ru
Pushpin Map:Russia Bashkortostan#European Russia#Europe
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Bashkortostan##Location of the airport in Russia##Location of the airport in Europe
Pushpin Label:UFA
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:14R/32L
R1-Length-M:3,761
R1-Surface:Concrete
R2-Number:14L/32R
R2-Length-M:2,513
R2-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2018, 2023
Stat1-Header:Passenger traffic
Stat1-Data:3,222,825
Stat2-Header:Passenger traffic
Stat2-Data:4,794,786https://www.airportufa.ru/news/2023/aeroport-ufa-podvel-itogi-2023-goda/?ysclid=lx3dg73jcc525362650
Footnotes:Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Ufa International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Уфа, Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport Ufa, Bashkir: Өфө халыҡ-ара аэропорты|Öfö xalıq-ara aeroportı) is the primary airport serving Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia.

In 2017, the airport handled 2,810,000 passengers, becoming the tenth largest airport in Russia and the largest airport in Russia's Volga Federal District. It is also the largest airport in the federal subject (republic) of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Former BAL Bashkirian Airlines used to be headquartered at the airport.[2]

History

On 11 May 1924, the building of the first aircraft hangar near Glumilino village was completed. On 15 May, a new aviation club opened within the Bashkirian branch of AFFVS.

In 1933, the first ever route opened, encompassing over 730 km via UfaSterlitamakMeleuz–Mrakovo–BaymakMagnitogorskBeloretskUfa.

In 1956, Ufa Airport began performing technical maintenance of the Yakovlev Yak-12 airplanes and Mil Mi-1 helicopters, which were then serving the Bashkirian air routes.

Between 1959 and 1962, the airport was under reconstruction, and three hotel buildings, cargo and fuel storage facilities, a 100-seat dining hall and a garage were built. A new runway was built, as well as radio approach equipment for landing under heavy weather conditions and new radar facilities. The new runway was then capable of receiving Tupolev Tu-124, Antonov An-10 and Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft.

In 1964, a new terminal for 400 passengers per hour was built and put in operation.

In 2007, the reconstructed terminal of the airport entered into operation. The area of the air terminal has more than doubled. Many departments are located there. Four telescopic ramps, four elevators and three escalators have been installed. It can serve 600 passengers per hour.[3]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal, and seasonal charter flights to and from Ufa:[4]

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual passenger traffic[5] ! Year! Passengers! % change
20101,501,000
20111,688,570 11.6%
20121,918,945 13.6%
20132,218,000 15.6%
20142,380,581 7.3%
20152,313,388 2.8%
20162,318,434 0.2%
20172,814,330 21.4%

Ground transportation

The city bus lines No. 101 and 110 and 110c connect the airport with the city of Ufa.

See also

External links


Notes and References

  1. Web site: Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России . ru . Transportation volumes at Russian airports . . www.favt.ru . 23 October 2018.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20071008234822/http://www.lgkonstanz.de/servlet/PB/show/1201157/urteil_im_flugzeugunglueck_ueberlingen.pdf Bashkirian Airlines v. Federal Republic of Germany
  3. Web site: Ufa International Airport. History. . 2012-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121130050756/http://www.airportufa.ru/en/history . 2012-11-30 .
  4. Web site: Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. . www.airportufa.ru . 2023-04-06.
  5. Web site: ru:Стали известны 15 крупнейших в 2017 году аэропортов России . http://www.ato.ru/content/stali-izvestny-15-krupneyshih-v-2017-godu-aeroportov-rossii . Авиатранспортное обозрение . ru . 19 January 2018.