Airport in Russia
Mostay Kərim Ufa International Airport
Мостай Кәрим Өфө халыҡ-ара аэропорты Mostay Kərim Öfö xalıq-ara aeroportı (Bashkir ) Международный аэропорт Уфа им. Мустая Карима (Russian ) Summary Airport type Public Operator JSC "International Airport "Ufa" Serves Ufa ,Bashkortostan ,Russia Elevation AMSL 137 m / 449 ft Coordinates 54°33′49″N 55°52′49″E / 54.56361°N 55.88028°E /54.56361; 55.88028 Website www.airportufa.ru Map Location of the airport in Bashkortostan
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Show map of Europe Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 14R/32L 3,761 12,339 Concrete 14L/32R 2,513 8,245 Concrete
Statistics (2018, 2023) Passenger traffic 3,222,825 Passenger traffic 4,794,786[1]
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 ,romanized : Öfö xalıq-ara aeroportı ) (IATA :UFA ,ICAO :UWUU ) is the primary airport servingUfa , the capital ofBashkortostan ,Russia .
In 2017, the airport handled 2,810,000 passengers, becoming the tenth largest airport in Russia and the largest airport in Russia'sVolga Federal District . It is also the largest airport in thefederal subject (republic) of theRepublic of Bashkortostan .
FormerBAL Bashkirian Airlines used to be headquartered at the airport.[ 2]
Ufa International Airport in 1989 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 viaUfa –Sterlitamak –Meleuz –Mrakovo–Baymak –Magnitogorsk –Beloretsk –Ufa .
In 1956, Ufa Airport began performing technical maintenance of theYakovlev Yak-12 airplanes andMil 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 receivingTupolev Tu-124 ,Antonov An-10 andIlyushin Il-18 aircraft.
In 1964, a new terminal for 400 passengers per hour was built and put in operation. In 1986 theTu-134 hijacking attempt occurred at the airport.
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 [ edit ] The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal, and seasonal charter flights to and from Ufa:[ 4]
Airlines Destinations Aeroflot Krasnodar ,[ 5] Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,Sanya ,[ 6] Sochi Air Arabia Sharjah [ 7] Air Cairo Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh [ 8] AlMasria Universal Airlines Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh Armenian Airlines Yerevan (suspended)[ 9] Azimuth Astrakhan ,Krasnoyarsk–International ,Mineralnye Vody ,[ 10] Omsk ,[ 10] Samarqand ,[ 11] Saratov ,Tbilisi ,[ 12] Yerevan [ 13] Azur Air Seasonal charter: Hurghada ,Nha Trang ,[ 14] Pattaya ,[ 15] Phuket ,[ 15] Sharm El Sheikh Corendon Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya Flydubai Dubai–International [ 16] Gazpromavia Charter: Bovanenkovo ,Moscow–Vnukovo ,Nadym ,Novy Urengoy ,Yamburg Ikar Kazan ,[ 17] Nizhny Novgorod ,[ 18] Sochi IrAero Seasonal: Sochi [ 19] NordStar Moscow–Domodedovo ,[ 20] Norilsk Nordwind Airlines Dushanbe ,Kaliningrad ,Khujand ,[ 21] Makhachkala ,Saint Petersburg ,Sochi Seasonal charter: Phuket (begins 4 January 2026)[ 15] Pobeda Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,[ 22] Moscow–Vnukovo ,[ 23] Saint Petersburg ,[ 24] Sochi Red Wings Airlines Istanbul ,[ 25] Minsk ,Yekaterinburg Seasonal charter: Hambantota ,[ 26] Phuket [ 27] Rossiya Airlines Saint Petersburg Seasonal charter: Hurghada ,[ 28] Sharm El Sheikh [ 28] RusLine Naryan-Mar S7 Airlines Irkutsk ,Moscow–Domodedovo ,[ 29] Novosibirsk Shirak Avia Yerevan [ 30] Sky Vision Airlines Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh [ 31] Smartavia Saint Petersburg Seasonal: Sochi Southwind Airlines [ 32] Seasonal charter: Antalya [ 33] Ural Airlines Dushanbe ,Nizhnevartovsk ,Yekaterinburg Utair Chelyabinsk ,Dubai–Al Maktoum ,[ 34] Igarka ,Kazan ,Khanty-Mansiysk ,[ 35] Kogalym ,Moscow–Vnukovo ,Naryan-Mar ,Nizhnevartovsk ,Novy Urengoy ,Samara ,[ 36] Surgut ,Talakan ,Tashkent ,Tyumen ,[ 36] Yekaterinburg Seasonal: Istanbul ,[ 37] Mineralnye Vody ,[ 37] Sochi [ 38] UVT Aero Tobolsk ,[ 39] Usinsk Uzbekistan Airways Namangan ,[ 40] Tashkent Yamal Airlines Nadym ,Novy Urengoy ,Noyabrsk ,Salekhard
Annual passenger traffic [ 41] Year Passengers % change 2010 1,501,000 2011 1,688,570 11.6%2012 1,918,945 13.6%2013 2,218,000 15.6%2014 2,380,581 7.3%2015 2,313,388 2.8%2016 2,318,434 0.2%2017 2,814,330 21.4%
Ground transportation [ edit ] The city bus lines No.101 and110 and110c connect the airport with the city of Ufa.
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