Ufa International Airport

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Ufa International Airport

Международный аэропорт Уфа

Bashkir: Өфө халыҡ-ара аэропорты, romanized: Öfö xalıq-ara aeroportı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorJSC "International Airport "Ufa"
ServesUfa, Bashkortostan, Russia
Elevation AMSL137 m / 449 ft
Coordinates54°33′49″N 055°52′49″E / 54.56361°N 55.88028°E / 54.56361; 55.88028
Websitewww.airportufa.ru
Map
UFA is located in Bashkortostan
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Location of the airport in Bashkortostan
UFA is located in European Russia
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Location of the airport in Russia
UFA is located in Europe
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Location of the airport in Europe
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14R/32L 3,761 12,339 Concrete
14L/32R 2,513 8,245 Concrete
Statistics (2018, 2023)
Passenger traffic3,222,825
Passenger traffic4,794,786[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 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

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 via Ufa–Sterlitamak–Meleuz–Mrakovo–Baymak–Magnitogorsk–Beloretsk–Ufa.

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]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Sochi
Air Arabia Sharjah[5]
Air Cairo Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh (begins 5 December 2025)[6]
AlMasria Universal AirlinesSeasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh
Armenian AirlinesYerevan[7]
Azerbaijan AirlinesBaku
AzimuthAstrakhan, Krasnoyarsk–International, Mineralnye Vody,[8] Omsk,[8] Samarqand, Saratov, Tbilisi,[9] Yerevan[10]
Azur AirSeasonal charter: Hurghada, Pattaya, Phuket,[11] Sharm El Sheikh
Corendon AirlinesSeasonal charter: Antalya
flydubaiDubai–International[12]
GazpromaviaBovanenkovo, Moscow–Vnukovo, Nadym, Novy Urengoy, Yamburg
IkarKazan,[13] Nizhny Novgorod,[14] Sochi
NordStar Moscow–Domodedovo,[15] Norilsk
Nordwind AirlinesDushanbe, Kaliningrad, Khujand,[16] Makhachkala, Saint Petersburg, Sochi
PobedaMoscow–Sheremetyevo,[17] Moscow–Vnukovo,[18] Saint Petersburg,[19] Sochi
Red Wings Airlines Istanbul,[20] Minsk, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal charter: Phuket[21]
Rossiya AirlinesSaint Petersburg
Seasonal charter: Hurghada,[22] Sharm El Sheikh[22]
RusLineNaryan-Mar
S7 AirlinesIrkutsk, Moscow–Domodedovo,[23] Novosibirsk
Shirak AviaYerevan[24]
Smartavia Saint Petersburg
Seasonal: Sochi
Southwind Airlines[25]Seasonal charter: Antalya[26]
Ural Airlines Dushanbe, Nizhnevartovsk, Yekaterinburg
Utair Baku, Chelyabinsk, Igarka, Kazan, Khanty-Mansiysk,[27] Kogalym, Moscow–Vnukovo, Naryan-Mar, Nizhnevartovsk, Novy Urengoy, Samara,[28] Surgut, Talakan, Tashkent, Tyumen,[28] Yekaterinburg
UVT Aero Tobolsk, Usinsk
Uzbekistan Airways Namangan, Tashkent
Yamal Airlines Nadym, Novy Urengoy, Noyabrsk, Salekhard

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual passenger traffic[29]
Year Passengers % change
2010 1,501,000 Steady
2011 1,688,570 Increase 11.6%
2012 1,918,945 Increase 13.6%
2013 2,218,000 Increase 15.6%
2014 2,380,581 Increase 7.3%
2015 2,313,388 Decrease 2.8%
2016 2,318,434 Increase 0.2%
2017 2,814,330 Increase 21.4%

Ground transportation

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ Bashkirian Airlines v. Federal Republic of Germany (in German). District Court of Kostanz. Retrieved on September 11, 2011. "BASHKIRIAN AIRLINES vertreten durch d. Generaldirektoren Flughafen d. Stadt UFA, Russische Föderation, 450056 Russland-UFA"
  3. ^ "Ufa International Airport. History". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
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  5. ^ Liu, Jim (2 August 2024). "Air Arabia NW24 Sharjah Service Increases". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Авиакомпания Air Cairo запускает программу полетов из Уфы в Египет!". www.airportufa.ru. JSC Ufa International Airport. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Armenian Airlines starts direct flights Yerevan ↔ Ufa". armenianairlines.am. Armenian Airlines. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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  10. ^ Самойлова, Ирина (24 December 2019). ""Азимут" в марте откроет прямой рейс Уфа-Ереван". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). АО «Коммерсантъ». Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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  13. ^ "Pegas Fly NW24 Kazan Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  14. ^ Liu, Jim. "PegasFly schedules new domestic routes in W20". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Авиакомпания NordStar открыла продажу авиабилетов по новым маршрутам из Москвы в Самару и Уфу (АвиаПорт)". АвиаПорт.Ru (in Russian). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  16. ^ Субботина, Дарья (29 February 2024). "Для жителей Башкирии возобновят прямые регулярные рейсы из Уфы в Худжанд". www.bashinform.ru (in Russian). Bashinform. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  17. ^ "В Шереметьево празднуют "Победу"". kommersant. 8 February 2021.
  18. ^ Liu, Jim (5 June 2019). "Pobeda adds Moscow – Ufa service from mid-June 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  19. ^ Liu, Jim (22 August 2019). "Pobeda expands St. Petersburg network in Sep/Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Red Wings adds Istanbul service from Nov 2019".
  21. ^ "Red Wings NW23 Thailand Operations". AeroRoutes. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  22. ^ a b Liu, Jim (20 June 2024). "Aeroflot Adds Various Hurghada / Sharm el Sheikh Routes From mid-June 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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  24. ^ "Shirak Avia Expands Russia Network in 4Q22". Aeroroutes. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Southwind is born: Turkey creates airline targeting Russian tourists". 18 April 2022.
  26. ^ "Southwind is preparing to fly to Antalya from five cities of Russia". 1 August 2022.
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  29. ^ Стали известны 15 крупнейших в 2017 году аэропортов России. Авиатранспортное обозрение (in Russian). 19 January 2018.

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