Airport of Talagi. History of formation, characteristics

Talagi Airport is a large airport with international status and located in the north of Russia near Arkhangelsk. It was founded in the 60s of the XX century.

Historical reference

The airport of Talagi was named in honor of the settlement of the same name in the Arkhangelsk region, next to which it is located. The history of its foundation is directly connected with the formation of northern aviation.

The airport was built in the winter of 1963 by military builders who built an artificial concrete runway here. The first aircraft was a domestic Il-18, which landed here on February 5. The aircraft carried out a technical flight from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. It is this date that is considered the birthday of the airport. Since February 25, planes have started flying from Talagi daily to Leningrad and Moscow. In November 1964 the airport complex began to operate. Since 1966 the service of the An-24 aircraft has begun. By 1974, the fleet was replenished with the Yak-40, Tu-134 and Mi-6 and Mi-8 helicopters.

In 1973 the Civil Aviation Authority was established on the basis of the airport. The geography of the routes included more than 60 settlements of the USSR and allied states. In 1978, the amount of passenger traffic was more than 1.5 million people. In 1991 the Arkhangelsk squadron used virtually all types of aircraft and helicopters, with the exception of IL-86 and Il-62. In 1991, the airport of Talagi became an independent organization.

Since 1998, here air base # 89 of the air defense corps No. 21 is based. It consists of the Mi-8, MTV-1 and An-26 aircraft.

In 2009, Talagi received an admission to the maintenance of modern Airbus A-320 and A-319.

The development of aero node at the present stage

At the end of August 2011, scheduled work began on the reconstruction of the airport complex. Two pedestrian galleries and two teletraps were put into operation as early as 2015. Thanks to this, passengers were boarded on board without going to the platform. Baggage will now be issued on the first floor of the terminal. Other Russian airports, located in the North, do not have telepaths, unlike Talagi. Funds for reconstruction were highlighted by the airport management. In autumn 2015, construction of a new terminal complex began, the area of which will be more than 2000 m ² . After the terminal construction, the airfield complex will be reconstructed. The drainage system will be improved. Similar works have not been conducted here for more than half a century.

Serviced aircraft types

The runway has an artificial asphalt-concrete coating. Its width is 44 meters, and the length is 2.5 kilometers. Such characteristics allow servicing all modifications of helicopters, as well as aircraft types:

• "An" (12, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 72, 74, 148);
• "Il" (76 and 177);
• "L-410";
• "Tu" (134, 154 and 204);
• "Yak" (40 and 42);
• Airbus A-319, A-320 and A-321;
• "ATP" 42 and 72;
• Boeing 737, 757 and 767;
• "MD 87";
• "SAAB-200".

Airlines and destinations

Talagi is the basic air transportation hub for the Russian carrier Nordavia. Other domestic carriers are also served here:

• Aeroflot;
• "State Customs Committee of Russia";
• "Komiaviatrans;
• "NordWind";
• Pegas Fly;
• "Victory";
• "Pskovavia";
• "The Taimyr;
• UTair;
• "Yamal".

The most popular destinations for regular flights are Moscow (all airports), St. Petersburg, Naryan-Mar, Murmansk, Syktyvkar, from summer flights - Anapa, Sochi, Simferopol.

Pegas Fly operates charter flights to Bangkok. The company "NordVind", in addition to Bangkok, offers passengers to fly from Arkhangelsk to Barcelona, Burgas, Heraklion, Monastir, Larnaca and Sharjah.

In addition to Russian, Talagi is also serviced by 2 European airlines performing seasonal flights:

• "Air Europe" (flies to Barcelona);
• "Astra Airlines" (in Thessaloniki).

Talaga Airport: how to reach

Public transport to the airport runs from Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk.

From the Maritime Station in Arkhangelsk, there are buses No. 12, which run at intervals of approximately 20 minutes. You can take the route "Talagi-Arkhangelsk" by the fixed-route taxi No. 32, which departs from the railway station. The total travel time is half an hour.

From Severodvinsk, buses # 153 to Talagi airport leave from the bus stop at the address: ul. Karl Marx 19. They are sent 6 times a day - at 4-30, 6-00, 9-05, 11-00, 14-00 and 20-00.

Traveler Reviews

Passengers departing from Talaga note that the reconstruction has benefited the airport - the infrastructure has improved, there is free parking, Wi-Fi, souvenir shops have opened. However, there are some points to work on:

• Speed of passenger service;
• Discrepancy of the time of departure of buses to the current timetable;
• Old armchairs in the waiting room;
• purity;
• Extraneous smells in the terminal building;
• Lack of rooms for smoking.

The airport of Talagi is one of the few transport hubs in the European North of Russia. Passengers note that the structure of the airport complex is imperfect. But the reason for this is the fact that the work on the modernization of the terminal and the airport began to be carried out only in 2011.