Welcome to Syktyvkar International Airport!

Syktyvkar International Airport is the main airport of the Republic of Komi and the only one in the city; In the Syktyvkar airport the airlines of the company "Komiaviatrans" are based.

History

The history of civil aviation in the Komi Republic and the city of Syktyvkar begins in 1925, when the hydroplane plane landed on the Sysol river for the first time. Since then, aircraft have begun to land on the water or on snow in convenient places near the city.

The first airport in Ust-Sysolsk (formerly Syktyvkar) was established in 1929. It was a barrack-type building with one runway and was in the same place as a modern airport. In the 30s, long, regular flights to Vorkuta, Kirov and Arkhangelsk began to open, and the technical staff numbered more than a dozen aircraft.

The new large Syktyvkar airport and its modern terminal were built in 1967. Today it is a Class B airport serving an average of 750 people per day and about 20 flights a day.

Characteristic

The length of the only runway Syktyvkar airport - 2,5 thousand meters, and width - 50 meters. This allows the airport to accept medium-gravity aircraft. The types of the largest aircraft coming to land in Syktyvkar differ from the Tu-204 and the AirbusA320, to the Il-76 and the An-12.

Two terminals, domestic and international, were reconstructed and repaired in 2011, and in 2012 it was decided to continue construction of the Syktyvkar-Yuzhny airport. In the 80's. The construction of a new large airfield in 20 km from the city was frozen, and now it is planned to attract investments for the end of the project.

Location:

The airport is located within the city limits, 10 minutes by foot from the motor transport station, from where bus services depart to other cities of the Komi Republic. The central railway station is located 4 km from the airport, and the central park named after. Michurin in 20 minutes of walking distance from it.

Almost the city was built around the airport, since Ust-Sysolsk was very small, the first building of the airplane was originally outside the city, in the town of Kirul. Today the name of the place is preserved in the city's heritage as the Kirul market, which is located just outside the territory.

How to get there

Despite the convenient location, guests of the capital of the Republic of Komi find it difficult to find Syktyvkar airport. Its address is the crossroads of Kolhoznaya and Sovetskaya streets, the legal address is 167610, ul. Sovetskaya, 86. Due to its location in the center of the city, it is very easy to get to the airport by public transport. Taxi will cost 130-150 rubles, and light baggage without luggage can be reached on foot at Syktyvkar airport. The map of the city is available both in mobile applications and in newsagents.

By city buses, you can get directly to the airport building. Route No. 5 goes from the central railway station to the airport at an interval of 15 minutes, daily from 06:00 to 22:30. Also to the stop "Airport" there are bus routes № 3, 12, 22 and 174.

Despite the fact that the capital of the Republic of Komi is a small city in terms of size and population, during peak hours traffic on roads is difficult, and a bus journey from the railway station to the airport can take 35 minutes instead of 20. A taxi that overcomes this distance in 10 minutes , Rush hour can go 20-25 minutes. Taxis are best called on the phone, otherwise there is a risk of overpaying twice as much.

Flights and airlines

Syktyvkar Airport serves an average of 25-30 flights a day, including corporate and charter flights. The main number of flights is operated by the airline Komiaviatrans, which is based here, which specializes in flights of national and federal importance.

Other airlines flying from / to Syktyvkar: Aeroflot, UTair, Russia, Nordavia, Siberia and TurkishAirlines. Airlines such as Pegasus (Icarus), Orenair and GazPromAvia serve charter, corporate and VIP flights. The directions of flights are presented in the following table.

Syktyvkar airport has the ability to take planes to land at the next meteorological minimum - visibility 800 meters, cloud height 60 meters (according to international standards). Despite the low technical load of 275,000 passengers a year and a small size, Syktyvkar Airport is developing very dynamically and provides excellent service to both passengers and aircraft.