Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport in the Far East

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport is a modern air and transport junction of federal and international importance. It is located 10 km from the eponymous city in the Sakhalin region. The airport has been operating for more than 70 years. Which airlines are served here? How can passengers get to the terminal from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?

History

Khomutovo Airport (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) was founded in 1945 immediately after the region was liberated from Japanese troops after the war. An air squad was created. Already in October this year the airport started serving regular flights from Khabarovsk.

From 1946 until 1960, the airfield complex served air regiments No. 296 and No. 96, which were stationed here to carry out air defense missions.

In the 1950s, Soviet-made aircraft Il-14 entered the civil aviation squadron. It was these planes that later made flights to Kirovskoe, Okhu and Khabarovsk. Helicopters of the Mi type (1 and 4 modifications) were also transferred to the air squadron.

By 1964, the Khomutovsky airfield complex was put into operation, which is located on the site of a modern airport. Thanks to this, it became possible to receive and send such airliners as Il-18 and An-10.

Civil aircraft squad in the 1970s and until 1985 received, in addition, Mi helicopters (1, 2, 4 and 8 modifications) and airliners Il-14 and An-2 (24). By 1985, the airfield complex was completely ready for servicing the Tu-154.

In 1990 the airport began to serve international transport. And in 2013 it becomes an open joint stock company as a result of reorganization.

Services

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport provides passengers with a variety of services. There is parking on the territory of the airport complex. In the terminal building there is a luggage room, a children's play room, various bars, restaurants, snack bars, post office, and duty free shops in the international zone. Passengers with disabilities are provided with a free of charge escort service. There is also a VIP-lounge, where passengers are served for a fee.

Which aircraft are served here?

The aerodrome complex has only one runway with the number 01/19 with a concrete covering. Its dimensions are 3.4 km in length and 45 m in width. The runway has been assigned the classification number 43 / R / A / X / T.

The runway allows for the maintenance, reception and dispatch of any types of helicopters, as well as the following airliners:

• DHC-8;
• "An" (modifications 12, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 72, 74, 124);
• "Airbus" (319-321,330);
• Boeing (737, 747, 757, 767, 777);
• "Bombardier" (CRJ, Dash 8);
• "Il" (62, 76, 96);
• "L-410";
• "Dry superjet 100";
• "Tu" (134, 154, 204, 214);
• "Yak" (40, 42).

Airlines and destinations

Currently, the airport serves flights of 8 Russian and 2 foreign airlines, namely:

• S7;
• "Aurora";
• "Asian Airlines" (South Korea);
• Aeroflot;
• Krasavia;
• "NordWind";
• Pegas Fly;
• "Russia";
• "Air Incheon" (South Korea);
• "Yakutia".

The airport serves flights operated both in Russia and abroad. Among the domestic regular directions:

• Blagoveshchensk;
• Vladivostok;
• Iturup;
• Moscow;
• Novosibirsk;
• Okha;
• Khabarovsk;
• Shakhtersk;
• South-Kurilsk.

International air transportations are carried out regularly in the following settlements:

• Sapporo;
• Seoul;
• Tokyo;
• Harbin.

In addition, there are seasonal international destinations - Bangkok, Nha Trang and Phuket.

South Korean company "Air Incheon" is engaged in the implementation of exclusively air cargo services.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport: phone, address

The air-transport unit is located at the following address: Russian Federation, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, pos. Khomutovo, postal code 693014. You can contact the airport management by phone +7 (4242) 788311, or by fax +7 (4242) 788385. The information desk of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport answers questions of all passengers by phone +7 (4242) 788390.

How to get there?

There is regular public transport between the city and the airport - buses with numbers 3 and 63. You can also get there by taxi or car.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport is a Far Eastern air transport hub that has federal and international significance. It was founded almost immediately after the Great Patriotic War. 10 air carriers are serviced here, 2 of which are foreign. Flights from the airport are performed both in Russia and abroad. The airport has an important strategic importance for the economy of the entire Far Eastern region.