Kyzyl Airport

Kyzyl International Airport

Международный Аэропорт Кызыл
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFSUE "Tuva Airlines"
ServesKyzyl
LocationKyzyl, Russia
Hub for
  • Ayana
Coordinates51°40′33.86″N 94°24′18.54″E / 51.6760722°N 94.4051500°E / 51.6760722; 94.4051500
Websitetuvaairport.ru
Map
KYZ is located in Tuva Republic
KYZ
KYZ
Location of airport in Tuva Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 8,858 2,700 Concrete
14/32 4,265 1,300 Concrete

Kyzyl Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Кызыл) (IATA: KYZ, ICAO: UNKY) serves Kyzyl, in Tuva, Russia. The airport is located 6 km southwest of the city center.

The base is the home of the 32nd Independent Composite Transport Aviation Regiment, Composite Aviation Squadron which is part of the 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[1]

History

The government of Russia plans to renovate the airport, either by itself or in partnership with another agency. A runway extension is planned, so the airport may accept larger aircraft flying to and from Moscow and Saint Petersburg; or for technical stops for flights from China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and other Asian countries operating to the western part of Russia or elsewhere in Europe.[2] The runway reconstruction officially ended on 13 February 2018, with an ATR 42-500 of NordStar arriving from Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo. Currently, the airport plans to become international in 2018, to commence various flights to PRC (Beijing and Ürümqi) and Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar).[3]

On 5 September 2019, Kyzyl Airport received the allowance for international flights.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
IrAero Moscow–Domodedovo[5]
KrasAvia Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Ulan-Ude
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk

Statistics

Annual Traffic

Annual Passenger Traffic[6]

Year Passengers % Change
2014 24,099
2015 29,367 Increase +17,9
2016 33,651 Increase +12,7
2017 24,786 Decrease -35,8

Ground transportation

Bus routes #1 and #1A go to the city.

References

  1. ^ "Russian Air Force - Kyzyl (UNKY)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Большие надежды малой авиации Тувы". expert.ru. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Власти Тувы намерены добиться внесения аэропорта «Кызыл» в перечень международных в 2018 году". Government of Tuva. 8 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Аэропорт Кызыла откроют для международных рейсов". RIA News. 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ "IrAero adds Moscow – Kyzyl routes in Dec 2018". routesonline.com. 31 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Пассажиропоток аэропорта".

External links

  • (in Russian) Tuva Airlines official website


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