Baikal International Airport

Baikal International Airport
Международный
Аэропорт Байкал
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Owner Russian Federation
Operator Novaport[1]
Serves Ulan-Ude
Location Ulan-Ude, Russia
Hub for
Focus city for
Coordinates 51°48′27″N 107°26′25″E / 51.80750°N 107.44028°E / 51.80750; 107.44028Coordinates: 51°48′27″N 107°26′25″E / 51.80750°N 107.44028°E / 51.80750; 107.44028
Website www.airportbaikal.ru/eng/
Map
UUD
Location of airport in Republic of Buryatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,997 9,833 Concrete
08L/26R 2,042 6,700 Under Cons
Source: DAFIF,[5][6] airport website[7]

Baikal International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт «Байкал», Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport «Baykal»), formerly Ulan-Ude Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Улан-Удэ, Aeroport Ulan-Ude) (IATA: UUD, ICAO: UIUU) is an international airport located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Ulan-Ude, Russia. The airport includes a single terminal with customs and border control facilities. With capacity of 400 passengers per hour, in 2013 the airport served 300,564 passengers on 19 scheduled international and domestic destinations. The airport is named after nearby Lake Baikal.

History

1925–1935

In 1925, the Ulan-Ude Airport began its first passenger service with the first aircraft traveling from Moscow to Beijing, with pilots Volkovoyinov and Polyakov participating in it. On 1 August 1926, the first flights started: Ulan-Ude – Ulan-Bator; in addition, the airport was a place for technical landing for flights like: Irkutsk - Chita and Moscow – Vladivostok.

1966–1971

In 1931, the construction of the first air terminal began, where in 1935 the construction finished. From 1966 the airport began to accept Antonov An-24 and Tupolev Tu-104. In 1971, there was a new runway constructed which optimized the airport to accept bigger aircraft like Ilyushin Il-18 from Moscow, where in 1980–1981 the runway was made longer by 800 metres, and it was opened by accepting the first Tupolev Tu-154.

1983–1991

In 1983, the first terminal stopped working, due to the opening of the new one and from September until October, the airport was accepting the transit flights from and to Chita, due to its closing, because of the runway re-construction. In 1988 and 1989, the airport started to serve a number of transit flights, including the international (Moscow – Pyongyang, including Air Koryo; Moscow – Ulan-Bator), shifted from Irkutsk, due to runway re-construction. That situation led to a huge optimization of the airport, where every day the airport accepted 70 flights, which 30 of them were served by Tupolev Tu-154. In 1990, the airport transferred 800 thousand passengers in a year.

1991–2006

Until 2011, the airport was serving the flights from Irkutsk and Chita when these airports had issues with construction or weather. Unfortunately, there were no international flights anymore until 2011.[8][9]

2006–2011

Airport's hall before reconstruction, that began in 2011.

In 2006 the airport underwent an overhaul of its runway, costing RUR 330 million (USD 10 million). In 2007 the airport underwent renovation of its taxiways and parking areas, at a cost of RUR 230 million.

2011-2017

In March 2011, the renovation of the external terminal complex began, after when "Metropol" bought the airport. The reconstruction finished in August 2011. Till now in the airport are in process small reconstructions inside the terminal complex. The last renovation was expanding the second floor and making it a boarding zone, in addition the zone of check-up and passport check moved to the second floor. Also, the arrival and departure exits and entrances are now in different locations.

2017-today

In September 2014 it was announced that the government of Russian Federation which owns airport infrastructure decided to build a new runway parallel to the current. The latter will become a taxiway. The construction will end on 1 June 2018[10] with a cost of $157 million. On September 2017, the airport was sold by "Metropol" to "Novaport". Novaport allowed the airport to get the status of open sky, moreover, the airport will allow more ambitious plans, like construction of a new passenger terminal[11]. Currently, due to unlimited status of open sky, to open new flights to Ulan-Ude are interested such international airlines like Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Lucky Air, MIAT Mongolian Airlines and Spring Airlines.[12] Moreover, Russian flag carrier Aeroflot, announced that it will resume the flights to Ulan-Ude in 2018 or 2019, the plans are delaying due to FIFA-2018, also the airline explained the reason of exiting from this route, by low-quality runway.[13]

On 7 December, the Buryatia governor Aleksei Tsydenov announced that by the end of 2018, the construction of the new terminal will commence. The land for construction is being found, currently, the project is being created, therefore, the final amount will be calculated for the construction financing[14][15]. First stage will be the full reconstruction of current terminal, and then by 2022, the new terminal will be constructed. The construction of the new terminal began on 28 April 2018, and is meant to be finished in 2,5 years.[16]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Angara Airlines Irkutsk, Nizhneangarsk, Taksimo[17]
Ayana Krasnoyarsk-Cheremshanka, Kyzyl, Nizhneangarsk[18]
Hunnu Air Ulaanbaatar [19]
Seasonal: Hailar, Manzhouli[20]
IrAero Blagoveshensk, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok[21]
Seasonal: Ulaanbaatar
NordStar Chita[22], Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo
Seasonal Charter: Sanya[23]
Pegas Fly Seasonal Charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Pobeda Moscow-Vnukovo[24]
RusLine Irkutsk[25]
S7 Airlines Beijing–Capital, Novosibirsk
Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo
S7 Airlines
operated by Globus Airlines		 Moscow–Domodedovo
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo
Yakutia Airlines Yakutsk
Seasonal: Khabarovsk, Seoul-Incheon

Transportation

Buses #28, #55 and #77 reach the airport only by a call of a passenger and then they reach the final stop at Sokol. Moreover, the taxi service is available by booking at a kiosk at the airport's exit. Aeroexpress (not train service) shuttle bus service is available to Ulan-Ude square.

Statistics

Busiest routes at International Airport Baikal (by number of passengers) 2017[26]
RankCityAircraftCountryAirportsAirlinesNumber of passengers (thousands)Increase
1 Moscow Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800  Russia Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports Pobeda, S7 Airlines
(with Globus Airlines),
Ural Airlines		 166,4 ?
2 Novosibirsk Airbus A320, Bombardier CRJ200, Embraer E170  Russia Tolmachevo Airport IrAero, S7 Airlines 19,3 66%
3 Beijing Airbus A320, Embraer E170  China Beijing Capital Airport S7 Airlines 14,8 33%
Busiest routes at International Airport Baikal 2017, without statistics[27]
CityAircraftCountryAirportsAirlinesIncrease
Khabarovsk Bombardier CRJ200, Sukhoi Superjet 100  Russia Khabarovsk Novy Airport IrAero, Yakutia Airlines 20%
Nizhneangarsk Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40  Russia
 Buryatia		 Nizhneangarsk Airport Angara Airlines, Ayana 24%
Seoul Sukhoi Superjet 100  South Korea Incheon Airport Yakutia Airlines 40%
Yakutsk Sukhoi Superjet 100  Russia Yakutsk Airport Yakutia Airlines 22%

Incidents and accidents

  • There were no major incidents in airport history.

References

  1. ↑ ""Новапорт" купил аэропорт Улан-Удэ". ato.ru. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ↑ ""Авиакомпания «Ангара» начала выполнять рейсы на север Бурятии"". airportbaikal.ru. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Авиакомпания «РусЛайн» начинает базироваться в Улан-Удэ и запускает новый рейс в Иркутск". airportbaikal.ru. 27 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hunnu Air откроет авиарейс из Улан-Удэ в Манчжурию". gazeta-n1.ru. 20 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Airport information for UIUU at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  6. ↑ Airport information for UUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  7. ↑ Lake Baikal Airport, official site
  8. ↑ ru:Байкал (аэропорт)
  9. ↑ http://www.airportbaikal.ru/about/kompaniya/istoriya/
  10. ↑ "Правительство передало в аренду аэропорту Улан-Удэ ВПП на 49 лет". aeroproject.pro. 9 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "НОВЫЙ ВЛАДЕЛЕЦ АЭРОПОРТА УЛАН-УДЭ РАССКАЗАЛ О СВОИХ ПЛАНАХ". aviaport. 11 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Режим открытого неба в Улан-Удэ сделали бессрочным". ato.ru. 2 November 2017.
  13. ↑ ""Аэрофлот" намерен возобновить полёты из Москвы в аэропорт "Байкал". Но не скоро". blogrb.ru. 21 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Новый терминал в аэропорту Улан-Удэ начнут строить в 2018 году". tass.ru. 7 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "В аэропорту Улан-Удэ построят новый терминал в 2018 году". irk.ru. 8 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "В столице Бурятии началось строительство нового терминала аэропорта". ria.ru. 28 April 2018.
  17. ↑ ""Авиакомпания «Ангара» начала выполнять рейсы на север Бурятии"". airportbaikal.ru. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  18. ↑ ""Новый рейс на Дальний Восток"". airportbaikal.ru. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  19. ↑ Liu, Jim (15 June 2017). "Hunnu Air adds new Russian routes in June 2017". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Hunnu Air откроет авиарейс из Улан-Удэ в Манчжурию". gazeta-n1.ru. 20 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "В аэропорту "Байкал" открывается новый рейс во Владивосток". airportbaikal.ru. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "Авиакомпания Nord Star открывает рейс Красноярск – Улан-Удэ - Чита". airportbaikal.ru. 23 November 2017.
  23. ↑ Liu, Jim (24 August 2017). "На Хайнань из Улан-Удэ с туроператором «Русь Тур»". airportbaikal.ru. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  24. ↑ Liu, Jim (26 July 2017). "Pobeda adds new Moscow routes in 4Q17". Routesonline. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "Авиакомпания «РусЛайн» начинает базироваться в Улан-Удэ и запускает новый рейс в Иркутск". airportbaikal.ru. 27 April 2018.
  26. ↑ "Итоги деятельности международного аэропорта «Байкал» за 2017 год". airportbaikal.com. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  27. ↑ "Итоги деятельности международного аэропорта «Байкал» за 2017 год". airportbaikal.com. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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