Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport

Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport
Аэропорт Калуга (Грабцево)
International Airport Kaluga. 2015
Summary
Airport type Public / private
Owner Ministry for Economic Development of Region
Operator JSC "International airport Kaluga"
Location Kaluga
Elevation AMSL 203 m / 656 ft
Coordinates 54°32′48″N 36°22′8″E / 54.54667°N 36.36889°E / 54.54667; 36.36889
Website airkaluga.ru
Map
KLF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,200 7,218 asphalt

Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Калуга "Грабцево") (IATA: KLF, ICAO: UUBC) is an international airport, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Kaluga, Russia.

The airport is currently (as of 11 November 2014) 100% owned by the Ministry for Economic Development of Kaluga Oblast.[1]

History

The airport was closed in 2001 due to lack of funding. In 2009 the ownership was transferred from the Russian federal government to the regional government.[2] Reconstruction of the terminal building and the runway began in 2012 after all planning had been completed. The first test flight had been accepted in the airport on 18 December 2014.[3]

The official opening was on 27 May 2015.[4]

Restricted area UU-R56 is located just southwest of the airfield over part of Kaluga town.

In 2008, news media announced that Volkswagen Rus OOO (the Russian subsidiary of the German automotive industry conglomerate and holding company Volkswagen Group) is ready to invest between 400 and 500 million rubles into the airport. Volkswagen Air Services charter flights to Braunschweig Airport near Wolfsburg, and Ruzyně Airport, Prague, are planned to start in 2015.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Azimuth Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi
RusLine Moscow-Vnukovo
S7 Airlines St Petersburg[6]

References

  1. ↑ Горбатин, Вячеслав. "Кто собственник аэропорта Грабцево". www.gorbatin.su. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Калужский аэропорт «Грабцево» может стать международным". www.informetr.ru (in Russian). Проект о недвижимости «Informetr». 25 December 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Варакса, Евгений (18 December 2014). "Первый самолёт приземлился в аэропорту «Калуга»". kp40.ru. Агентство «Комсомольская правда – Калуга. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Ивьев, Дмитрий (13 May 2015). "Названы дата открытия аэропорта «Калуга» и направления полётов". kp40.ru. Агентство «Комсомольская правда – Калуга. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Кореняко, Артём. "Аэропорт Калуги принял первый технический рейс". ATO.ru. "Авиатранспортное обозрение" (АТО). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Schedule". S7.ru. S7 Airlines. Retrieved 16 March 2017.


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