Zhukovsky International Airport

Zhukovsky International Airport
Международный аэропорт Жуковский
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Ramport Aero
Serves Moscow
Location Zhukovsky, Russia
Hub for Pegas Fly
Focus city for Ural Airlines
Elevation AMSL 123 m / 404 ft
Coordinates 55°33′12″N 038°9′6″E / 55.55333°N 38.15167°E / 55.55333; 38.15167
Website zia.aero
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 4,600 15,100 Concrete
08/26 closed closed Concrete

Zhukovsky International Airport (IATA: ZIA, ICAO: UUBW), formerly known as Ramenskoye Airport or Zhukovsky Airfield (Russian: Аэропорт Раменское, Аэропорт Жуковский), is Moscow's fourth international airport. It is located in Moscow Oblast, Russia 36 km southeast of central Moscow, in the town of Zhukovsky, a few kilometers southeast of the old Bykovo Airport.

After its reconstruction in 2014–2016, Zhukovsky International Airport was officially opened on May 30, 2016. The declared capacity of the new airport was 4 million passengers per year.[2]

History

The plan of the airport's construction

The airfield assigned to the newly established in 1941 Flight Research Institute has served as a major USSR aircraft testing establishment, with most of the major Russian OKBs having facilities there. This airfield was used as a test site for the Soviet Buran Spacecraft.[3] It was also used by the Ministry of Emergency Situations and cargo carriers. Until June 2006, jet fighters flights for the public and international customers were available at the Gromov Flight Research Institute airfield (a number of two-seater jets like: Aero L-39 Albatros, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat, for Edge of Space flights, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum, etc.).[4]

On March 29, 2011, then Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin proposed moving all charter and low-cost flights to Ramenskoye Airport (as it was then called), to relieve to Moscow's Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports and reduce the cost of tickets.[5] A new terminal was constructed and the airport scheduled to be opened on 16 March 2016,[6] but was later postponed to unspecified date due to lack of interest and airport certification issues.[7] The airport was eventually opened on 30 May 2016.[8] The opening ceremony was attended by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The Joint Venture "Ramport Aero" running the airport is formed by Lithuania's Avia Solutions Group (75%) and Russia state corporation Rostec (25%), who aimed to expand the airport in three stages.[9][10] While the opening of the new airport was delayed and aircraft limit to Ramenskoye is implemented,[11] Air France-KLM noted it tends to use Ramenskoye as a diversion airport to Sheremetyevo in case of emergency.[12]

The airport was originally named after the nearby city of Ramenskoye; but in 2016 the airport was officially named after the city of Zhukovsky, in which it is geographically situated. The city of Zhukovsky, in turn, was named after a pioneer of modern aerodynamics research Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky. The opening ceremony of the airport was held on 30 May 2016 and the first commercial passenger flights were expected to begin on 20 June 2016.[13]

The airfield is a part of the Gromov Flight Research Institute and hosts the biennial MAKS Airshow. The airport is also home to the world's second longest public-use runway, at 5,402 m (17,723 ft).

The airport also has a second and shorter runway of 2950 m, but it is now closed.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular and scheduled services to and from Zhukovsky:[14]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Manas Seasonal: Bishkek
Avia Traffic Company Osh[15]
Belavia Minsk
Onur Air Istanbul–Atatürk
Pegas Fly Seasonal: Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Jinan, Xi'an[14]
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya[16]
Ural Airlines Almaty (begins 24 December 2018),[17] Amsterdam (begins 27 December 2018),[18] Dushanbe, Khujand, Osh, Prague (begins 26 December 2018),[18] Rome–Fiumicino, Tbilisi,[19] Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Seasonal: Bishkek,[20] Kaliningrad, Karshi (begins 29 October 2018),[21] Kulob,[20] Nukus (begins 29 October 2018),[21] Simferopol[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Аэропорт Раменское не сомневается в своих возможностях". Авиатранспортное обозрение. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Главное – Сегодня откроется четвёртый международный аэропорт Москвы – Жуковский :: Телеканал РБК". Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Documentation AKC Full Scale Stand of Equipment (FSSE) and Piloting Dynamic Stand for Training (PDST)". www.buran-energia.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "MiG-29 Flight from Sokol Airbase". MiGFlug. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Путин предложил переводить чартеры на аэродром "Раменское" (АвиаПорт)". Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Moscow's New Ramenskoye Airport to Open in March". The Moscow Times. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Названа дата открытия четвертого московского аэропорта" (in Russian). Meduza. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Zhukovsky international airport opens in Moscow Region" (in Russian). TASS. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ramport will welcome its first passengers in 2016" (Press release). Rostec. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lithuania's Avia Solutions Group chooses partners for new Moscow airport". The Baltic Course. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rusijos valdžia nori riboti skrydžių kiekį iš naujojo Maskvos oro uosto" (in Lithuanian). 15 min. Baltic News Service. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ↑ ""Air France-KLM" ketina lietuvių pastatytą Maskvos Ramenskojės oro uostą naudoti kaip atsarginį" (in Lithuanian). 15 min. Baltic News Service. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Fourth international airport opens in Moscow". RT International. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Рейсы". zia.aero (in Russian). Zhukovsky International Airport. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Авиатрафик – Расписание полетов". www.aero.kg. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Route network - SunExpress". SunExpress EN (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Ural Airlines adds Moscow Zhukovsky – Almaty route in Dec 2018". routesonline.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  18. 1 2 "Ural Airlines schedules new Moscow Zhukovsky – Europe routes from Dec 2018". routesonline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  19. ↑ "Ural Airlines starts its sixth route from Moscow Zhukovsky". anna.aero. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  20. 1 2 3 "schedule". uralairlines.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  21. 1 2 "Ural Airlines schedules new routes in W18". routesonline.com. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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