Airports in Russia: a list of the largest

Anyone who has a flight on an airplane, is thinking about which airports will be serviced. If only recently all Russian air harbors could not boast of special comfort, in the last 20 years many airports of the country reached the best world level. Let's present a list of the largest airports in Russia and tell about their features.

History of airports in Russia

Civil aviation in Russia appeared in the 1920s, although aeronautical vehicles in Russia began to be launched as far back as 1910. For them a special field was allocated in St. Petersburg. But the first airport is the Khodynka Field in Moscow, where from 1923 regular flights to Smolensk and further - to Berlin. A specially constructed airport appears in Moscow in 1933 - it was Bykovo. Since the 30s, the aviation industry in the USSR has started to grow rapidly. The airplanes are being built, new air harbors are being built, domestic standards of passenger service are being formed. By the beginning of the 1940s, the list of international airports in Russia was growing. During the Second World War, some of the airports were converted for military purposes, some were destroyed. But already in the 1950s a new round of civil aviation development has begun. By the 1970s, each relatively large city had its own air station. Also, construction of small airports in small settlements of district scale is under way. After perestroika, this large-scale subsidized system disintegrated, aviation experienced difficult times. But large airlines have been privatized and have taken up the development of airports. Today, Russia's airports, with a list of 329 units, are included in many international ratings and are actively continuing to modernize.

Top 10

Today, between airlines there is a sharp competition, the same situation is observed in the market of air harbors. Every year, airports are assessed and monitored for various parameters and an overall rating is issued. Today the best and the largest airports of Russia are determined every year. This list is constantly changing. Air carrier companies give much energy to climb in this national and world rankings. In 2016, the list of the 10 largest airports in the country includes: Moscow Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Petersburg Pulkovo, Yekaterinburg Koltsovo, southern Sochi and Krasnodar, Novosibirsk Tolmachevo and Ufa from the capital of the same name.

The largest airports in the south of Russia (list and features)

Air transport is an important part of the transport system of any region, including an urgent topic for the southern regions of the country. Aircraft not only connect this part of the state with other parts of Russia, delivering thousands of tourists here daily, especially in the high season, but also establish relationships with foreign countries. The largest southern airports in Russia, whose list includes several dozen harbors, most often exist long ago and have a well-established reputation. Thus, the largest airport in the Pashkovskiy region (Krasnodar) was established back in 1923. It has three runways and a capacity of about 1 thousand people per hour. The list of the largest harbors of the south also includes: Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Mineralnye Vody and Simferopol.

The largest airports in Central Russia

In the center of the country there are many airports that are strategically important transport hubs. They are often docking points for passengers traveling from distant regions of Russia to the European part or abroad. The center of the country is characterized by a large number of medium-sized airports. All of them were built in the Soviet times, today many are in the process of modernization. The largest air harbors are: Kurumoch (Samara) with two runways and a passenger flow of more than 2 million people a year, Strigino (Nizhny Novgorod) - about 1 million passengers per year, Gumrak (Volgograd) - 900 thousand people. in year.

The largest airports in Siberia

A huge space called Siberia can not be imagined without air traffic. For many regions this is the main type of transport connection with other parts of the country. For Siberia, air travel is an important part of the economy. The list of airports in Russia by cities and sizes includes several Siberian harbors, which are characterized by modern infrastructure and large volumes of traffic. The largest airports in Siberia are Tolmachevo (Novosibirsk) with 2 lanes for take-off and landing and with a passenger flow of almost 4 million people per year, Emelyanovo (Krasnoyarsk) - about 2 million passengers per year, Irkutsk with 1.6 million passengers per year , Surgut - 1.4 million people. Per year, Roshchino (Tyumen) - 1.4 million people a year.

The largest airports in the Far East

Considering the airports of Russia, the list of which is great, it is worth paying special attention to the enterprises of the Far East. After all, for this region, air communication is a vital mode of transport. Some areas of this part of the country are completely dependent on aircraft delivery of products, consumer goods and are the only way for people to get to other areas of the country. The largest airports are: New (Khabarovsk) - 1.8 million passengers a year, Knevichi (Vladivostok) - 1.7 million people. Per year, Khomutovo (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - 800 thousand passengers per year.

Leaders of passenger traffic

Unconditional national leaders heading the list of Russian airports by passenger traffic are two Moscow harbors: Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. Also in many domestic and world rankings are Vnukovo and Pulkovo. Sheremetyevo is a modern complex with five terminals and a passenger traffic volume of 31 million people a year. It is included in the top 20 European airports and constantly strives to improve the quality of passenger service. Sheremetyevo offers about 200 destinations and operates with all leading airlines of the world, is a "home" airport for Aeroflot. The second leader of the country is Domodedovo, 80 air companies of the world take and send planes in 247 directions. This airport has more than once been recognized as the most convenient and modern of Russian airports. It is "home" for S7 Airlines.