Bryansk airport. History of development

The administrative center of the Bryansk region, the city of Bryansk, is located in the west of the country, near the border of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The city was founded in 985 AD. E., And for all of its existence has grown to quite decent for regional significance. The city was captured several times by ill-wishers. For some time he spent under the yoke of the Tatar-Mongol yoke, was a member of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, for quite a long time the city was the subject of a dispute between the Rzeczpospolita and the Russian kingdom. During the Great Patriotic War, the city was captured by the Germans and liberated by Soviet troops almost two years later. In the postwar years, several nearby villages and villages were included in the city. And in 1961, a civilian Bryansk airport was opened on the basis of a Soviet military airfield.

History of occurrence

In 1926, on the hill near the village of Gorodishche, which was an ordinary and unremarkable village before that date, the construction of the runway of the airfield began. This place was chosen not accidentally. If you look at the topographic map of the area, you can see that here is the highest point on the surface of the plateau, in the area of which it would be possible to erect a civilian object in the future. Already in those years, the authorities were thinking about the possible modernization of the projected runway into the civilian Bryansk airport. Bryansky was baptized for his administrative affiliation to a large populated area nearby, despite the fact that the village of Gorodische was territorially located much closer. 200 meters to the village (almost across the road) against 5 kilometers (at that time) to the city of Bryansk. However, the plans of the country's leaders were intended to give this military (and in a few years already and civilian) object views of a far future. That is why his name was associated with belonging to the region of location.

Before the war years

Already in 1927 the Bryansk airfield of the NCO, as it was then called, was put into operation. It is noteworthy that from 1928 to 1929 as part of the 15th Bryansk Aviation Squadron the famous Valery Chkalov, whose name is currently worn by several regional airports on the territory of the Russian Federation, for example the Chkalovsky airport near the city of Shchelkovo, the Moscow region, was serving.

In 1934, the Bryansky airport got the status of civilian and began to take on refueling flights, following the route "Moscow - Kiev" and back. In those days it was accepted as a strategic important decision, since the airfield served flights between the two republics, linking Moscow with the Ukrainian SSR. Thanks to this fact, a little more than half a year after the transfer of the airport to civilian rails, it receives regional status with a corresponding rise in the level of financing and development of the airport. In 1941, just before the announcement of the USSR war by fascist Germany, the airport is modernizing the runway "A" and the taxiway from the runway to the terminal building.

Thaw

After the capture of the city by the German invaders, the airport passed under the control of the fascists, but a year later, in 1943, the Red Army repulsed it. Since 1945, the status of the airfield is changing again - the facility departs from the military.

After the Great Victory, the 204th air squad of the Moscow air group is stationed here, and a little later, three squadrons of the 170th squadron are attributed to the base. In 1946 a new civil airport was opened in the neighboring town of Bezhitsa (now - one of the districts of Bryansk), which is still operated by small aircraft. It is based on several aeroclubs.

In 1961, on the basis of a military airfield in Gorodische, the civilian Bryansk airport was reopened. Three years later, JSC "Bryansk United Aviation Detachment" began its work, and in December 1967 the first turbojet, the new-fashioned and modern Yak-40, landed on the runway. After New Year's holidays, from January 1968, the era of active exploitation of flying means of this type comes.

Further development

In 1974, the terminal itself, its ground services, including the Bryansk airport information service, which provides information to the public on any matter related to the airport and flights, are moving to another building. The new complex was built on the opposite side of the runway and designed specifically for the administrative needs of the aviation company. The old buildings and buildings that were used up to this point were partially disassembled.

Until the 1990s, the airport operated as a regional one. The assigned category allows servicing both turboprop and turbojet aircraft of that time, including Yak-42 and Tu-154.

Sunset

In the 90s, the issue of safety of flights and the noise pollution of Bryansk, which had expanded by that time, was especially acute. The airport runway is located in the heart of the city. The adjoining districts, former settlements and villages surround the Bryansk airport. The telephone of the city administration is torn from the complaints of the residents of nearby houses, and as a result, the city administration makes a difficult decision to move the airfield. In December 1994, the old airport is closed, and the enterprise is moved 14 kilometers from the city limits to the west. In the same year 1994, they opened a new airfield near the village of Oktyabrskoye.

A new era

Bryansk International Airport acquires its new status only a year after its opening. In July 1996, the first international flight (to Varna, Bulgaria), departing from the turboprop An-24, is sent from there. In 1997, new international destinations are opening for Istanbul (Turkey) and Burgas (Bulgaria), already on the Yak-40 and Tu-134 turbojet liners.

Development is in full swing. Each year, passengers are offered new flights. Bryansk airport is expanding its lines, including in Russia. In 2010, regular destinations are opened to Moscow, from 2013 to St. Petersburg, and in 2015 to Simferopol and Krasnodar.

Information about the airport, as well as the schedule of departures can be found in the help phone +7 (4832) 59-00-80.