Yekaterinburg Airport
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Koltsovo International Airport Международный Аэропорт Кольцово |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | JSC Koltsovo Invest | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | HC Airports of Regions | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Yekaterinburg | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 233 m / 764 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°44′29″N 60°48′13″E / 56.74139°N 60.80361°ECoordinates: 56°44′29″N 60°48′13″E / 56.74139°N 60.80361°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | koltsovo.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe
AIP of the Russian Federation |
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| Passengers | 4,300,000 |
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| Passenger change 15–16 |
 1.3% |
| Aircraft movements | 41,811 |
| Movements change 14–15 |
 6.9% |
Koltsovo International Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Кольцово) (IATA: SVX, ICAO: USSS) is the international airport serving Yekaterinburg, Russia, located 16 km (10 mi) southeast of the city. Being the largest airport in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Koltsovo also serves nearby towns such as Aramil, Sysert, and Polevskoy. In general, the airport is responsible for serving approximately 4,290,000 people. The airport is a hub for Ural Airlines,RusLine and Aviacon Zitotrans. Due to its location in the center of Russia, Yekaterinburg's airport is included in the "Priority Airports" list of Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia).
Koltsovo was officially exploited as a civil Airport on July 10, 1943. Koltsovo is a member of Airports Council International (ACI). In 2014, Koltsovo Airport had a passenger traffic of 4,526,167, a +5.4% increase from that of 2013. Domestic passenger traffic of 2014 made up for 2,407,429 (+11.3%) passengers; international passenger traffic consisted of 2,118,738 (-0.5%) passengers. In 2014 Koltsovo operated 25,531 tonnes of cargo, a -8.1% decrease from that of last year. Koltsovo operated 3,600 tonnes of mail, a 250% increase from that of 2013. In 2013, it handled 4,293,002 passengers and 27,800 tonnes of cargo, representing a +13.5% increase compared to the previous year. The airport is in the top 7 busiest airports in Russia.
Construction of Koltsovo's original aerodrome was between 1928-1930 by demand of the Air Force Institute of the USSR. It was primarily built as a military aerodrome. In 1932 the 33rd air division, priorly belonging to the Privolzhsky Military District, was transferred to the Koltsovo aerodrome; the division was later redirected to the border with Finland during the Winter War. One day after Nazi Germany declared war on the USSR, entangling the Soviet Union into World War II, construction of a 1 km runway was announced. Construction began the next day and the runway was completed in 3 months: a record breaking time limit for the 1940s.
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