Ulan-Ude Airport
Encyclopedia
Ulan-Ude Airport or Lake Baikal Airport is an international airport
International airport
An international airport is any airport that can accommodate flights from other countries and are typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle these flights to and from other countries...

 located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. The airport includes a single terminal built in early 1980s featuring customs and border control facilities. With capacity of 400 passengers per hour, the airport served 167,126 passengers in 2010, a 29% increase over 2009.

Reconstruction

In 2006 the airport received a major runway overhaul costing RUR 330 million (USD 10 million). Another RUR 230 million was to be spent in 2007, finishing taxiway and parking areas work.. In November, 2006, the Russian government announced the decision to create a special economic zone 170 km away of Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...

 at Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...

 with plans of upgrading the airport. The plans include building a second runway, enlarging the original runway, and improving passenger facilities – to accommodate one million passengers in 2010. Today in 2011, in airport already new arpon bus, edited international terminal and edited control tower.

Incidents and accidents

1971 - an Ulan-Ude (Mukhino)-based An-24 has crash-landed on Bogorodsky island near the city. It was a training flight with one idle engine; the crash was caused by flight engineer who has switched off the second engine by mistake. Crewmen had got wounds; the plane has partially burnt down.

1981 - crash of an Aeroflot flight. An Ulan-Ude (Mukhino)-bound Il-14
Il-14
IL-14 can refer to:*Ilyushin Il-14, a Soviet twin-engine aircraft*Interleukin 14, a protein important in immunology*Illinois's 14th congressional district*Illinois Route 14...

, overloaded to almost twice of its possible weight lost its way and crashed into a mountain on Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...

's Svyatoi Nos peninsula killing all 52 passengers and crew.

1988 - Aeroflot flight B-478 L-410 bound for Ulan-Ude (Mukhino) crashed into a mountain in very bad weather conditions, killing all 15 passengers and crew.

1989 - crash of Tu-134 on landing at Ulan-Ude (Mukhino) on a delivery flight from near-by Vostochny
Ulan-Ude Vostochny Airport
Ulan-Ude Vostochny Airport is an airport in the Buryat Republic, Russia located 9 km east of Ulan Ude. It services medium-size airliners. The airfield served as a bomber staging base. There is considerable tarmac space, with three 400x125m tarmacs and a few alert revetments....

 airport. The aircraft lost a wing and was then destroyed by fire. The crew escaped through a window. The crash was caused by pilot error; in conditions of low visibility the captain landed the plane 300m to the left of the runway.

1995 - Three armed and masked hi-jackers captured Mil Mi-8
Mil Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....

, which was being prepared for flight, and airport technicians. After ten hours of negotiations special services saved hostages without any fatalities.

2005 - A fire-brigade vehicle hit Sibaviatrans
Sibaviatrans
Sibaviatrans was an airline based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It operated scheduled and charter passenger and cargo flights from various locations around Russia. It also provided helicopter services. It was a member of AiRUnion alliance....

' Tu-134 parked on the tarmac. No one was injured, but the aircraft suffered minor damage.

Airlines and destinations

Technical Landings

Airlines previously serving the airport

Planes

Planes
Aircraft Airline Destination
Airbus A310-200(as a parlament plane) Rossiya
Rossiya (airline)
Rossiya Airlines OJSC , operating as Rossiya — Russian Airlines is a secondary national airline with its head office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, resulting from the 2006 merger of the Moscow-based company of the same name and Saint Petersburg-based Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise...

Moscow, Saint-Petersburg.
Antonov An-24
Antonov An-24
The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau from 1957.-Design and development:...

, Antonov An-28
Antonov An-28
|-See also:-External links:**...

Iraero and Bural
Bural
Bural is an airline based in Ulan-Ude, Russia. It operates trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base is Ulan-Ude Airport.- Fleet :The Bural fleet includes the following aircraft :*5 Antonov An-2*4 Antonov An-24*6 Mil Mi-8...

Irkutsk,Krasnoyarsk,Novosibirsk,Taksimo,Nizhneangarsk,Bagdarin
Antonov An-2
Antonov An-2
The Antonov An-2 is a single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed in the USSR in 1946...

Bural
Bural
Bural is an airline based in Ulan-Ude, Russia. It operates trunk and regional passenger services. Its main base is Ulan-Ude Airport.- Fleet :The Bural fleet includes the following aircraft :*5 Antonov An-2*4 Antonov An-24*6 Mil Mi-8...

ATR 42-500 NordStar
NordStar
OJSC Taimyr Air Company is a russian airline based in Norilsk. Its main base is Alykel Airport.-History:A NordStar airlines, Came on the place of the biggest airline of Krasnoyarsk kray which now is existed - KrasAir...

Krasnoyarsk, Chita
Avro RJ85 (Future) Eznis Airways
Eznis Airways
Eznis Airways LLC is a scheduled and charter airline based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is the largest domestic airline with services to a number of Mongolian domestic points, with an international route to China and Russia .With its main base located at...

Ulan-Bator
Boeing 737-700 Yakutia Airlines
Yakutia Airlines
Yakutia Airlines is an airline based in Yakutsk, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services in Russia and within the CIS, as well as charters to destinations in Europe from its hubs at Yakutsk Airport and Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.-History:...

Moscow-Vnukovo
Boeing 737-800 S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines
OJSC Siberia Airlines , operating as S7 Airlines, is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. S7 Airlines has been Russia's fastest-growing airline and recently passed Aeroflot as Russia's largest domestic airline.S7 has operated scheduled passenger...

>(Oneworld
Oneworld
Oneworld , branded as oneworld, is one of the world's three largest global airline alliances with its central management team, oneworld Management Company, based in New York City, New York, USA. Oneworld was founded in 1999 by American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific...

)or Globus
Globus Airlines
Globus is a Russian airline based at Domodedovo International Airport and a subsidiary of S7 Group. It operates scheduled and charter flights to domestic and some international destinations...

Moscow-Domodedovo
Boeing 757-200 Yakutia Airlines
Yakutia Airlines
Yakutia Airlines is an airline based in Yakutsk, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services in Russia and within the CIS, as well as charters to destinations in Europe from its hubs at Yakutsk Airport and Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.-History:...

 and VIM Airlines
VIM Airlines
VIM Avia, commonly known as VIM Airlines, is an airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating international scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights out of Moscow Domodedovo Airport, as well as offering aircraft wet lease.-History:...

Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Vnukovo
Boeing 767-300 (Future) Transaero
Transaero
OJSC Transaero Airlines or simply Transaero is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Domodedovo International Airport, Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter flights to more than 99 domestic and international destinations...

Moscow-Domodedovo
Bombardier CRJ200
Bombardier CRJ200
The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 are a family of regional airliner manufactured by Bombardier, and based on the Canadair Challenger business jet.-Development:...

RusLine
RusLine
RusLine is an airline based in the Omega Plaza business centre in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled flights out of its bases Domodedovo International Airport, Yekaterinburg Airport, Krasnodar International Airport and Volgograd International Airport.-History:The airline originally had its hub...

Beijing, Krasnoyarsk, Manzhouli
Ilyushin Il-76
Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter designed by Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas...

Unknown cargo airline Unknown
SAAB 340
Saab 340
The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft in a 65:35 ratio...

Eznis Airways
Eznis Airways
Eznis Airways LLC is a scheduled and charter airline based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is the largest domestic airline with services to a number of Mongolian domestic points, with an international route to China and Russia .With its main base located at...

Ulan-Bator
Tupolev Tu-154
Tupolev Tu-154
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...

UTair Aviation charter: Moscow-Vnukovo
Tupolev Tu-214 Transaero
Transaero
OJSC Transaero Airlines or simply Transaero is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Domodedovo International Airport, Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter flights to more than 99 domestic and international destinations...

Moscow-Domodedovo

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK