Rostov-on-Don Airport

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Rostov-on-Don Airport
Аэропорт Ростов-на-Дону
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IATA: ROV – ICAO: URRR
ROV is located in Rostov Oblast
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Location of airport in Rostov Oblast
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator JSC "Airport Rostov-on-Don"
Serves Rostov-on-Don
Location Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Hub for Donavia
Elevation AMSL 79 m / 259 ft
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Website rnd-airport.ru/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,500 8,202 Concrete
04R/22L 1,951 6,400 Grass
08/26 1,320 4,330 Grass
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 1,716,200 Increase
Aircraft Movements 21,261 Increase
Source: airport website[1]

Rostov-on-Don Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Ростов-на-Дону) Aeroport Rostov-na-Donu (IATA: ROV, ICAO: URRR) is an international airport located 9 km (6 mi) east of the city of Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia. In 2011, Rostov Airport handled 1,716,200 passengers (a 19.1% increase compared with 2010) and 5,330 metric tonnes freight (a 5.2% increase).[1]

Rostov Airport became an international airport in 1986.

History

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The old terminal of Rostov-on-Don Airport, which is due to be demolished

In 1925, an airfield was constructed near Rostov-on-Don to fulfill a growing demand for transportation. Flights grew in demand, resulting in the creation of a new flight route (Tbilisi to Rostov-on-Don to Moscow) in 1926.. In 1932, construction began on the first terminal building. The airport was devastated during World War II by the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and ceased operations during this period. In the postwar years Rostov airport had to be restored from the ruins, to reconstruct and rebuild . Active runway length of 2,000 m, the platform and RD- 5 built in 1949. In 1986, the Rostov airport was given the status of international and regular flights to foreign countries began in 1991. In 1993, the airport was privatized.[citation needed]

Since 2002, the runway is being reconstructed. In 2009, the first stage of reconstruction, including partial resurfacing the runway, taxiway. The second phase involved strengthening and lengthening of its runway from 2,500 to 2,700 m. In parallel, the reconstruction and re-equipment of the passenger terminal took place. In recent years, international sector updated terminal. In 2004, a new departure hall with 300 seats was commissioned. In 2006-2007, carried out modernization and expansion of the hall of the international sector, installed a new conveyor for unloading luggage and new equipment for passport and visa control, mounted two passenger elevators and escalators as well as armchairs with 200 seats . In 2007 renewed VIP-hall was launched. Since February 2009, the airport complex system operates audio-visual alert passengers about flying. Security measures including a centralized system of surveillance and screening equipment were installed at the entrances to the airport terminal. In 2007, passenger traffic has exceeded 1 million people, and in 2011, the airport was able to serve more than 1.5 million passengers.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Heraklion, Thessaloniki
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Aeroflot
operated by Donavia		 Istanbul-Atatürk, Khujand, Moscow-Domodedovo,[2] Saint Petersburg, Simferopol, Tashkent, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Yekaterinburg,[3] Yerevan
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya		 Saint Petersburg
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Seasonal: Novosibirsk[4]
Azerbaijan Airlines Seasonal: Baku[5][6]
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Heraklion, Phuket
Czech Airlines Prague
Ellinair Thessaloniki [7]
flydubai Dubai-International[8]
Gazpromavia Moscow-Vnukovo
Georgian Airways Tbilisi[9]
Nordavia Seasonal: Nizhny Novgorod[10]
NordStar Moscow-Domodedovo ,[11] Norilsk, Samara
Seasonal: Yerevan[12]
Nordwind Airlines Charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Nha Trang, Eilat-Ovda,[13] Phuket
Orenair Charter: Goa
Pobeda Moscow-Vnukovo[14]
Red Wings Moscow-Domodedovo[15]
RusLine Samara, Volgograd, Voronezh
S7 Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo
SCAT Airlines Aktau
Tunisair Enfidha[16]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
UTair Aviation Moscow-Vnukovo
Seasonal: Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut
Ural Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent
Yakutia Airlines Charter: Verona [17]
Yamal Airlines Tyumen (resumes 15 January 2016),[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
  2. ↑ http://www.ato.ru/content/aviakompaniya-donavia-perevedet-reysy-iz-sheremetevo-v-domodedovo
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  7. ↑ http://el.ellinair.com
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  10. ↑ Nordavia begin new summer seasonal service to Rostov on Don
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