Baikal International Airport

Baikal International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт "Байкал", Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport "Baykal"), formerly Ulan-Ude Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Улан-Удэ, Aeroport Ulan-Ude) (IATA: UUD, ICAO: UIUU) is an international airport located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Ulan-Ude, Russia. The airport includes a single terminal with customs and border control facilities. With capacity of 400 passengers per hour, in 2019 the airport served 478,448 passengers on more than 20 scheduled international and domestic destinations. The airport is named after nearby Lake Baikal.

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Baikal International Airport

Международный
Аэропорт Байкал
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerRussian Federation
OperatorNovaport[1]
ServesUlan-Ude
LocationUlan-Ude, Russia
Focus city for
Coordinates51°48′27″N 107°26′25″E
Websiteairportbaikal.ru/eng/
Map
UUD
Location of airport in Republic of Buryatia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,400 11,154 Concrete
08L/26R 2,042 6,700 Under Cons
Source: DAFIF,[4][5] airport website[6]

History

1925–1971

In 1925, the Ulan-Ude Airport began its first passenger service with the first aircraft traveling from Moscow to Beijing, with pilots Volkovoyinov and Polyakov participating in it. On 1 August 1926, the first flights started: Ulan-Ude – Ulan-Bator; in addition, the airport was a place for technical landing for flights from Irkutsk, Chita, Moscow, and Vladivostok. In 1931, the construction of the first air terminal began, where in 1935 the construction finished. From 1966 the airport began to accept Antonov An-24 and Tupolev Tu-104.

1971–1991

In 1971, there was a new runway constructed which optimized the airport to accept larger aircraft like the Ilyushin Il-18 from Moscow, where in from 1980 to 1981 the runway was lengthened by 800 metres, and it was opened by accepting the first Tupolev Tu-154. In 1983, the first terminal stopped working, due to the opening of the new one and from September until October, the airport was accepting the transit flights from and to Chita, due to its closing, because of the runway re-construction. In 1988 and 1989, the airport started to serve a number of transit flights, including the international (Moscow – Pyongyang, including Air Koryo; Moscow – Ulan-Bator), shifted from Irkutsk, due to runway re-construction. That situation led to a huge optimization of the airport, where every day the airport accepted 70 flights, which 30 of them were served by Tupolev Tu-154. In 1990, the airport transferred 800 thousand passengers in a year.

1991–2006

Until 2011, the airport was serving the flights from Irkutsk and Chita when these airports had issues with construction or weather. Unfortunately, there were no international flights anymore until 2011.[7][8]

2006–2011
Airport's hall before reconstruction, that began in 2011.

In 2006, the airport underwent an overhaul of its runway, costing RUR 330 million (US$10 million). In 2007, the airport underwent renovation of its taxiways and parking areas, at a cost of RUR 230 million.

2011–2017

In March 2011, the renovation of the external terminal complex began, after when "Metropol" bought the airport. The reconstruction finished in August 2011. Till now in the airport are in process small reconstructions inside the terminal complex. The last renovation was expanding the second floor and making it a boarding zone, in addition the zone of check-up and passport check moved to the second floor. Also, the arrival and departure exits and entrances are now in different locations.

2017-today

In September 2014, it was announced that the government of Russian Federation, which owns the airport infrastructure, decided to build a new runway, with a cost of $157 million, parallel to the current. The latter will become a taxiway.

The runway commenced its service at night of 12 December 2018, with a flight of S7 Airlines to Beijing.[9]

On September 2017, the airport was sold by "Metropol" to "Novaport". Novaport allowed the airport to get the status of open sky, moreover, the airport will allow more ambitious plans, like construction of a new passenger terminal.[10] Currently, due to unlimited status of open sky, international airlines such as Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Lucky Air, MIAT Mongolian Airlines and Spring Airlines are interested in starting flights to Ulan Ude.[11] Moreover, Russian flag carrier Aeroflot, announced that it will resume the flights to Ulan-Ude in 2018 or 2019, the plans are delaying due to FIFA-2018, also the airline explained the reason of exiting from this route, by low-quality runway.[12]

On 7 December, the Buryatia governor Aleksei Tsydenov announced that by the end of 2018, the construction of the new terminal will commence. The land for construction is being found, currently, the project is being created, therefore, the final amount will be calculated for the construction financing.[13][14] The first stage will be the full reconstruction of the current terminal, and then by 2022, the new terminal will be constructed. The construction of the new terminal began on 28 April 2018, and is scheduled to open around 2020.[15]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
AeroflotMoscow–Sheremetyevo (resumes 28 March 2021)[16]
Angara Airlines Chita,[17] Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo,[18] Nizhneangarsk, Novosibirsk,[19] Taksimo,[20] Vladivostok[21]
Ayana Krasnoyarsk–Cheremshanka, Kyzyl, Nizhneangarsk[22]
Hunnu Air Ulaanbaatar[23]
Seasonal: Hailar, Manzhouli[3]
IrAero Blagoveshensk, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok[24]
Seasonal: Ulaanbaatar
NordStar Chita,[25] Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo
Pegas FlySeasonal charter: Phuket[26]
Pobeda Moscow–Vnukovo[27]
S7 Airlines Irkutsk,[28][29] Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
SiLA Chita,[30] Irkutsk[31]
Smartavia Moscow–Domodedovo[32][33]
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo,[34] Yekaterinburg (resumes 12 February 2021)[35]
Yakutia Airlines Yakutsk
Seasonal: Khabarovsk, Seoul–Incheon (suspended)

Transportation

Buses No. 28, #55 and No. 77 reach the airport only by a call of a passenger and then they reach the final stop at Sokol. Moreover, the taxi service is available by booking at a kiosk at the airport's exit. Aeroexpress (not train service) shuttle bus service is available to Ulan-Ude square.

Statistics

Annual Traffic

Annual Passenger Traffic

Year Passengers % Change
2010167,126
2011187,770 +12,4
2012267,502 +42,5
2013300,654 +12,4
2014312,794 +4,04
2016242,955 −22,3
2017269,700 +11,0
2018376,774 +39,7
2019478,448 +27[36]
2020340,997 −28.7[37]

Busiest routes
Busiest routes at Baikal International Airport (by number of passengers) 2018[38]
RankCityRegionCountryAirportsAirlinesNumber of passengers
1 Moscow Moscow / Moscow Oblast  Russia Domodedovo & Vnukovo Airports Globus Airlines, Pobeda, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines 223,713
2 Irkutsk Irkutsk Oblast  Russia International Airport Irkutsk Angara Airlines, IrAero, RusLine 32,765
3 Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Oblast  Russia Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport IrAero, S7 Airlines 26,532
4 Beijing  People's Republic of China Beijing Capital International Airport S7 Airlines 15,316
5 Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Krai  Russia Khabarovsk Novy Airport IrAero, Yakutia Airlines 12,797
6 Yakutsk Republic of Yakutia  Russia Yakutsk Airport Yakutia Airlines 10,708

Incidents and accidents

There were no major incidents in airport history.

References
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