Surgut International Airport

Surgut Airport (IATA: SGC, ICAO: USRR), also listed as Surgut North Airport, is an airport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 10 km (6 mi) north of Surgut. It services medium-sized airliners. In 2018 Surgut Airport handled 1,758,310 passengers. In May 2019, the airport was named after Farman Salmanov, a renowned Azerbaijani geologist.

Surgut International Airport

Международный Аэропорт Сургут
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesSurgut
LocationSurgut, Russia
Hub forUtair
Elevation AMSL200 ft / 61 m
Coordinates61°20′36″N 073°24′12″E
Websitewww.airport-surgut.ru
Map
SGC
Location of airport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,790 9,153 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passenger Traffic 1,758,310
Aircraft Traffic 3,324
Time ZoneUTC +5
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Inside the terminal of Surgut Airport.

Characteristics

Surgut International Airport has runway that can accommodate modern aircraft, such as Boeing-737, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, as well as helicopters of all types.

The airport’s capacity is 660 passengers per hour for domestic flights and 200 passengers per hour for international flights.

In the terminal building, there are VIP, as well as shops, cafes, pharmacies. Wi-Fi access is also provided.

The main terminal of Surgut Airport.
Aircraft parked at Surgut Airport.

History

1931–2001

In 1931, arrival of the first aircraft to the village of Surgut.

In 1937, the first building of the Surgut airport was built and put into operation.

In 1964, Surgut United Air Squadron was established.

In 1970, the State Commission commissioned the runway of the new city airport.

In 1972, first regular flight Surgut-Moscow performed by Tu-134 airplane.

In 1975, commissioning of a new terminal building at the Surgut airport.

In 1979, installation, on the facade of the terminal, a mosaic panel - to a woman with a child in the window of the porthole "Surgut Madonna".

In 1998, Airport Surgut was awarded a certificate of honor at the results of the contest "The Best Airport in 1998 in CIS countries".

In 2000, Airport Surgut is recognized as the winner in the contest "The best airport of the year of the CIS countries" in the nomination "Intensively developing airport".

2001–present

In 2001, Surgut Airport is open for international flights. The first flight was made by the airline "Utair" UT 777 - Kiev (Borispol).

In 2003, overhaul of the runway.

In 2004, full commissioning of the airport complex of the Surgut airport.

In 2007, opening of the telescopic ladder "Thyssen Krupp Airport Systems".Putting into operation of an automated vehicle access control system to the station square.

In 2008, Surgut airport for the first time congratulated the millionth passenger serviced during the year.

In 2009, creation and beginning of production activity of branches. Formed five branches: Berezovsky, Cape Kamensky, Noyabrsk, Tazovsky, Nefteyugansk.

In 2011, the hall of the waiting area for passengers of the international sector was built and put into operation. The duty-free shop "Duty-Free" opened in the international sector of the terminal.

In 2012, Airport Surgut started servicing domestic and international long-haul wide-body aircraft Boeing-767-200, Boeing 767-300.

According to the results of work in 2015, the passenger traffic of Surgut Airport (including branches of the company) amounted to 1,976,389 people, exceeding the total of 2014 by 3.8%.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
AeroflotMoscow–Sheremetyevo
Angara Airlines Novosibrsk, Tomsk
Avia Traffic Company Bishkek, Osh
NordStarKrasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Tomsk[3]
Pobeda Makhachkala,[4] Moscow–Vnukovo[5]
Rossiya Airlines Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines Novosibrsk
Ural AirlinesMoscow–Domodedovo,[6] Ufa
UtairBaku, Beloyarsk, Irkutsk, Khujand, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Kurgan,[7] Moscow–Vnukovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, Tyumen, Ufa, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Anapa, Gelendzhik,[8] Makhachkala, Minsk,[9] Samara,[9] Sochi, Tashkent,[10] Yerevan[9]
UVT AeroBugulma, Kazan
Yamal Airlines Igarka, Tyumen

Statistics

2015
Busiest domestic routes at Surgut International Airport (by number of passengers) 2015[11]
RankCityRegionAirportsAirlinesNumber of passengers
1 Moscow Moscow
Moscow Oblast		 Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo Aeroflot, Pobeda, Utair 525,461
2 St Petersburg St Petersburg
Leningrad Oblast		 Pulkovo Utair 096,626
3 Ufa Bashkortostan Ufa International Airport S7 Airlines, UTair Aviation, Yamal Airlines 090,470
4 Samara Samara Oblast Kurumoch S7 Airlines, Utair 063,688
5 Tyumen Tyumen Oblast Roshchino Utair 048,453
Busiest CIS routes at Surgut International Airport (by number of passengers) 2015[11]
RankCityCountryAirportsAirlinesNumber of passengers
1 Khujand  Tajikistan Khujand Airport Tajik Air, Utair 26,973
2 Bishkek  Kyrgyzstan Manas Air Bishkek, Avia Traffic Company 25,145
3 Osh  Kyrgyzstan Osh Airport Avia Traffic Company 22,396
4 Baku  Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev International Airport Utair 011,030
5 Kiev  Ukraine Boryspil Utair 02,669
Busiest international routes at Surgut International Airport (by number of passengers) 2015[11]
RankCityCountryAirportsAirlinesNumber of passengers
1 Antalya  Turkey Antalya International Airport Pegas Fly 032,095
2 Hurghada  Egypt Hurghada International Airport Pegas Fly 0017,800
3 Cam Ranh  Vietnam Cam Ranh International Airport Pegas Fly 012,221
5 Sharm el-Sheikh  Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Pegas Fly 008,623
5 Phuket  Thailand Phuket Airport Nordwind Airlines 06,101

Accidents and incidents

On 1 January 2011, Kolavia Flight 348 suffered an explosion and fire at Surgut. The aircraft was taxiing before departing Surgut on a flight to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow when the fire started and quickly engulfed the entire plane, which then burned to the ground. Despite a quick evacuation, 3 persons were killed.[12]

See also

References
  1. Airport information for USRR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for SGC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "Из Международного аэропорта Красноярск доступны субсидированные авиаперелеты". www.kja.aero (in Russian). Международный аэропорт Красноярск. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. 2016, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Pobeda Adds Surgut – Makhachkala Route from Oct 2015". Retrieved 1 September 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. 2016, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Pobeda to Add Vladikavkaz / Surgut Service from late-Dec 2014". Retrieved 1 September 2016.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ""Уральские авиалинии" с 25 декабря запустят ежедневный рейс из Сургута в Москву". tass.ru. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. Жаткина, Татьяна (2 December 2019). "Появилась информация о долгожданных рейсах из Кургана в Югру". ura.news. УРА.РУ. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  8. "Авиакомпания "ЮТэйр" - Utair свяжет Сибирь и Юг России". www.utair.ru. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. Liu, Jim (24 April 2018). "UTair adds seasonal Surgut routes from June 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. Liu, Jim (26 February 2020). "UTair adds seasonal Surgut – Tashkent service in S20". Routesonline.
  11. "ОАО «Аэропорт Сургут» подвело итоги производственной деятельности за 2015 год". ОАО «Аэропорт Сургут». Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  12. "accident description". ASN. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

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