- Khrabrovo Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Khrabrovo Airport
nativename = Аэропорт Храброво
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IATA = KGD
ICAO = UMKK
type = Public/Military
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operator =KD Avia
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location = Kaliningrad
elevation-f = 42
elevation-m = 13
coordinates = Coord|54|53|24|N|20|35|33|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
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r1-number = 06/24
r1-length-f = 8,202
r1-length-m = 2,500
r1-surface =Concrete
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footnotes =Khrabrovo Airport (Russian Аэропорт Храброво, German Powunden) Airport codes|KGD|UMKK is located 24 km north of
Kaliningrad , east off the Zelenogradsk highway. Theairport , part of which is still military, is a bare landing strip with few frills for passengers. In2007 the airport had 1.204.060 passengers.The airport is the main hub for the airline
KD Avia in addition to other airlines offering services to domestic destinations and to Northern and Eastern Europe.History
* 1922 - Joint Russian-German joint venture
Deruluft starts flights on first scheduled international route Koenigsberg (Devau airport) - Moscow
* 1945 - Airport is transferred to Civil Air Fleet of USSR
* 1961 - Joint Air Squadron formed at the basis of airport and airline
* 1977 - Operations of Tupolev-134 begin
* 1979 - Passenger terminal is built in Khrabrovo
* 1988 - Tupolev-154s begin operations to Kaliningrad
* 1992 - Enterprise separates from Vnukovo Production association and becomes independent entity
* 1993 - First scheduled international flights begin. Two Tupolev-154s are purchased
* 1997 - Air enterprise is renamed “Kaliningrad Avia”
* 2001 - Air enterprise is in receivership
* 2002 - Change of ownership structure. Transformation into Joint Stock Company
* 2004 – Beginning of reconstruction of runway, apron, navigation equipment
* 2005 – Air enterprise renamed “KD Avia”
* 2007 - opening of the new terminalPassenger numbers are also rising, and are set to rise even more with the introduction of more routes:
*2002 - 163,000
*2003 - 115,000
*2004 - 209,000
*2005 - 311,000
*2006 - 731,626
*2007 - 1,204,060Airlines and destinations
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Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
*Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
*airBaltic (Copenhagen, Riga)
*Belavia (Minsk)
*Gomelavia (Grodno, Gomel, Minsk)
*KD Avia (Athens, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, London-Gatwick, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Nizhny Novgorod, Paris-Charles De Gaulle, Prague, Odessa, Rome-Fiumicino, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Vienna-stopped till March 2009)
*Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
*Sky Express (Moscow-Vnukovo)
*UTair Aviation (Moscow-Vnukovo)Mass transit serving the airport
The following city bus line connect the airport:
*to Kaliningrad, No. "138" by Koenig-Auto ("КёнигАвто"); to Kaliningrad Main Bus/Railway Station.The International Sector (terminal) is 3 km from the Domestic terminal. The bus does not serve the International Sector therefore it is advisable to have private transportation prearranged.
External links
* [http://www.inyourpocket.com/russia/kaliningrad/en/category?cid=2851&chid=11/ Small guide to airport]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/RS/23/Khrabrovo.html Kaliningrad Airport at fallingrain.com]
*ASN [http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=kgd Accidents history for UMKK]
*NOAA/NWS [http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/UMKK.html current] weather observations
*WAD|UMKK
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