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Nizhny Novgorod International Airport
Международный аэропорт Нижний Новгород
IATA: GOJ – ICAO: UWGG Summary Airport type Public Operator JSC "Nizhny Novgorod International Airport" Location Nizhny Novgorod Elevation AMSL 256 ft / 78 m Coordinates 56°13′48″N 043°47′12″E / 56.23°N 43.78667°E Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 500 1,640 Asphalt 15/33 600 1,969 Asphalt 18R/36L 2,805 9,203 Concrete 18L/36R 2,509 8,232 Asphalt Statistics (2007) Passengers (regular flights) 210,483UNIQ203ee1cf12aabce4-ref-00,000,006-QINU Passengers (charter flights) 70,238UNIQ203ee1cf12aabce4-ref-00,000,009-QINU Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Нижний Новгород) (IATA: GOJ, ICAO: UWGG) (sometimes referred to as Strigino Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Стригино)) is the international airport serving the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is located on the outskirts of the city's Avtozavodsky District, 14 km southwest of city centre.
It was founded in 1936.
The civil terminal offers a very large apron that can accommodate 44 aircraft. The airfield supports 24-hour flight operations. Several Ministry of Interior Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft are based here. Lufthansa has a regular service to Frankfurt from this airport.
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Transport
The airport can be reached by:
- taxi
- bus #11 - from Metro station 'Park kultury'
- microbus (marshrutka) #29 - from Metro station 'Park Kultury'
- bus#20 - from railway station
The Nizhny Novgorod - Arzamas railway line runs close to the airport, and the authorities are currently (2008) studying the feasibility of constructing a railway branch into the airport, and a train station there, with a view to running trains from there to Nizhny Novgorod's main railway station.[2]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo Armavia Yerevan Lufthansa Frankfurt, Perm RusLine Moscow-Domodedovo, Yekaterinburg S7 Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo Ural Airlines Dubai UTair Aviation Anapa, Baku, Moscow-Vnukovo, Mineralnye Vody, Samara, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Surgut, Yekaterinburg, Ufa References
- ^ a b Пассажиропоток в аэропорту Нижнего Новгорода растёт (Growing passenger volumes in the Nizhny Novgorod Airport). The source quoted by the article is the operator's annual report. (Russian)
- ^ Горьковская железная дорога планирует организацию перевозок пассажиров из Нижнего Новгорода до аэропорта Стригино. (Gorky Railway is planning passenger transportation from Nizhny Novgorod to Strigino Airport). 20-May-2008 (Russian)
External links
- (Russian) Official Nizhny Novgorod Airport site
- (Russian) (English) (German) Official Nizhny Novgorod Airport site
- Airport information for UWGG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for UWGG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for UWGG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for GOJ at Aviation Safety Network
Categories:- Airports built in the Soviet Union
- Airports in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Buildings and structures in Nizhny Novgorod
- Russian airport stubs
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