International Airport Irkutsk


Irkutsk International Airport is an airport on the outskirts of Irkutsk, Russia, at a distance of 60 kilometers from Lake Baikal.

Operations

The airport has daily domestic flights to Moscow, Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Yakutsk, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, and regional daily flights to Ust-Kut, Bratsk, Bodaybo, Kirensk and other Russian cities.
Due to its proximity to the Angara Reservoir, the airport is subject to a microclimate of foggy weather. When the airport is closed due to bad weather conditions, Bratsk Airport, Ulan-Ude Airport, Irkutsk Northwest Airport, and Belaya serve as diversion airports.

History

Irkutsk International Airport has a rather unusual layout, with the passenger terminals being off the western end of the airfield's only runway, at an exact 270* heading. The airport's runway is coated with a substance known as "armobetonnym", but is also rather steep, featuring a 30 metre vertical drop between the west and east runway ends. The total capacity of the two passenger terminals is 1450 passengers / hour. For loads up to 30 tons, the cargo terminal has at its disposal diesel forklifts, hoists, a container platform, and electronic/mechanical weigh scales. The airport complex also includes the airport hotel "Air Harbour", a service of aviation service repair facility and medical services. There is a VIP lounge in the international terminal building.
Passenger capacity:
Cargo terminal: area = 2.2 hectares with a capacity of 150 tonnes per day.
Fire fighting equipment: cat VIII

Runway characteristics

The class of the artificial landing strip - B ''Corresponding to the first category of ICAO.

ETOPS Diversion airport

Irkutsk airport serves as a diversion airport for transcontinental flights and Polar route 2.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Statistics

Ground Transport

The airport is actually located within the city. At the airport there are two paid parking area: 180 spaces and 80 spaces.
At air terminals equipped with three stops for complex urban public transport. In addition, three times daily shuttle buses number 306 to Angarsk.

Periodical literature

Airport publishes its own regional industry newspaper "Irkutsk sky", dedicated to civil aviation in Irkutsk region. The publication contains interviews with the heads of airlines, airline news column, analytical materials. The newspaper is published bimonthly and distributed free in the airport terminals and the airlines' offices in Irkutsk.

Incidents and accidents