Simferopol Airport: location, distance from the city. How to get to the airport?

So, you are going to Crimea, the gateway of which is the civil airport of Simferopol - the air harbor, which received the name of the capital of the peninsula. Two million people a year pass through this mouth, we will tell more about it.

How it all began

In the seemingly distant 1936, the government of the USSR decided to build an airport in Simferopol, and work began in May of the same year. Before the war, the built-up air harbor served the liners of the routes "Simferopol - Kiev" and "Simferopol - Kharkiv". In 1957, during the mass construction and renovation of our country (post-war period) and the airport of Simferopol, a new round of development. In particular, a new air terminal was rebuilt and commissioned. And in 1960, the runway started from concrete, then after it in 1977 the construction of the second strip for Il-86 aircraft began (its length was 3,700 meters). With the passage of time, everything changes, and by the beginning of the 2000s the old strip, the length of which is 2,700 m, began to be operated as a taxiway. And the new is still a strip for the launch and landing of airliners.

Airport Today

Today the airport (Simferopol) is the base for such airlines as Crimean Sunrises and Air Onix, there is free Wi-Fi in the terminal territory, and the extensive infrastructure allows the leadership of the Crimea to take pride in its air gates to the city and is not ashamed before foreigners. The airport infrastructure includes a business lounge with check-in desks and a customs control zone located on the second floor of terminal B. There is a recreation area where you can use the free Internet and watch TV, eat and drink in the 24-hour institutions and go shopping, also here. There is a room for negotiations. Passengers receive information on the time of flight departure regularly - a voice notification works.

The taxiing time is about 10 minutes - the runway is a little further from the taxiway. It is noteworthy that under the strip there is a tunnel of the road connecting Simferopol with Evpatoria, and this route is parallel to the path along which the planes are ruddering. The distance from Simferopol to the airport "Simferopol" is approximately 14 kilometers (we take the distance to the city railway station).

Hotel

Without leaving the aerocomplex, you can get to the hotel, located just five minutes walk from the nearest terminal. The hotel has about a hundred rooms of different categories, from "economy" to "luxury". In the first case you will have a TV, a bathroom and two beds, and the "luxury" rooms are additionally equipped with a refrigerator and a mini-bar, as well as a place for cooking. Accommodation at the hotel is accompanied by a buffet breakfast, which is included in the cost of payment for a stay. In the lobby there is free internet, a gym is available for a fee, and if you like, you can use the storage room located in the reception area.

Statistics

In connection with the political situation and the development of the Crimea by Russian citizens as hosts, and not guests, great hopes are placed on the airport of Simferopol today. In 2014, 11,602 flights were performed in the Crimean air harbor, which, according to statistics, was 55% of the increase from last year's data. By the end of 2014, the volume of passenger traffic carried through the airport of Simferopol was more than 2.8 million passengers, thus exceeding the figures for 2013 by 2.3 times. Only in the first two months of 2015, the volume of passenger traffic to the Crimea from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport grew 14 times. And if you take all the airports of Moscow together? And not only in Moscow, but in cities throughout Russia? The airport plans included servicing more than 3.2 million passengers in 2015, let's see if they were fulfilled.

Development and information

In the first months of 2015, compared to March 2014, Simferopol Airport has created 1.3 thousand jobs, in addition, the salary of staff has been more than doubled, and tax deductions to the budget - five times.

If you want to clarify the information, you can use the website, which has not only an online scoreboard, but also a lot of additional information about the rules for the carriage of goods, the sale of tickets and other, or you can call the airport "Simferopol" - the phone works around the clock : +380 652 59 55 45. You can get online registration for the flight, the airline needs to clarify on the site.

Terminals

The airport is divided into terminals A and B, the last of which consists of three sectors. The air harbor also has terminal C, in which the passengers of domestic airlines are serviced. Passengers arriving in Crimea pass through one terminal.

In order to register for the flight, the passengers of Aeroflot, Donavia and Rossiya, as well as Orenburg Airlines and all international destinations must pass to Terminal B. Terminal C registers with other airlines.

How to get there

Crimea is a vast peninsula with many settlements. And from the airport to almost all major cities of the city there is a long-distance public transport - trolleybuses (go to Yalta and Alushta) and buses. At the same time, the maximum traffic interval for transport is one hour, so you do not have to wait especially on weekdays or at weekends, and on an extreme occasion you can always take a taxi. This, by the way, is the simplest way, how to get from the airport of Simferopol to the city and vice versa.

Own car

If you have a personal car, there are no problems. Near the airport there is a 24-hour secure parking. But how to get to the airport of Simferopol, if your car is not available for you now?

Public routes: trolleybus

The distance from Simferopol to Simferopol airport trolleybus number 9 will overcome in half an hour. It runs every 15 minutes from the city railway station. Also on this way a regular taxi takes you daily, which takes you to the airport or to the city in just 15 minutes with an interval of 15-20 minutes.

Buses

So, you are at the bus stop "Airport" Simferopol "(the photo illustrates its location) .In general, it is easy to find it - it is located in the parking lot of cars.Therefrom the route 49 departs to the city bus station and buses 98 (" Fountains "- Airport) , 100 (from the stop "Kamenka") and 115 (airport - "Pnevmatika") .Their terminal stop is also the railway station, but they reach it in various ways.

Marshrutki

Marshrutka No. 49 will take you to the airport from the bus station, if you use the fixed-route taxi No. 98, then the path to the air harbor will also run from the railway station. By the way, from the railway station public transport goes to many cities of Crimea - to Yalta, Alupka, Alushta and many others.

Taxi

This is the easiest way to travel, but also the most expensive one. Taxis are deployed near the international terminal. To order, you need to go to the dispatcher's desk in the terminal and place an order for a 100% prepayment. You get a receipt for payment with the number of the car. You are looking for him alone in the parking lot, looking for the driver, handing him the receipt, and - voila, forward to your goal! A trip to the center of Simferopol will cost about 200 rubles in low season, and in summer the price may be twice as high.

For especially important persons

Airport "Simferopol", photo of which is presented in the article, has a VIP-hall for important people. Those passengers who have the means and want to get maximum comfort can use personal escort services, order the delivery of baggage to the check-in counter, and avoid queues and time losses during the passage of airport formalities - for them all will do special services, and even coffee will be treated.

Inquiries by phone ...

If you fly through the airport "Simferopol", the phone number of the single reference service, according to which everyone can find out any information of interest to him, concerning the airport and flights, you will need - 0-900-31-657-1. You can also get help from the mobile by dialing 657, the cost of the call is about 25 rubles.

New name?

In May 2015, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to rename the airport of Simferopol, giving him the name of the Soviet pilot Amet-khan Sultan, who was Crimean Tatar, twice the USSR hero. 240 MPs supported this decision, but it aroused resonance. The territory of the Crimea - henceforth this is Russia, and why Ukraine interferes in the affairs of another country and changes the name of the airport that no longer belongs to it? This decision was called provocative by many ...