Yekaterinburg Airport (Koltsovo): general information, contacts

Ekaterinburg is one of the millionaire cities in our country. By right, it is recognized as the Ural capital. The city is located on the geographical intersection of two parts of the world - Europe and Asia, which makes it the most attractive transport hub. Yekaterinburg Airport is an air gateway to the Asian part of Russia.

About the Airport

Koltsovo in Yekaterinburg is one of the best and largest regional airports of our country. It is located 15 kilometers from the capital of the region.

Koltsovo Airport (Yekaterinburg) occupies the fifth place in Russia in terms of passenger traffic. He concedes only three metropolitan airports and St. Petersburg Pulkovo.

Yekaterinburg Airport is the base for the Russian carrier "Ural Airlines", as well as for the military aviation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Almost 50 domestic and foreign air carriers are served here.

The airport complex consists of three terminals: A, B and VIP. In Terminal A, regional domestic flights are serviced, B services international airlines, VIP is designed for business aviation. All terminals are spacious and equipped with the latest technology.

Historical reference

Initially, the airport of Yekaterinburg was called Sverdlovsk. It was formed on the basis of the military airfield Koltsovo in 1943. The building of the terminal itself was commissioned in 1954. Also during this period a hotel near the airport was built. Until 1984, only one runway functioned, and after that a second one was built, which made it possible to take wide-bodied aircraft.

In 2009, the runway was rebuilt, in the same year the new terminal was rebuilt. From this moment the airport can take all types of airliners. Yekaterinburg Airport has started receiving international flights since 1993. Since 2004, it has been ranked among the top ten airports in Russia by the volume of air passengers.

Flights

The airport provides servicing both domestic and international flights. Check-in for flights starts at least two hours before the scheduled departure time and ends in 40 minutes. Registration for international flights opens half an hour earlier than for domestic flights.

45 domestic and foreign air carriers make regular passenger flights to the airport in Yekaterinburg. Among these airlines there are those that are part of the international alliances SkyTeam, OneWorld, StarAlliance. Within the summer and winter schedule, charter flights also appear. Thanks to this close cooperation, the airport throughout the year offers passengers more than a hundred destinations.

The most popular international destinations are Bishkek, Astana, Dushanbe, Khujand, Osh, Bangkok and Frankfurt. Among the Russian destinations are in demand in Moscow, Minvody, Novy Urengoy.

How to get to the airport in Yekaterinburg

The modern modernized structure of Koltsovo allows passengers to get to the airport by all known types of public transport: a taxi, a private car, a bus, an electric train.

High-speed electric trains run from the city to the airport. Express to Koltsovo is the most comfortable and fastest mode of transport. The length of the route is 21 km. In the course of the route the electric train makes 9 stops. The general traveling time of the electric train is 40 minutes. Express runs only four times a day: 4.16, 6.58, 17.03 and 19.10.

On public buses from the major cities of the Sverdlovsk region you can also reach the airport. They arrive at Terminal A.

From Ekaterinburg to the airport, daily bus runs 1, as well as fixed-route taxis 26 and 39.

By car, you can get to Novokoltsovskoye highway. The length of the route is 11 km from the city of Yekaterinburg. Near the terminal there is paid parking, it is designed for 460 cars.

Also passengers can get in a taxi. Its average price is 500 rubles.

Contact Information

Help phone numbers:

• 8 800 1000-333 - a single telephone information service of the airport (calls from Russian settlements are free);
• 8 343 226-85-82 - for foreign calls;
• 8 343 264-76-17 - reference service on tourism.

Koltsovo Airport (Ekaterinburg) is located at 6 Sputnikov Street, the index is 620025. The phone is 8 343 224-23-67, fax is 8 343 246-76-07. E-mail address: pr1@koltsovo.ru.

Phone Number of the Tracing Service:

• Domestic flights (terminal A) - 8 343 226 85 65;
• International flights (terminal B) - 8 343 264 78 08.

Information regarding the dispatch and arrival of goods can be clarified by calling 8 343 226 86 78.

Koltsovo Airport is the Ural regional air transport hub. It serves Russian and international flights. Ekaterinburg Airport offers its passengers more than 100 destinations on flights of 45 domestic and foreign airlines. Ekaterinburg is a city in which railway communication is planned between the airport terminal and the city center. Modern infrastructure is an important part of the development of the air hub.