Bykovo Airport is a former airport in Moscow. Located 35 km southeast of the city center. It was connected with the city of Zhukovsky by the Kazan direction of the railway and the Zhukovsky highway.
In 2010, on October 18, the airport was closed to civil aviation aircraft and helicopters. It served as a landing pad for helicopters belonging to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Until October 2011, the Dexter air taxi was based at the airport, which subsequently moved to Ramenskoye Airport.
In 2011, Bykovo Airport was excluded from the register of civil airfields, and work began on the demolition of the airport terminal complex.
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The airfield was built in 1933 and served flights to the industrial centers of the country. The main runway was originally built.
In 1936, in connection with the reconstruction of the central airfield, all flights were carried out from Bykovo, which temporarily served as the capital's airport.
During the war years, a runway was built from bricks measuring 1000x80 meters.
Since 1948, it began operating passenger aircraft Li-2, later Il-12, Il-14.
Since the 1950s, a single control and command post with a radar has been put into operation.
Since the beginning of the 60s, the runway was rebuilt; the surface was made of asphalt concrete, which made it possible to expand the list of vessels accepted. Maintenance of An-24 aircraft began.
In 1968, the Bykovsky air squad was one of the first to make a passenger flight on a Yak-40 aircraft with a jet engine on the route Bykovo - Kostroma and back.
In the early 70s, passenger turnover amounted to 1 million people. It was decided to build a new terminal building with a capacity of 400 passengers/hour. In 1975, the new airport terminal was put into operation.
The rather short runway was the cause of incidents involving aircraft rolling off the runway after landing. In 1979, the length was increased to 2200 m and a warning light was installed.
In 1980, the airport began accepting Yak-42 aircraft, and a flight to Krasnodar was opened.
In 1990, the airport served about 2.8 million passengers. Since 1994, after privatization, the airport began to be called Bykov-Avia OJSC. The company served local flights.
The last regular flight from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod was operated by Center-Avia until 2009.
Until 2011, the airport provided charter flights.
Types of aircraft accepted
Aircraft:
All types of helicopters.
Repair base
On the territory of the airport complex there is a repair plant, the so-called BARZ. The plant repaired aircraft of various manufacturers - from U-2 to modern Yak-42 and Il-76 aircraft. Now the plant has a narrow specialization and is engaged in the repair of D-30 engines.
Development prospects
After the closure, it was assumed that a new airport of international importance with passenger traffic figures of up to 500 thousand per year would be organized on the basis of the airport. Later it became known that there would be no reconstruction, and the company would most likely begin servicing special-purpose aircraft.
Interesting information
Bykovo Airport is unique for its meteorological station. The location of the site was carried out in violation of regulations. Therefore, due to the close proximity to the airport terminal, the air temperature was constantly raised by a couple of degrees. This feature made Vnukovo airport the “warmest” in the area.
During the International Space Air Show in Moscow, a parking lot was installed at the airport for visitors' cars, which numbered about 15 thousand cars.
Basic data:
The former Moscow regional airport was closed at the end of 2011.
Airport coordinates: latitude 55.62, longitude 38.06.
GMT time zone (winter/summer): +4/+4.
Airport location country: Russia.
Bykovo Airport is one of the airports in Moscow. Located 35 km southeast of the city center. Connected with the city of Ryazan highway and the railway line of the Ryazan direction of the Moscow railway (Bykovo station).
Accepted types of aircraft are Yak-42, An-12 and lighter ones, as well as helicopters of all types. It is possible to receive Il-76, Tu-154 aircraft without loading (ferrying for repair). Runway classification number (PCN) 38/F/B/X/T.
Since October 18, 2010, the operation of the airport has been suspended; it is closed to receive civil aviation aircraft and is used only as a landing site for helicopters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The airfield was created and began to operate in 1933. It served flights to major industrial centers of Russia. Initially it had a dirt runway.
In 1936, the Central Airfield named after M.V. Frunze was temporarily closed for reconstruction, and the functions of the capital's airport were transferred to Bykovo. On September 13, 1936, regular flights began from Bykovo airport according to the central schedule. This date can be considered the airport’s birthday.
During the Great Patriotic War, a runway 1000 m long and 80 m wide was built from brick.
Since 1948, domestic passenger aircraft Li-2 were operated in Bykovo, and a little later - airliners Il-12 and Il-14.
In the mid-1950s, a single command and control tower was built at the airfield and a surveillance radar was installed.
In 1960, an asphalt concrete runway 1,400 m long was built, which made it possible to operate not only Il-14 type aircraft all year round, but also the An-24 turboprops that replaced them.
In 1968, the Bykovsky United Aviation Squad participated in operational testing of the world's first jet passenger aircraft for local airlines, the Yak-40. The Yak-40 made its first flight on the route Bykovo - Kostroma - Bykovo on August 30 of the same year.
In 1970, the airport's passenger turnover reached 1 million people for the first time. In 1975, a new airport terminal building was built (capacity 400 passengers per hour). Passenger traffic in 1975 amounted to 1.5 million passengers.
A short runway (less than one and a half kilometers long) was the cause of an incident that occurred on July 28, 1971 with a Yak-40 aircraft (tail number USSR-87719), which, during its run after landing, rolled off the runway, crossed the road, crashed into nearby buildings and caught fire. Similar incidents were repeated in the 1970s. In 1979, the runway was reconstructed (its length was increased to 2200 m and its strength was increased), the lighting equipment at the airfield was updated, and new radio navigation and communications equipment was installed.
In 1980, the Bykovsky Aviation Enterprise mastered the third generation aircraft - the 120-seat Yak-42. On December 22, the first regular flight on the Yak-42 to Krasnodar and back was performed.
In 1994, the airport was privatized, the state got 51% of the shares, 49% went to the workforce, and Bykovo-Avia OJSC was formed. The airport received aircraft operating on local and medium-haul airlines.
In January 2011, the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport, Igor Levitin, stated that the Russian authorities do not plan to develop civil aviation transportation in Bykovo; Apparently, this will be an airfield for special purpose aviation.
Illustration copyright zhukvesti.info Image caption Volunteers were brought to the not fully finished airport terminal in Zhukovsky
The opening of the Ramenskoye airport in Zhukovsky near Moscow - the fourth passenger airport near Moscow after Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukov - was unexpectedly postponed indefinitely.
On the appointed date - March 15 - only tests were carried out in the unfinished terminal with passengers, suitcases and boarding passes
In Group " Volunteers of Moscow and Moscow Region"was published on the social network VKontakte subsequently deleted message, where participants were asked to play the role of real passengers on the field of the Gromov Flight Test Institute, where military aircraft taking off from the longest runway in Europe are tested.
“For participation, the participant receives the opportunity to be the first to be at the airport, a gift from the airport, meals on the day of the event, and boarding the plane (without takeoff),” it was written in the disappeared announcement.
“A week ago, the administration began secretly recruiting volunteers. They were given tickets and forced to sit with their suitcases, this would be needed for an advertising video. The local United Russia was involved in gathering young people. Today they were taken there from the mayor’s office by bus, they were put on Russian Union T-shirts youth" [pro-Kremlin youth movement], they took them to take pictures. If they sit on the plane, they will send them home," Natalya Znamenskaya, editor-in-chief of Zhukovskiye Vesti, noted in a conversation with the BBC Russian Service.
Illustration copyright zhukvesti.info Image caption Pseudo passengers were given fake boarding passes during the trialThe operating company Ramport could neither promptly comment on today's event nor clarify when the real opening of the terminal and airport for passengers would take place.
“Already in February it was known that it was not ready. The renovation is complete, only the brands are visible, the platform is not ready yet. The invitation card said “operational test,” an eyewitness who managed to get to the tests told the BBC Russian Service.
"They're trying for the sake of the picture"
“For TV people, go ahead and try,” - writes Marina Akulinina.
“This is normal practice when opening airports - in test mode, all the “cons” are identified, if any,” - objects her Ksenia Solomenkova.
Illustration copyright zhukvesti.info Image caption At the moment, the duty-free section and waiting rooms in the terminal are in the process of being finalizedA transport expert who spoke to the BBC Russian Service agrees with Ksenia: according to him, “operational tests” themselves are a common occurrence.
“There is nothing strange, everyone always hires volunteers for the test regime: at Berlin Airport in Brandenburg, this was done in Sochi. Test passengers are normal. This is an inflated and distorted topic,” snapped Anatoly Khodorovsky, deputy general director of the investment company Region. .
At the same time, the specialist refused to make forecasts regarding the prospects for the airport’s profitability given the uncertainty of the future of other nearby runways.
“Are there low-cost airlines in our country? “Pobeda” can probably be called, but there is only one. It is “Pobeda” that we need to ask if they will move to a new location. The airfield near Kaluga [Ermolino] is not connected with Ramenskoye in any way, these airports were done by completely different people. Bykovo airport cannot have any prospects; at most the Yak-42 could land there; it is an airport with a short runway. Now it is sandwiched by residential buildings," Khodorovsky compared the take-off pads.
"Light metro" to Podolsk?
The Ramport website still reports that the airport will open its doors in the first quarter of this year, but there is less and less confidence in this.
Illustration copyright zhukvesti.info Image caption SSJ-100 and Il-76 were rolled out onto the field for “trials”At the same time, the First Infrastructure Company undertook to design a light rail line between Podolsk, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky, thus connecting two airports and three railway directions.
“In total, six enterprises took part in the competition. The cost of the work proposed by the company should be about 270 million rubles. The project of a light metro line along the route Podolsk – Domodedovo – Ramenskoye has been discussed in Moscow and the Moscow region since 2013,” states a press release on the website "Ramporta".
In a conversation with the BBC, First Infrastructure itself noted that there are no specific dates for putting the line into operation yet, and the competition for the operating company has not yet been held.
“The characteristics of our transport have not yet been approved, the project is under development. Preliminary economic parameters are now being considered. We have not yet identified an operator, only the territory planning project is being approved. This year there will be a competition for the concessionaire,” said company representative Natalya Agafonova.
Illustration copyright AFP Image caption The Gromov LII airfield, in addition to tests, is famous for the MAKS air show that takes place every two years.There is talk about launching a low-cost airport in Zhukovsky on the basis of the airfield of the Gromov Flight Test Institute, but in practice it is not clear what niche it will be able to occupy.
“Against the backdrop of economic problems, sanctions, devaluation of the ruble, the closure of Egypt and charters to Turkey, international passenger traffic has fallen, and the departure of Transaero from the market has freed up capacity at existing airports, and the need for Ramenskoye is now low,” they say
- identification document specified in the order,
- birth certificate when flying with children,
- printed itinerary receipt (optional).
What can you take on a plane?
Carry-on luggage is the items you will take with you into the cabin. The weight limit for hand luggage can vary from 5 to 10 kg, and its size most often should not exceed the sum of three dimensions (length, width and height) from 115 to 203 cm (depending on the airline). A handbag is not considered hand luggage and is carried freely.
The bag you take with you on the plane should not contain knives, scissors, medicines, aerosols, or cosmetics. Alcohol from duty free stores can only be transported in sealed bags.
How to pay for luggage at the airport
If the weight of luggage exceeds the standards established by the airline (most often 20-23 kg), you need to pay for each kilogram of excess. In addition, many Russian and foreign airlines, as well as low-cost airlines, have tariffs that do not include free baggage allowance and must be paid separately as an additional service.
In this case, luggage must be checked in at the airport at a separate Drop-off check-in counter. If you are unable to print your boarding pass, you can obtain one at the airline's regular check-in counter, and check-in and check-in your luggage there.
Where to find out the arrival time if you are a greeter
You can find out the plane's arrival time on the airport's online board. The Tutu.ru website has an online display of the main Russian and foreign airports.
You can find out the exit number (gate) on the arrivals board at the airport. This number is located next to the incoming flight information.
What to do if your flight is canceled
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How to check in at the airport
Online check-in is available on most airline websites. Most often it opens 23 hours before the start of the flight. You can go through it no later than 1 hour before the plane departs.
To check in at the airport you will need:
| Bykovo | |
|---|---|
| Bykovo Airport (building demolished) |
|
| IATA: BKA– ICAO: UUBB | |
| Information | |
| Type | civil |
| A country | Russian Federation |
| Location | Moscow region, Bykovo village |
| opening date | 1933 |
| closing date | 2010 |
| LUM height | +130 |
| Timezone | UTC+3 |
| In summer | UTC+3 |
| Working hours | closed |
| Runways | |
Since October 18, 2010, the operation of the airport has been discontinued; it is closed to receive civil aviation aircraft and is used only as a landing site for helicopters of units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Until October 2010, Dexter air taxis were based in Bykovo (then they were relocated to Zhukovsky airport).
In April 2011, dismantling (demolition) of the airport complex began.
In June 2011, Bykovo was excluded from the State Register of Civil Airfields of the Russian Federation.
Story
The airfield was created and began to operate in 1933. It served flights to large industrial centers of Russia. Initially it had a dirt runway.
In the mid-1950s, a single command and control tower was built at the airfield and a surveillance radar was installed.
In 1968, the Bykovsky United Aviation Squad participated in operational testing of the world's first jet passenger aircraft for local airlines, the Yak-40. The Yak-40 made its first flight on the route Bykovo - Kostroma - Bykovo on August 30 of the same year.
In 1970, the airport's passenger turnover reached 1 million people for the first time. A new airport terminal building was built in the city (capacity 400 passengers per hour) [ ] . Passenger traffic in 1975 amounted to 1.5 million passengers.
A short runway (less than one and a half kilometers long) was the cause of an incident that occurred on July 28, 1971 with a Yak-40 aircraft (tail number USSR-87719), which, during its run after landing, rolled off the runway, crossed the road, crashed into nearby buildings and caught fire. . Similar incidents were repeated in the 1970s. In 1979, the runway was reconstructed (its length was increased to 2200 m and its strength was increased), the lighting equipment at the airfield was updated, and new radio navigation and communications equipment was installed.
In 1980, the Bykovsky Aviation Enterprise mastered the third generation aircraft - the 120-seat Yak-42. On December 22, the first regular flight on the Yak-42 to Krasnodar and back was performed.
In 1990, the airport served 2.8 million passengers.
Prospects
In January 2011, the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport, Igor Levitin, stated that the Russian authorities do not plan to develop civil aviation transportation in Bykovo; apparently it will be an airfield for special purpose aviation.
Currently, the airport building has been demolished and warehouses have been built in its place. Aircraft parking lots are used as parking for
