Tolmachevo Airport

There are two (3,600 metres (11,800 ft) and 3,605 metres (11,827 ft)) active runways in Tolmachevo Airport, along with one large passenger terminal with two connected sections (Section A for domestic flights (25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft), 18 check-in desks, 2 jet bridges, capacity 1,800 passengers/hour, and Section B for international flights (27,000 square metres (290,000 sq ft), 14 check-in desks, 3 jet bridges, capacity 1,300 passengers/hour), 2 cargo terminals and 61 aircraft stands. Runway 16 is equipped with an ILS CAT II, which enables aircraft operations in low ceiling (30 metres) and visibility (350 metres).

The airport is situated in the middle of the route from some important East-Asian cities (e.g. Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc.) to Europe which makes it attractive for cargo airlines to use it for refueling stops. It serves also as a diversion airport on Polar route 1.

Tolmachevo is the busiest airport in Siberia and the sixth-busiest airport in Russia. It is also the busiest regional transit airport in Russia after Moscow MOW. In 2020, the airport served 4,634,166 passengers (-31.3%) and handled 34,158 tons of cargo (+0.05%). Detailed data for years 2003–2020 is in the Traffic Statistics section below.

The Tolmachevo Airport is operated by Novaport since 2011.

Operations began on July 12, 1957, with the first passenger flight of a Tupolev Tu-104 from Novosibirsk to Moscow. The airport was owned by United Tolmachevo Aviation Enterprise and the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the USSR until 1992. The airport then became a joint stock company in 1995, with 51% owned by the state. The domestic terminal was completely renovated in 2006. Tolmachevo Airport is also the first Russian airport to receive an ISO 9002-96 certificate. On November 29, 2012, for the first time in its history, the airport received its three-millionth annual passenger. During 2014-2015, the former international terminal was enlarged and merged with the domestic terminal which doubled its passenger capacity. The airport celebrated its four-millionth annual passenger on December 21, 2016. In the last hours of 2017, another milestone was reached: on December 31, 2017, the airport handled its five-millionth annual passenger. On December 18, 2019, the airport celebrated its first 6.5-millionth annual passenger.

Plans for its further development include construction of a new rapid-exit taxiway and 4 stands for wide-body aircraft, On 15 September 2020 the airport commenced construction works of the new terminal. Work is being conducted by contractor Ant Yapı (Turkey). Construction of the 56,000 square meters terminal will be completed in the third quarter of 2022. Phase two work will be completed by 2025. The total area of the airport terminal will be more than 100,000 square meters.

The airport is also home to the 337th Independent Helicopter Regiment (previously called the 562nd Air Base (Army Aviation)) flying Mil Mi-24P's and Mil Mi-8AMTSh-V's and the Composite Aviation Squadron, 32nd Independent Composite Transport Aviation Regiment, both as part of the 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.

• On 13 November 2020, an Antonov An-124 Ruslan aircraft operating Volga-Dnepr Airlines Flight 4066 suffered an uncontained engine failure on departure and was severely damaged. On landing back at Tolmachevo, the aircraft overran the runway and was further damaged when its nosewheels collapsed. All fourteen people on board survived.

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Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics

Year (month)	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2021*	6,046,000	48.0%	0715,000	31.0%	6,761,000	46.0%
2020	4,087,771	16.6%	0546,395	70.4%	4,634,166	31.3%
2019	4,903,212	14.5%	1,843,939	13.3%	6,747,151	14.2%
2018	4,281,799	20.6%	1,627,279	11.7%	5,909,078	18.0%
2017	3,550,375	17.7%	1,456,927	34.9%	5,007,302	22.2%
2016	3,017,226	16.0%	1,080,264	02.0%	4,097,490	10.6%
2015	2,600,974	07.0%	1,102,237	27.8%	3,703,211	06.4%
2014	2,431,238	10.9%	1,526,429	02.0%	3,957,667	05.6%
2013	2,191,304	08.7%	1,556,907	24.5%	3,748,211	14.7%
2012	2,015,767	13.7%	1,250,978	25.9%	3,266,745	18.1%
2011	1,772,566	12.5%	0993,316	44.7%	2,765,884	22.3%
2010	1,575,185	15.3%	0686,442	56.8%	2,261,630	25.3%
2009	1,366,500	20.3%	0437,800	06.3%	1,804,297	14.5%
2008	1,643,900	12.7%	0465,500	12.4%	2,109,424	12.6%
2007	1,459,200	12.3%	0414,300	16.0%	1,873,496	13.1%
2006	1,299,700	02.5%	0357,200	06.2%	1,656,901	00.5%
2005	1,268,500	05.7%	0379,400	11.5%	1,647,940	07.0%
2004	1,199,500	11.7%	0340,300	17.3%	1,539,777	12.9%
2003	1,073,900	12.7%	0290,000	00.4%	1,363,952	09.9%

(*)Preliminary Data. Source: Tolmachevo media centre

Busiest domestic routes from Tolmachevo Int. Airport (2013) Rank City Passengers Growth 2013/2012 1 Moscow 1,073,265  05% 2 Saint Petersburg 0152,068  15% 3 Khabarovsk 0122,150  24% 4 Vladivostok 0095,864  15% 5 Yakutsk 0069,555  11% 6 Irkutsk 0066,751  69% 7 Yekaterinburg 0044,091  17% 8 Mirny 0042,246  04% 9 Surgut 0038,006  14% 10 Nizhnevartovsk 0035,465  18%

Busiest international routes from Tolmachevo Int. Airport (2013) Rank City Country Passengers Growth 2013/2012 1 Bangkok   Thailand 215,408  25% 2 Antalya   Turkey 143,906  13% 3 Bishkek   Kyrgyzstan 100,635  22% 4 Phuket   Thailand 093,134  49% 5 Osh   Kyrgyzstan 080,041  08% 6 Beijing   China 077,026  14% 7 Dubai   United Arab Emirates 050,564  36% 8 Khujand   Tajikistan 047,645  13% 9 Ürümqi   China 041,845  06% 10 Dushanbe   Tajikistan 041,470  04%

Public transportation to the city is provided by a number of bus routes, as well as by private and municipal taxis. Shuttle bus service runs also between the airport and the Ob railway station at the Trans-Siberian Railway - a stop for Elektrichka local commuter trains and some long-distance trains in the direction of Omsk.

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