Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport

Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Калуга "Грабцево") (IATA: KLF, ICAO: UUBC) is an international airport, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Kaluga, Russia.

Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport Аэропорт Калуга (Грабцево)
International Airport Kaluga. 2015
IATA: KLF ICAO: UUBC
Summary
Airport type	Public / private
Owner	Ministry for Economic Development of Region
Operator	JSC "International airport Kaluga"
Location	Kaluga
Elevation AMSL	666 ft / 203 m
Coordinates	54°32′48″N 36°22′8″E
Website	klf.aero
Map
KLF
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,200 7,218 asphalt

The airport is currently (as of 11 November 2014) 100% owned by the Ministry for Economic Development of Kaluga Oblast.^[1]

History

The airport was closed in 2001 due to lack of funding. In 2009 the ownership was transferred from the Russian federal government to the regional government.^[2] Reconstruction of the terminal building and the runway began in 2012 after all planning had been completed. The first test flight had been accepted in the airport on 18 December 2014.^[3]

The official opening was on 27 May 2015.^[4]

Restricted area UU-R56 is located just southwest of the airfield over part of Kaluga town.

In 2008, news media announced that Volkswagen Rus OOO (the Russian subsidiary of the German automotive industry conglomerate and holding company Volkswagen Group) is ready to invest between 400 and 500 million rubles into the airport. Volkswagen Air Services charter flights to Braunschweig Airport near Wolfsburg, and Ruzyně Airport, Prague, are planned to start in 2015.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azimuth	Mineralnye Vody, Saint Petersburg,[6] Sochi, Yerevan
Red Wings Airlines	Istanbul,[7] Saint Petersburg[8]
Severstal Air Company	Cherepovets,[9] Minsk
UVT Aero	Kazan, Yekaterinburg

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at KLF airport. See Wikidata query.

References

1. Горбатин, Вячеслав. "Кто собственник аэропорта Грабцево". www.gorbatin.su. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
2. Калужский аэропорт «Грабцево» может стать международным. www.informetr.ru (in Russian). Проект о недвижимости «Informetr». 25 December 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
3. Варакса, Евгений (18 December 2014). "Первый самолёт приземлился в аэропорту "Калуга"". kp40.ru. Агентство «Комсомольская правда – Калуга. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
4. Ивьев, Дмитрий (13 May 2015). "Названы дата открытия аэропорта "Калуга" и направления полётов". kp40.ru. Агентство «Комсомольская правда – Калуга. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
5. Кореняко, Артём. "Аэропорт Калуги принял первый технический рейс". ATO.ru. "Авиатранспортное обозрение" (АТО). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
6. Liu, Jim (22 August 2019). "AZIMUTH schedules new routes from late-Sep 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
7. "Улететь из Калуги в Стамбул можно за 14 тыс рублей". kaluganews.com (in Russian). Kaluga News. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
8. Liu, Jim (5 September 2024). "Red Wings Expands Kaluga Network in NW24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
9. Алексеева, Яна (22 May 2024). "Из аэропорта Калуги открыли дополнительный рейс в Сочи и новый - в Череповец". Калуга-Поиск (in Russian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.

External links

• Kaluga International Airport official website (in Russian)
• Accident history for KLF at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for UUBC at Great Circle Mapper.