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Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Богашёво) is an airport that serves
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,
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. It is located approximately 20 km south-east of Tomsk city center, near the village Bogashevo in
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of
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.


History

The airport opened in November 1967 and replaced another airport within the Kashtak district in the city of Tomsk. The Kashtak site was rebuilt with multistory apartment buildings and turned into a
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of Tomsk. In 2004 and 2005, the passenger terminal and the open space in front of the airport were reconstructed at a cost of 70 million
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. Construction of a new
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and facilities for flights to
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began in 2006. The construction budget for 2006 totaled 120 million
roubles The ruble (American English) or rouble (Commonwealth English) (; rus, рубль, p=rublʲ) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia. Historically, it was the currency of the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union. , currencies named ''rub ...
. In fall 2006, construction began on a new road connecting Bogashevo to the Akademgorodok scientific research district. In 2020, Russian politician and government critic
Alexey Navalny Alexei Anatolievich Navalny ( rus, links=no, Алексей Анатольевич Навальный, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj; born 4 June 1976) is a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption act ...
fell ill after drinking tea in the airport cafe. He was scheduled to fly home to Moscow. It is believed the cup of tea was poisoned and he fell unconscious, with the plane diverting to Omsk instead.Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in coma after suspected poisoning: spokeswoman
20 August 2020 ''edition.cnn.com'', accessed 12 September 2020 In 2021, a 2.5 billion ruble contract was signed for the construction of a new domestic passenger terminal, scheduled to be completed by March 2023. In 2019, passenger traffic totaled 750 thousand people, with traffic expecting to double by 2025.


Airlines and destinations


Accidents

On 16 July 2021, on
SiLA Airlines Flight 42 Siberian Light Aviation Flight 42 was a domestic Russian scheduled passenger flight from Kedrovy to Tomsk, both in Tomsk Oblast in Siberia. On 16 July 2021, the Antonov An-28 operating the flight suffered icing in the engines leading to a d ...
, a failure of both engines of the turboprop plane An-28 occurred while en route from Kedrovy to
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. At an emergency landing in a swamp, the plane was severely damaged — but all the passengers and crew members survived with minimal injures.


See also

* Kemerovo Airport


References


External links


Tomsk Airport official websiteGreat Circle Mapper: TOF / UNTT - Tomsk, Tomsk, Russian Federation (Russia)
*AS
Accident History for UNTTTomsk Bogashevo Airport at Russian Airports Database
{{authority control Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Tomsk Oblast Novaport