Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport (russian: Аэропорт Калуга "Грабцево") is an international
airport
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, located northeast of
Kaluga
Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population:
Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiol ...
,
Russia
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.
The airport is currently (as of 11 November 2014) 100% owned by the Ministry for Economic Development of Kaluga Oblast.
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. 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.
The official opening was on 27 May 2015.
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
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of the
German
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automotive industry
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conglomerate and holding company
Volkswagen Group
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) is ready to invest between 400 and 500 million rubles into the airport.
Volkswagen Air Services charter flights to
Braunschweig Airport
Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport (german: Flughafen Braunschweig-Wolfsburg) is an airport in Braunschweig, Germany. Originally constructed by the German Air Ministry in the 1930s, it is located on the northern edge of Braunschweig, which is situat ...
near
Wolfsburg
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Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...
, and
Ruzyně Airport
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Václav Havel Airport is located in this district. Czech Airlines has its head office on the grounds of the airport. Travel Service Airlines and its ...
,
Prague
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, are planned to start in 2015.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
References
External links
Kaluga International Airport official website
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Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airports in Kaluga Oblast
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