Saratov Gagarin Airport on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Gagarin International Airport (russian: Международный Аэропорт Гагарин) is an airport near
Saratov, Russia
Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...
, that has been in operation since 20 August 2019.
History
Saratov Central Airport had been the airport that served Saratov for many decades, having been opened under Soviet rule in 1931. Originally, the airfield was built relatively far away from the city, but the city's limits slowly caught up to the airport. By the early 1990s, the airfield was completely surrounded by urban area with no room to expand. At the time there still was plenty of excess capacity left over to soak up the ever-growing passenger numbers; however, by about the mid-2000s it was realised that Saratov Central would soon be too small to handle the forecast passenger numbers.
Airports of Regions
In 2014, "Airports of Regions
Airports of Regions (russian: Аэропорты Регионов, /Aeroporty Regionov/) is the largest airport holding and management company in Russia and is owned by Renova Group, CJSC Renova Group. It is based in Moscow, Russia. AR works in th ...
" presented a project of the new Saratov Airport. At that time it was still unknown whether it would be built on the old area, or on a new one. In January 2015, construction of the airport began. The terminal complex is currently being constructed. The total amount spent for the construction is from 10 to 7 billion rubles. It will be the third airport in Russia to be built from scratch after the breakup of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
, after Talakan Airport
Talakan Airport (russian: Аэропорт Талакан) is an airport in Lensky District of Yakutia, Russia. It is located 105 km north-west of Vitim. The airport services .
Talakan airport is the first in Russia, built solely by a priv ...
in Yakutia
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far E ...
and Platov International Airport
Platov International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт Платов) is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on ...
in Rostov-on-Don, which also belongs to Airports of Regions.
Name decision
Airports of Regions initially gave the current airport's name to the one that is under construction, but in August, the constructors decided to call it "Gagarin". This has created confusion, since Orenburg Airport already has a similar name.Airlines and destinations
Transportation
Bus
Buses depart hourly from Saratov to the airport. The journey takes approximately 40 minutes.Rail
The airport is connected by an alley to railway platform. In case of the passenger increase, the airport will construct a separate railway terminal for the airport's needs. There is a separate express service to Saratov Railway Terminal and other standard services connecting the airport to other settlements, including