Spichenkovo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Спиченково) , also known as Novokuznetsk Airport, is one of two major airports in

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...

area (russian: Кемеровская область, Kemerovskaya oblast),

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, Southwestern

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located 17 km west of

Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the obla ...

. It is named after the nearby town of Spichenkovo. The area has skiing resorts, and the airport is the place where Russian holiday makers pass through arriving to

Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast Mezhdurechensk ( rus, Междуреченск, p=mʲɪʐdʊˈrʲetɕɪnsk; cjs, Суғаразы-тура, ''Suƣarazь-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: History It was established in 1948 and granted town status in ...

. It is a civilian airport, servicing medium-sized airliners, such as the

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-300,

Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain ot ...

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, Ilyushin Il-76, and helicopters

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, Mil Mi-8 There are a and a active

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Ground handling

Ground handling services are provided by Russian Aviation Enterprise "OOO Aerokuzbass" (russian: Аэрокузбасс). The Novokuznetsk Airport is a base of the local airline of

"OAO Aerokuznetsk" (russian: Аэрокузнецк) operating charter flights from/to Novokuznetsk. The Aerokuznetsk fleet includes the following aircraft: 2

and helicopters

, Mil Mi-8.

Ground transportation

Novokuznetsk Spichenkovo Airport is served by a local bus line operated by Novokuznetsk Transport Enterprise. The trip takes 30 minutes to Novokuznetsk Central

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Station. The airport is served by numerous Novokuznetsk taxis. Taxis to the city center cost approximately 500

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(15

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). The nearby cities of

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(15 km),

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(79 km),

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(24 km),

Osinniki Osinniki (russian: Оси́нники; cjs, Тағдағаал, ''Taƣdaƣaal''), known until 1938 as Osinovka (russian: Оси́новка), is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcont ...

(38 km), Belovo (77 km),

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(133 km), Kemerovo (177 km),

Anzhero-Sudzhensk Anzhero-Sudzhensk (russian: Анже́ро-Су́дженск) is a town in the Kuznetsk Basin in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located to the north of the oblast's administrative center of Kemerovo and to the east of the Tom River, on the route of t ...

(258 km), Leninsk-Kuznetsky (105 km),

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(248 km), Guryevsk (81 km),

Mariinsk Mariinsk (russian: link=no, Мариинск) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Kiya River ( Ob's basin), northeast of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 39,700 (1 ...

(273 km) can be reached by taxi and local bus lines.

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

*
Official Site of Novokuznetsk-Spichenkovo Airport

Novokuznetsk Airport at Russian Airports Database

Great Circle Mapper: NOZ / UNWW - Novokuznetsk, Novokuznetsk, Russian Federation (Russia)
* AS
Accident history for UNWW
* NOAA/NW

weather observations

* Spichenkovo Airport is at coordinate {{authority control Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Kemerovo Oblast Novokuznetsk

Ground handling

Ground transportation

Airlines and destinations

See also

References

External links