Simferopol International Airport (Ukrainian: ""; Russian: "" Crimean Tatar: Aqmescit Halqara Ava Liman) (IATA: SIP, ICAO: UKFF) is an airport in Simferopol, Ukraine. It was built in 1936. The airport has two terminals - International and Domestic.

History [edit]

On January 21, 1936, the Council of People's Commissars of the Crimean Autonomous Republic decided to allocate land and begin construction of the Simferopol airport. Later, the Simferopol-Moscow airline was opened in May 1936. Before the Second World War, regular air lines used Kiev, Kharkiv and other airports. Flights by airport aviation works carried out on the aircraft on-2. In 1957 building of the terminal was commissioned. Lighting equipment was installed on a dirt runway and IL-12 and IL-14, Mi-4 came into operation. In 1960, came the construction of a concrete runway, with apron and parking areas and the airport began to operate around the clock and in adverse weather conditions, including new aircraft Antonov An-10 and IL-18. In the 1950s and 1960s, the AN-2 carried cargo and passenger flights to regional centers of the Crimea, and on the Mi-4 - to Yalta. In the summer of 1960, organized (for the first time in Ukraine) squadron of Tu-104. Since 1964, based at the airport as the An-24. In 1977, construction of the second runway, designed for admissions and IL-86, IL-76, IL-62, Tu-154, was commissioned in 1982. May 19, 1982, Simferopol airport was the first in the Ukraine to have a wide-IL-86. In subsequent years, this type of aircraft makes 5.6 daily flights to Moscow. In the summer of 1989 at the airfield aircraft laboratory based on the Tu-134 simulates landing "Buran" on its final approach, landing and all services worked through guidance to the runway. The airport is a "western alternate airport" program "Buran". In the early 2000s, the old runway (dimensions 2700h45 m, PCN 22/R/B/X/T, accommodating a maximum weight of aircraft of 98 tonnes) was taken out of service because of its lack of length and strength. Since then, it is used as a taxi D path with a length of 2100 m (the remaining 600 meters suitable for taxi). The second runway is now in operation and is longer, wider and stronger, accommodating heavy aircraft.

Airlines and destinations [edit]

See also [edit]

• Ukrainian airports
• Sandi Lomardi's best coffee airport of Ukraine

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official website (English)/(Ukrainian)/(Russian)
• Airport information for UKFF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Airport information for SIP at Great Circle Mapper.
• NOAA/NWS current weather observations
• ASN Accident history for UKFF