Dnepropetrovsk International Airport: services, how to get to the city

Dnepropetrovsk International Airport isan important transport hub. We can say that these are the main air gates of the southeast of Ukraine. Dnepropetrovsk itself is not only a large city with a million population (the fourth largest in Ukraine), but also an industrial center. Many people come here on business. Some travelers regard Dnepropetrovsk International Airport as a convenient connecting point. After all, seven airlines send regular flights here. And in the tourist season (winter and summer) in the sky over Dnipropetrovsk numerous charter flights soar. What services can be found in this air harbor, read this article.

Dnepropetrovsk (airport): how to get to the center

The hub is located five kilometers from the cityfeatures. It is located in the southeast of Dnepropetrovsk. If you judge judiciously, then the center of the city from the air harbor is separated all fifteen kilometers. In principle, you can take a taxi - cars with checkers and without them on duty day and night in anticipation of riders. But if you arrive in Dnepropetrovsk in the afternoon, you can take advantage of cheaper public transport. From the airport to the city there are two route taxis - numbers 60 and 109. Both go to the railway station, only in different ways. And all these minibuses are passing through the central part of the city. It is most convenient to get to the quays of the Dnieper on the 60th room. The airport is on Zaporizhzhya highway, near the village of Stari Kodaki. By car, the city can be reached in twenty minutes.

History and development of the air harbor

Dnipropetrovsk received its own airport inthe times of the Soviet Union, in the thirties. At that time it was a small regional hub, which took exclusively local flights. Since then Dnepropetrovsk airport has been repaired many times. The terminal was reconstructed. The runway can now take heavy sides. Its length is almost three kilometers. In the spacious terminal there are customs and frontier services. All this allowed to give the airport of Dnipropetrovsk the status of international. Accordingly, the passenger traffic of the hub increased. In 2015, this air harbor was taken by 346 thousand travelers.

In 2010, to the World Cup,construction of a new passenger terminal began. Then it was believed that Dnepropetrovsk will take several matches of the Cup. However, when it was deleted from the list of cities in which Euro 2012 will be held, the construction was braked. Rather, it froze at the stage of the excavated excavation. But now with the new investors the construction of the terminal resumed. It will be a three-level, with separate rooms for arrival and departure. The terminal had to be delivered in 2015.

Scoreboard

You can give information about flights toround-the-clock information service of Dnepropetrovsk airport. The main operator of the hub is Dniproavia. Its liners fly both in Ukraine (to Kiev, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk), and abroad (Baku, Batumi, Vienna, Yerevan, Istanbul, Tbilisi, Tel-Aviv). The Greek carrier EllinAir connects Dnepropetrovsk with Thessaloniki and Corfu Island (twice and once a week, respectively). Every day the liner "Ostrian Aelainez" flies to Vienna. Turkish carrier Turkish Airlines delivers passengers to Istanbul's airport. Ataturk. The company "International Airlines of Ukraine" carries out regular flights to Kiev (Boryspil) and Tel Aviv. In addition, during the tourist season the airport serves the airline "Wind Rose". She carries out charter flights to Sharm El Sheikh, Antalya, Larnaca, Heraklion, Burgas and Tivat.

Reviews

Users call the Dnipropetrovsk airportquite convenient. There are cafes, waiting rooms, a duty-free shop. Due to the tense political situation at the airport, the level of security checks has now been raised, so you need to come to the planting ahead of time in order to complete all the additional procedures. Registration ends forty minutes before the flight starts.