Knevichi International Airport (Vladivostok): history, infrastructure and official website

Vladivostok is a modern, colorful city,located on the slopes down to the sea. Travelers from all over the world travel here, wishing to see the unique nature of the region and plunge into the sea romance. If you fly by plane, the first sight of Vladivostok that you can see will be the Knevichi International Airport.

A bit of history

History of Knevichi Airport Vladivostok begins in August 1932. At that time, the first technical flight of the seaplane to the Lake Keys was made, and a few days later he delivered four passengers from Khabarovsk. Since that time, flights between these cities have become regular.

During the war the airfield was engaged in transportationweapons and shells for the needs of the front, and immediately after its termination, Vladivostok's planes patrolled the forests, helped geologists, and were used in agriculture and fishing.

IL-12 aircraft began to perform the first passenger transportation on the route Moscow-Vladivostok already in 1948, while in 1956 on the same route they were not replaced by jet Tu-104.

The airfield expanded, new types of aircraft and various types of work were mastered.

The first brick building of the airport terminal, built in 1961, was the inauguration of the Knevichi airport in Vladivostok. Its capacity was 200 people.

For many years the airport continued to develop dynamically, the building was being improved, types of planes and directions, the flow of passengers was expanding, new terminals were being built.

In 1992 Knevichi Airport in Vladivostok received international status, and in 2010 it was awarded the title of the best among the developing airports.

To date, it is the base forVladivostok Air and has the right to take all types of aircraft on its new modern runways and serve the full range of flights on domestic and international flights.

The main airlines, whose flights are included in the airport's timetable, are:

• Aeroflot.
• "C7 Airlines".
• "Ural Airlines".
• "Yakutia".
• "Angara".
• "Uzbekistan Airlines".
• "Aurora".

Directions

Popular international destinations of Knevichi airport in Vladivostok:

• China.
• Thailand.
• Korea.
• Japan.
• Vietnam.
• Singapore.

And the most popular domestic destination has always been and remains the flight Moscow-Vladivostok.

Also in demand flights to Khabarovsk,Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Blagoveshchensk, Irkutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Magadan, Krasnoyarsk, Mineralnye Vody, Simferopol, Murmansk, Astrakhan and many other cities of Russia and the CIS.

Infrastructure of the terminal

For the convenience of passengers in the airport buildingThere are cafes and restaurants, shops and a medical center, 24-hour ATMs (Far Eastern Bank, Sberbank, VTB-24 and Rosbank). You can use storage and waiting rooms for both ordinary and VIP-class.

There are taxi and car rental services.

For passengers who passed registration and customs control, a duty free shop Duty Free was opened.

According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, smoking in the airport premises is strictly prohibited. Smoking areas with special urns are located on the street near the entrance / exit from the airport.

Knevichi Airport (Vladivostok)

A lot of useful information can be found on the official website of the airport.

For example:

• You can see the flight schedule;
• open an online scoreboard with departures and arrivals;
• see the airport news or find out its history;
• read information about the management and employees;
• to look vacancies;
• to study the scheme of terminals;
• to get acquainted with the timetable of Vladivostok - Knevichi airport, and also get information about buses, taxis and parking for your own car;
• learn about the services and promotions provided (for example, now you can apply for participation in the programs "Mystery shopper" or "Secret Passenger", which will be held in December 2017)

In addition to all this, you can see the necessaryinformation about luggage: how to register it and what can be carried, what to do in case of loss or damage of bags, suitcases and other property handed over to the luggage compartment.

The information on the official page is updated promptly, the navigation on the site is very convenient, the interface is friendly. The site is very nice to use.

How to get to the airport

It is located in the Primorsky Territory 38 kilometers from the center of Vladivostok and 4.5 kilometers from the city of Artem.

The cheapest way is by bus or taxi. The road from Vladivostok will take about an hour, the ticket price does not exceed 100 rubles.

If you go by taxi, the price of the trip will be from 1,000 to 1,500 rubles.

Another convenient way to get to the airport isAirport Knevichi - Vladivostok. Timetable is better to clarify in the help desk. The ticket price depends on the class and ranges from 200 to 400 rubles.

There is also a transport connection between the airport and other neighboring cities.