Ignatyevo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Игнатьево) (IATA: BQS, ICAO: UHBB) is an international airport in Amur Oblast, Russia, located near the village of Ignatyevo 20 kilometers (12 mi) north-west of Blagoveshchensk. The large airport services up to medium-sized airliners with parking space for 44 civilian aircraft, and conducts 24-hour flight operation. Ignatyevo Airport is state-owned by Amur Oblast and jointly operated with the Russian Air Force, with a military pad on the north-west side of the airport.
Ignatyevo Airport Аэропорт Игнатьево | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Joint | ||||||||||
| Owner | Amur Oblast | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airport Blagoveshchensk Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Blagoveshchensk | ||||||||||
| Location | Ignatyevo, Amur Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 640 ft / 195 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°25′30″N 127°24′48″E / 50.42500°N 127.41333°E | ||||||||||
| Website | bqs.aero/ | ||||||||||
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History
editThe construction of Ignatyevo Airport began in 1959 next to the village of Ignatyevo, after which the airport is named. The first terminal was made of wood and was located approximately on the spot where the current terminal stands. During the early 1990s the airport's activity declined as the new emerging Russian state was suffering from economic decline following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[1]
In July 1997, the Governor of Amur Oblast signed a decree on the establishment of Airport Blagoveshchensk, a unitary enterprise fully owned by the government of Amur Oblast to own and operate Ignatiyevo Airport. In the 2000s, a partial reconstruction of the airport began in order to increase the volume of transportation and improve the quality of passenger service.[1] In 2007, plans for the construction of a new terminal was resumed after being halted in 1988, and was commissioned in December 2010.[1]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo[2] |
| Angara Airlines | Seasonal: Khabarovsk,[3] Tynda,[3] Zeya[3] |
| Aurora | Khabarovsk, Tynda, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,[4] Zeya |
| Azur Air | Seasonal: Pattaya, Phuket |
| I-Fly | Seasonal: Sochi[5] |
| IrAero | Chita, Irkutsk,[6] Magadan, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Seasonal: Harbin[7] |
| Rossiya | Krasnoyarsk-International, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[8] |
| S7 Airlines | Irkutsk, Moscow–Domodedovo,[9] Novosibirsk |
| Ural Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo,[10] Yekaterinburg |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent[11] |
Accidents
editOn 8 August 2011, IrAero Flight 103, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-46561 overran the runway on landing. Of the five crew and 31 passengers on board,[12] twelve people were injured.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c "15 лет. Полет нормальный". Amurskaya Pravda. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Aeroflot Adds Moscow – Blagoveschensk Service in 1Q24". AeroRoutes. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "«Ангара» третье лето подряд возобновляет полёты из Хабаровска". todaykhv.ru. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ L, J (13 January 2016). "Aurora Airlines Adds New Routes from Feb 2016". Airline Route. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "В начале лета в аэропорт Благовещенска заходит новая авиакомпания. Куда полетим и какие возможности это открывает?". www.amur.life (in Russian). AMUR.LIFE. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Изменения маршрутных сетей за 3–16 апреля". ato.ru. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Полетная программа из Благовещенска в Харбин продлена до конца сентября". portamur.ru. ЭПИ «Дальневосточное информационное агентство «Порт Амур». 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Из нового аэровокзала Южно-Сахалинска в Благовещенск и Красноярск вместе с "Россией" // АвиаПорт.Новости". www.aviaport.ru. Агентство «АвиаПорт». 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Liu, Jim (23 April 2019). "S7 Airlines schedules new domestic routes in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Liu, Jim (5 August 2019). "Ural Airlines outlines A320neo service from mid-Aug 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Uzbekistan Airways Adds Blagoveshchensk Service From August 2023". AeroRoutes. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (8 August 2011). "Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г. (in Russian). Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor). 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
External links
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- Blagoveshchensk Airport official website (in English and Russian)
- Airport information for UHBB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Accident history for BQS at Aviation Safety Network
- (in Russian) Airport Blagoveshchensk Aviateka.Handbook