Airport in Kostroma: scheme, photo. How to get to Kostroma airport
Airport in Kostroma
Airport in Kostroma «Sokerkino» located 5 kilometers from the central part of the city towards the north-eastern outskirts. The runway of the airline is lined with concrete slabs and has a length of 1.7 kilometers. The airport can accept only small and medium-sized aircraft such as An-2, An-26 and lighter Mi-2 helicopters..
The airport still carries out air transportation by these machines. The main operator is OJSC «Kostroma aviation enterprise», serving passenger and postal transportation only within the Country.
Air traffic
Regularly, once a week, flights on the route Kostroma - St. Petersburg depart from Sokerkino airport, the flight is carried out by the An-26-100 aircraft. In the summer, once a week, on Saturdays, there is a flight from Kostroma to Anapa, with a landing in Voronezh.
In addition, the airport in Kostroma serves the internal air traffic of the Kostroma region.
Sokerkino is a kind of rarity of Russian airports. In summer, an old good friend An-2 flies from Kostroma along the air route Kostroma - Sharya - Vokhma, and an exotic Mi-2 helicopter flying on the route Sokerkino - Kineshma - Krasnogorye - Nezhitino - Yuryevets. A monument to the helicopter was erected on the square near the airport.
Service and services
A small terminal building in Kostroma has a minimum range of services for serving passengers. There is a small waiting room, ticket office, mother and child room..
There is a medical center and a small storage room. Provided voice and visual information about the movement of aircraft. Airport personnel are quite friendly and attentive to their passengers.
A small chapel has been opened on the territory of the airport. There is a parking area for private vehicles at the station square.
Among other things, the airline provides services for the air transportation of VIP passengers on the An-26-100 aircraft, with a capacity of up to 20 people. The main advantage of the service over major airlines is absolute confidentiality and safety of the flight..
Transport
From the airport parking lot to the city there is a regular movement of regular buses and fixed-route taxis.