Airport in Togliatti
The airport in Togliatti is located seven kilometers from the city center towards its northern part, in the vicinity of the village of Russkaya Borkovka.
Until recently, the airfield, with an 810-meter runway and reinforced with asphalt concrete, accepted small aircraft such as Il-103, L-410, An-2, as well as helicopters of all types..
The airport was engaged in servicing local air communications connecting Togliatti with remote areas of the region and some regional centers of Russia, servicing cargo and passenger flights. In addition, the airport carried out coordination work on the basing and refueling of aircraft and helicopters, provided the crews with meteorological information, and communicated with neighboring airports in Russia.
A small terminal building offered passengers everything they needed to relax while waiting for a flight. A cozy waiting room for several dozen seats, a mother and child room, a storage room. The kiosk of the Press Union, post office, telephone, telegraph were working..
Unfortunately, the crisis of the 90s brought to naught all small aircraft in Russia. The constant rise in the cost of fuel made it impossible for the population to use such an expensive service as a short-distance flight. Today the share of aviation fuel in the ticket price is more than 40%, while in Soviet times its share was only about 20%. Therefore, the airport in Togliatti, like many Russian airports, ceased to exist shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union..
Today, some of the company's aircraft have been sold out, most of them have been disassembled for spare parts, and some of the aircraft have been scrapped. And the territory of the former airport of local airlines is used as a private car park by one of the city's companies..
Sports airfield in Togliatti
In the city of Togliatti there is one more, currently operating, airfield «Sports club Togliatti», which offers sightseeing trips on small aircraft with four seats. Also, flights over the Volga are carried out from here on Che-29 and Che-24 seaplanes. Here you can also order extreme flights on a single Yak-40 sports plane..
In addition to excursions, the club organizes training courses on the management of sports aircraft, with the receipt of a qualification certificate.
