Airport in Kaliningrad
Khrabrovo is an airport in Kaliningrad, located twenty kilometers south-east of the central part of the city, near the village of Khrabrovo, from which it received its modern name.
The airport has a runway 2.5 kilometers long and 45 meters wide.
Powerful runway coverage allows you to receive wide-body aircraft with a take-off weight of up to one hundred tons, such as Boeings - 747, 757 and others.
In addition to civil aviation, the airport in Kaliningrad is used by aviation units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Federal Security Service of Russia..
History
The first airport in Kaliningrad (then Konigsberg) was formed on the basis of a joint Russian-German airline «Deruluft» in 1922. At the same time, the first civil flights in the history of the Soviet Union were made on the Konigsberg - Moscow route..
In 1945, the airport became the property of the civil aviation of the USSR. In the mid-50s, the airline was relocated to the village of Khrabrovo, and in 1961 a joint aviation squadron was formed on the basis of the airport..
In 1989, the airport, which received the opportunity to serve more than three million passengers a year, receives international status..
In October 2007, a new runway and the first line of the air terminal complex in Khrabrovo were put into operation. Such well-known airlines as Aeroflot, AirBaltic, S7, Russia, Uzbekistan AirWays, UTair, and others open their offices here. And also receive support and cooperation of the CIS airlines - SkyExpress, AviaNova, Gomelavia, Nordavia, Ak Bars Aero Belavia and Orenburg airlines.
In the future, on the basis of the Kaliningrad airport, it is planned to create a hub for Russian and foreign air carriers.
Service and services
Like most international airports, the airport in Kaliningrad provides all the conditions for comfortable travel and recreation of passengers. A cozy hotel on the territory of the airport, a mother and child room, numerous cafes, a restaurant, an arcade of shops are at the service of those arriving..
A medical center, currency exchange offices, a post office, an Internet cafe, and an information desk work around the clock. A conference hall and a meeting room are equipped for VIP passengers.
Transport
From the airport to the city regularly, once an hour along the route «Airport - Yuzhny railway station» bus number 138 runs. The movement starts at 08.00 am and ends at 23.00.
Minibuses follow the same route. You can also use taxi services.
