Cheboksary Airport: description, activities and transport links

What is Cheboksary International Airport? How does he work? These and other issues we will consider in the article.

This aerial junction is a transnational air gate of federal significance. It is located in the same metropolis, the capital of the Chuvash Republic. Earlier it was the basic air haven of the enterprise "Airlines of Chuvashia", now the main operator of the aero node is JSC "Mach".

Flights

The international airport of Cheboksary carries out domestic flights in such directions:

• Cheboksary - Simferopol (in the summer months);
• Cheboksary - Sochi (Adler) (in the summer months);
• Cheboksary - Pulkovo (St. Petersburg);
• Cheboksary - Ufa;
• Cheboksary - Vnukovo (Moscow);
• Cheboksary - Sheremetyevo (Moscow).

Here passengers are served by airlines Pegas Fly, Nordavia, UTair, Pobeda, Pskovavia, RusLine, Dexter, Saratov Airlines, Nordwind Airlines. In addition to regular flights, special-purpose flights (shifts) are carried out to megacities in the northern regions.

In the summer months of 2017, Pegas Fly will operate charter flights under the Antalya-Cheboksary-Antalya scheme. Today, the management is working on increasing the route network and attracting new air carriers.

Transport accessibility and passenger traffic

We leave for Cheboksary International Airport. How to get there? From the metropolis can be reached by public urban transport: bus number 15, trolleybus number 15, 2, 9, shuttle taxi number 50.

It is known that this aero node in 2016 increased the flow of passengers 1.8 times. But the flow of goods decreases for the second year in a row. So, according to Rosaviatsii, the passenger traffic of the airport in 2016 increased by 82.3% compared to 2015 and amounted to 164,926 people.

The volume of cargo transportation in 2016 decreased by 17.7% - to 46.4 tons. Also in 2015 the weakening of the cargo flow by 22.3% was established.

Runway strip

It is known that Cheboksary International Airport is recognized by travelers to Samara, Moscow, St. Petersburg and other regions of the Russian Federation.

The aerial node has a runway with a length of 2412 m, a width of 49 m. These runway parameters allow the air harbor to take aircraft 4, 2 and 3 classes. Here we are talking about aircraft IL-76, AN-72, AN-26, L-410, Airbus A 320, Boeing 737, Tu-154 and more light. Also here can sit down and all types of helicopters.

Structure

The airport in Cheboksary has a very developed infrastructure. This is due to the fact that the air harbor, in addition to domestic flights, serves and international. On the territory of the aero node are:

• Retail shops;
• a cafe;
• Payment terminals and ATMs;
• Room of mother and baby;
• Luggage storage;
• Souvenir shop;
• car parking;
• Hall of high comfort.

Own hotel on the territory of the terminal is absent, however travelers can, if necessary, settle in hotels and hotel complexes of the city:

• Hotel «Veda»;
• Hotel "Grand";
• Hotel "Tourist".

How to get to the airport? In addition to the above public transport, you can take a taxi.

It should be noted that the airport's internal code is CBE, IATA code is CSY, ICAO code is UWKS. The aerial node has the following coordinates: longitude 47.35, latitude 56.09.

From Cheboksary to Kazan

How to get from Cheboksary to Kazan airport? Ticket for minibus or bus, following the route Cheboksary - Kazan, costs from 350 rubles. Plan a taxi in advance, which will take you from the bus station of Kazan to the airport. There are a lot of taxi drivers on the bus stations, but the price for their service is much higher. The approximate cost for which you will be taken to the terminal is 500-600 rubles.

On the inner city bus from Kazan to the airport (taking into account the traffic jams) you will go for 2-3 hours.

From Cheboksary to Nizhny Novgorod

Do you wish to get from Cheboksary to Nizhny Novgorod airport? Cheboksary is located from Nizhny Novgorod in 243 km, by car this distance can be overcome in 3.5 hours. To ensure that the journey does not drag out due to traffic jams, try to leave late in the evening.

You will have to go along the M-7 highway: its condition is satisfactory, the road is level. However, in the warm season due to repair work, congestion is often formed in Vorotynets and in front of Zasuriy, and on winters often wagons wagons. At the entrance to Nizhny Novgorod you can get caught in a traffic jam. The track is quite lively, so there are many petrol stations and cafes here.

Closer to Kstovo is a flat area. It is quite dangerous, as quite often drivers fall asleep behind the wheel and fall into accidents. Often fogs fall out in the area. Leaving Cheboksary and approaching Nizhny Novgorod, you can meet patrols, it is possible that you will be stopped. On patrol occasionally patrol cars are on duty. Near large megacities cameras are installed.

Direct trains, and even more electric trains, from Cheboksary to Nizhny Novgorod do not go. There is a very convenient option for travel with a single transfer. If you decide to use it, then in 9 hours 45 minutes will be in place. For this it is necessary at 21:15 to land on a train following to Moscow, and then change to the train going along the route Kazan - Nizhny Novgorod. A transfer in Kanash can be done at 0 hours 56 minutes.