Begishevo Airport

Coordinates: 55°33′48″N 052°5′42″E / 55.56333°N 52.09500°E / 55.56333; 52.09500
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Begishevo Airport

Бегишево Халыкара Аэропорты

Международный Аэропорт Бегишево
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorOAO Begishevo Airport
ServesNizhnekamsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Yelabuga
LocationNizhnekamsk, Russia
Elevation AMSL643 ft / 196 m
Coordinates55°33′48″N 052°5′42″E / 55.56333°N 52.09500°E / 55.56333; 52.09500
Websitenbc.aero/
Map
NBC is located in Tatarstan
NBC
NBC
Location of airport in Tatarstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 8,166 2,489 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers777,263
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Begishevo Airport (Tatar: Бегишево Халыкара Аэропорты, Russian: Аэропорт Бегишево) (IATA: NBC, ICAO: UWKE) is an airport in Russia located 19 km east of Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan. It has a very large apron and a number of hangars and buildings.

History[edit]

The construction of Begishevo airport started in 1970 on initiative of Nizhnekamskneftekhim. A first, technical flight was effected on 25 December 1971 on an An-24 airplane. Regular flights within Tatarstan (Kazan, Chistopol, Muslyumovo, Aktanysh, Yelabuga) started in 1972. During the next few years, Begishevo Airport established connections with the main cities of European Russia, Ukraine and Georgia. The airport obtained international status in 1998. In 2008, it became independent from Tatarstan Airlines as OAO Begishevo Airport.[2] 99.95% of its shares belong to OAO KAMAZ (as of 30 June 2011).[3]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Azimuth Mineralnye Vody, Nizhnevartovsk, Tyumen
Corendon Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya (resumes 23 May 2024)
Ikar Seasonal: Makhachkala (begins 30 April 2024),[4] Sochi
IrAero Baku (begins 3 April 2024)
Pobeda Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow-Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg, Sochi[5]
Red Wings Airlines Moscow-Zhukovsky,[6] Novy Urengoy[7]
Rossiya Moscow–Sheremetyevo
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk[8]
UVT Aero Tobolsk

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ History of Begishevo Airport[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Quarterly Report of the Company". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ "Летим из Бегишево в Дагестан!". nbc.aero. Аэропорт Бегишево. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Рейсы в Сочи станут круглогодичными". nbc.aero. Аэропорт Бегишево. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. ^ САЛИХОВ, Эдуард (11 December 2023). "Из Нижнекамска запустят новые регулярные авиарейсы в Москву". Газета Республика Татарстан. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ^ Зайнуллина, Юлия (19 December 2023). "Из "Бегишево" возобновляются регулярные рейсы в Новый Уренгой". Новости г. Набережные Челны. «Челнинские известия», официальный сайт газеты. (in Russian). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Авиакомпания S7 Airlines запустит рейсы из Новосибирска в Нижнекамск". Buying Business Travel Russia. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.