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Perm International Airport (Template:Langx) (Template:Comma separated entries) is an international airport located at Bolshoye Savino, Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of the city of Perm, Russia. It is the only airport in Perm Krai with scheduled commercial flights, and serves as Perm's main civilian airport, with bus and minibus services operating during the daytime to the city's main bus terminus.

Perm International is a joint civil-military airfield, hosting a small number of Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO: Foxhound) fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces operated by the 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment which is part of the 21st Composite Aviation Division which is part of the 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[1]

History

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Defunct old terminal

Perm International Airport was first constructed in 1952 as Bolshoye Savino Airport under the personal control of Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov, a national hero in the Soviet Union for his actions as a commander during World War II. Zhukov was later exiled by Joseph Stalin after the war into the Urals to take command of the Ural Military District, constructing the airfield for the Soviet Air Force in the village of Bolshoye Savino, on the outskirts of the city of Perm.

On 1 May 1960, Boris Ajvazyan and Sergei Safronov, two pilots of the 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment involved in the interception of the United States U-2 spy aircraft, were stationed at Bolshoye Savino. During the incident, Safronov was accidentally killed by friendly fire while piloting his MiG-19, which had been scrambled to intercept the U-2 piloted by Gary Powers. A Soviet SAM site fired a salvo of S-75 Dvina missiles at the U-2, downing it, but the strike was mistakenly read to be a miss. Another salvo was fired, however, Safronov was accidentally targeted due to his plane having outdated IFF codes.[2]

In 1965, Bolshoye Savino became the main civilian airport for Perm, replacing the nearby Bakharevka Airport. It was re-purposed as a joint civil-military airport, and began servicing medium-sized airliners with 39 parking spots, a terminal and a cargo area. During the Cold War, the airfield operated up to 38 MiG-25 interceptors, with a number of Yak-25, and Yak-28 aircraft and received modern MiG-31s in 1991.[3] In 2002, the runway was lengthened from 2,500 to 3,200 meters.

Reconstruction and new terminal

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Apron view

Phase 1

In 2012, with increasing traffic and the need for regional flights, the government started making plans for an improvement project that would include a new passenger terminal with an annual capacity of 2 million passengers by 2020, as well as other minor improvements. Further expansion by 2035 was going to include doubling the floor area of the terminal, as well as building multi-level car parks, office space, hotels, a shopping mall and an aircraft hangar. Perm citizens have chosen to retain the name "Bolshoye Savino" for the new terminal.[4]

The new terminal was officially opened on 30 November 2017.[5] International flights are currently served by the old terminal.[6] The first international flights were expected to be launched in March 2018.[7]

Phase 2

Currently, the boarding on the aircraft is done by apron buses, but jet bridges are planned to be installed. This phase was scheduled to be finished in 2019, but due to heavy rains during spring and summer, there is a delay in construction process.[8][9]

Airlines and destinations

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Statistics

Busiest domestic routes

Top 5 scheduled domestic destinations (2024)[10]
Rank City Region Passengers Share of
Total traffic
1 Moscow File:Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg Moscow
File:Flag of Moscow oblast.svg Moscow Oblast 		912,500 46.8%
2 Sochi Template:Country data Krasnodar Krai 303,700 15.6%
3 Saint Petersburg File:Flag of Saint Petersburg.svg Saint Petersburg
Template:Country data Leningrad Oblast 		277,600 14.2%
4 Novosibirsk Template:Country data Novosibirsk Oblast 49,100 2.5%
5 Makhachkala File:Flag of Dagestan.svg Dagestan 34,800 1.8%

Busiest international routes

Top 5 scheduled international destinations (2024)[10]
Rank City Country Passengers Share of
Total traffic
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2 Sharm El Sheikh Script error: No such module "flag". 17,600 0.9%
3 Namangan Script error: No such module "flag". 16,100 0.8%
4 Minsk Script error: No such module "flag". 13,600 0.7%
5 Hurghada Script error: No such module "flag". 13,500 0.7%

Accidents

See also

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References

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  13. ↑ Russian Plane Crashes, Killing 88

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