Elizovo Airport

Elizovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Елизово) (IATA: PKC, ICAO: UHPP), also known as Yelizovo Airport or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, is located in the Russian Far East city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai. Its main runway is 3,400 m (11,155 ft) long.

For other uses, see PKC (disambiguation).
Elizovo Airport

Аэропорт Елизово
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise
ServesPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
LocationPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Hub for
Elevation AMSL131 ft / 40 m
Coordinates53°10′3.72″N 158°27′12.96″E
Websitepkc.aero/en/
Map
PKC is located in Kamchatka Krai
PKC
PKC
Location of airport in Kamchatka Krai
PKC is located in Russia
PKC
PKC
PKC (Russia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 735 224 Asphalt
16L/34R
Closed		 8,235 2,510 Concrete
16R/34L 11,155 3,400 Concrete
Statistics (2020)
Passengers554,057[1]

Military operating unit

The base is home to the 175th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Squadron, 317th Independent Composite Antisubmarine Aviation Regiment, Independent Unmanned Aerial vehicle Squadron and the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment which are all part of the 7060th Order of Labour Red Banner Naval Aviation Air Base.[2]

The 888th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed from March 1942. It was deployed in Yelizovo and Ozerny until October 1945 flying the Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter aircraft. After the war, it flew to the Baikovo airfield (formerly Japanese Kataoka). The regiment was disbanded as a result of reductions in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1958.

The main military operating unit is the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment (865 IAP), which operates Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor aircraft. Naval operations have also taken place here, most notably with the 317th Separate Composite Aviation Regiment (317 OSAP) operating Tupolev Tu-16R aircraft as late as 1992, and Beriev Be-12 and Tupolev Tu-95MS aircraft with unidentified units.[3] As recently as July 2021, Google Maps satellite imagery showed several dozen MiG-31 aircraft dispersed throughout the airfield, and a large number of turboprop transports and helicopters.[4]

The 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment was activated as an Assault Aviation regiment in 1939.[5] After two redesignations, it was renamed the 410th Assault Aviation Regiment in October 1944. It has been located at the base since 1945. In April 1949, it was renamed again as the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment, and was later transferred to the Soviet Air Defence Forces, and renamed the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. From April 1986, it was assigned to the 6th Air Defence Division, 11th Independent Air Defence Army, PVO, until its reassignment to the Pacific Fleet. On 1 July 1998, it was transferred to the Soviet Pacific Fleet. It was equipped with Sukhoi Su-15s from 1974 to 1985, and was reequipped with MiG-31s from 1985.

Passenger terminal viewed from aircraft apron
Terminal access to airport apron
Terminal waiting area

Airliner World ran a feature in their August 2008 issue on 'Aviation in Kamchatka,' leading with descriptions of Yelizovo.[6] It confirmed the basing of 865 IAP and 317 OSAP, and commented 'the numbers of local military aircraft in open storage do catch the eye'...'difficult to assess whether the aircraft are active or not.' One photo showed a total of eleven MiG-31s parked closely together in two groups directly in front of two hardened aircraft shelters built into the hillside.

Runway reconstruction

On 1 April 2012, reconstruction began on runway 16R/34L in order to widen it to 45 m (148 ft) and extend it by 900 m (2,953 ft) to 3,400 m (11,155 ft) in order to better accommodate larger planes. Terminal and apron improvements are also included in the project.[7][8]

New terminal

In August 2017, Airports of Regions, an airport management company, had the winning bid in a competition to construct a new passenger terminal at the airport. Originally, construction was scheduled to begin in 2018[9] with completion by 2021.[10] Construction delays have pushed back the expected completion date to August 2023.[11]

Statistics

Following a pattern where travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on aviation world-wide, Elizovo experienced a 27% drop in airline traffic in 2020.[12] For the year there were 5,098 airline sorties from Elizovo, with Aeroflot, S7 Airlines, and Aurora topping the rankings of total passengers. Most Elizovo passengers were transported on Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320Neo airliners.[12] A total of 19 destinations (18 of them regularly scheduled) were on the airport's route network during 2020.[12]

Annual passenger traffic at PKC airport. See Wikidata query.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo[13]
AuroraKhabarovsk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[14]
IkarKhabarovsk[15]
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise Anadyr, Magadan, Nikolskoye, Ossora, Ozernaya, Palana, Sobolevo, Tigil, Tilichiki, Ust-Hairyuzovo, Ust-Kamchatsk
Rossiya AirlinesMoscow–Sheremetyevo[13]
S7 AirlinesIrkutsk, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok
Yakutia AirlinesYakutsk[14]

References
  1. "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. www.favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 2021-02-20. Retrieved 10 July 2021. Archived 20 February 2021
  2. "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy/Yelizovo (UHPP)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "Aviatsiya VMF". Aviabaza KPOI. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. "Satellite imagery of airport". Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via Google Maps.
  5. Holm, Michael. "865th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". ww2.dk. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. 'Aviation in Kamchatka,' Airliner World, August 2008.
  7. "ru:На Камчатке реконструируется главная воздушная гавань региона" [The main air harbor of the region is being reconstructed in Kamchatka]. Aviation Explorer (in Russian). March 6, 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2021. Heavy construction equipment is being transferred to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The reconstruction of the airfield will begin in Kamchatka in a month. The runway, which was closed back in the 70s, will be completely rebuilt. Taxiways and checkpoints will be updated, and then the airport will be able to receive all types of aircraft.
  8. "UHPP charts (Jeppesen)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  9. ""ЕЛИЗОВО" МЕТИТ В МИЛЛИОННИКИ" ["Elizovo" is aiming for a million]. aviaport.ru (in Russian). 20 October 2017.
  10. ""Аэропорты регионов" выиграли конкурс на развитие аэропорта Петропавловска-Камчатского" ["Airports of the Regions" won the competition for the development of the airport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]. ar-management.ru (in Russian). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  11. "New Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport Terminal Construction Site Handed Over to General Contractor". pkc.aero/en/. 15 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport's Traffic Sags by 27% in 2020". pkc.aero/en. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  13. Liu, Jim (31 August 2018). "Rossiya Airlines W18 Moscow service changes". Routesonline. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  14. Прямой авиарейс связал Камчатку с Якутией . КАМЧАТКА-ИНФОРМ. [Direct flight connected Kamchatka with Yakutia]. www.kamchatinfo.com (in Russian). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  15. Liu, Jim. "PegasFly expands Russia Far East internal routes from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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