Bogashevo Airport

Summary

Tomsk Bogashevo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Богашёво) (IATA: TOF, ICAO: UNTT) is an airport that serves Tomsk, Russia. It is located approximately 20 km south-east of Tomsk city center, near the village of Bogashevo in Tomsky District of Tomsk Oblast.

Tomsk Bogashevo Airport

Аэропорт "Богашёво"
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesTomsk, Tomsk Oblast, Russia
LocationBogashevo
Elevation AMSL182 m / 597 ft
Coordinates56°23′12″N 085°12′38″E / 56.38667°N 85.21056°E / 56.38667; 85.21056
Websitetomskairport.ru
Maps
Tomsk in Russia
Tomsk in Russia
TOF is located in Tomsk Oblast
TOF
TOF
Location of the airport in the Tomsk oblast
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers628,932 Increase
Cargo (tonnes)2,316 Increase
Source: Web site[1][2]

History edit

The airport opened in November 1967 and replaced another airport within the Kashtak district in the city of Tomsk. The Kashtak site was rebuilt with multistory apartment buildings and turned into a bedroom community of Tomsk.

In 2004 and 2005, the passenger terminal and the open space in front of the airport were reconstructed at a cost of 70 million roubles.[citation needed]

Construction of a new runway and facilities for flights to Central Asia began in 2006. The construction budget for 2006 totaled 120 million roubles.

In the fall of 2006, construction began on a new road connecting Bogashevo to the Akademgorodok scientific research district.

In 2020, Russian politician and government critic Alexey Navalny fell ill after drinking tea in the airport cafe. He was scheduled to fly home to Moscow. It is believed the cup of tea was poisoned and he fell unconscious, with the plane diverting to Omsk instead.[3]

In 2021, a 2.5 billion ruble contract was signed for the construction of a new domestic passenger terminal, scheduled to be completed by March 2023.[4]

In 2019, passenger traffic totaled 750 thousand people, with traffic expecting to double by 2025.[4]

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Azur Air Seasonal charter: Antalya (resumes 26 April 2024),[5] Pattaya - U-Tapao,[6] Phuket[7]
KrasAvia Krasnoyarsk-International, Strezhevoy
Nordwind Airlines Kazan, Makhachkala (begins 26 April 2024),[8] Saint Petersburg, Sochi
Red Wings Airlines Ulan-Ude, Yekaterinburg[9]
RusLineNizhnevartovsk, Yekaterinburg[10]
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
Smartavia Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Utair Omsk,[11] Strezhevoy, Surgut, Tyumen
UVT Aero Astrakhan, Irkutsk,[12] Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod,[12] Samara

Accidents edit

On 16 July 2021, on SiLA Airlines Flight 42, a failure of both engines of the turboprop plane An-28 occurred while en route from Kedrovy to Tomsk. At an emergency landing in a swamp, the plane was severely damaged — but all the passengers and crew members survived with minimal injures.[13]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Пассажиропоток Аэропорта ТОМСК за 2017 год. tr. Passenger traffic at TOMSK Airport in 2017., tomskairport.ru, accessed 12 September 2020
  2. ^ Airport information for Tomsk Bogashevo Airport at Transport Search website.
  3. ^ Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in coma after suspected poisoning: spokeswoman 20 August 2020 edition.cnn.com, accessed 12 September 2020
  4. ^ a b "Строительство нового терминала аэропорта Томска начнут в сентябре 2021 года" [Construction of a new terminal at Tomsk Airport will begin in September 2021]. Tass.ru (in Russian). 31 Aug 2021. Retrieved 27 Jan 2022.
  5. ^ "Прямое авиасообщение между Томском и Турцией откроется в конце апреля". РИА Томск. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Авиакомпания AZUR air открывает прямые рейсы из Томска в Паттайю". tomskairport.ru. ООО «Аэропорт ТОМСК». Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ^ "AZUR Air Expands Phuket Network in NW23". AeroRoutes. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Nordwind с 26 апреля запустит прямой рейс из Махачкалы в Томск - Сибирь || Интерфакс Россия". www.interfax-russia.ru (in Russian). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Улан-Удэ и Томск свяжут постоянные рейсы". Informpol. 23 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Возобновляются рейсы Томск - Екатеринбург!" [Flights Tomsk - Yekaterinburg are resumed!]. tomskairport.ru. ООО «Аэропорт ТОМСК». Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Авиакомпания "ЮТэйр" - Utair запустит рейсы из Томска в Омск". www.utair.ru. Utair. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Прямые рейсы из Томска в Омск, Иркутск и Нижний Новгород. Открыта продажа билетов!". tomskairport.ru. ООО «Аэропорт ТОМСК». Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Passengers of An-28 plane hard landed in Tomsk sustained no serious injuries". TASS. 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

External links edit

  • (in Russian) Tomsk Airport official website
  • Great Circle Mapper: TOF / UNTT - Tomsk, Tomsk, Russian Federation (Russia)
  • ASN Accident History for UNTT
  • Tomsk Bogashevo Airport at Russian Airports Database