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It is the busiest airport in Russia, as well as the 11th-busiest airport in Europe. Originally built as a military airbase, Sheremetyevo was converted into a civilian airport in 1959. [2] The airport was originally named after a nearby village, and a 2019 contest extended the name to include the name of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. [3]
It is located in Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, 42 kilometres (26 mi) south-southeast from the city centre of Moscow. Domodedovo Airport serves regular flights across Russia, as well as to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and it is the third largest airport in Russia and the CIS after Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo. Domodedovo Airport is among the top ...
De jure belongs to Ukraine; captured by Russia as a result of annexation of Crimea in 2014; at the end of March 2014, Ukraine and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) banned flights to the Russian-occupied Crimea, the air service to Simferopol is operated only from Russia, resulting in the airport having lost its international ...
4Russia's busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2017. 5Russia's busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2016. 6Russia's busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2015. 7Russia's 50 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2014. 8Russia's 58 busiest airports by passenger traffic in 2013.
Aeroflot Flight 593 was a passenger flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. On 23 March 1994, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A310-304 flown by Aeroflot , crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range in Kemerovo Oblast , killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) (Russian: Внуково, IPA: [ˈvnukəvə]) ( IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW ), is a dual- runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow ...
1 Serving Moscow, Russia. Toggle Serving Moscow, Russia subsection. 1.1 Commercial passenger and cargo traffic airports. ... Moscow Airport may refer to: Serving ...
Saratov Airlines Flight 703 was a domestic passenger flight from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Orsk Airport in Russia. On 11 February 2018, the aircraft serving the flight, an Antonov An-148-100B , crashed shortly after take-off, killing all 71 people on board – 65 passengers and six crew members.