Sheremetyevo International Airport

Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Шереметьево имени А.С. Пушкина, IPA: [ʂɨrʲɪˈmʲetʲjɪvə] Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport Sheremet'yevo imeni A.S. Pushkina) (IATA: SVOICAO: UUEE) is one of four international airports that serves the city of Moscow. It is the busiest airport in Russia. Sheremetyevo was a military base which became a civilian airport in 1959,[2] and in a 2019 contest, was named after Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.[3]

Sheremetyevo International Airport
Междунаро́дный аэропо́рт Шереме́тьево
Mezhdunarodnyĭ aėroport Sheremet'evo
Sheremetyevo view.JPG
IATA: SVOICAO: UUEELID: ШРМ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator International Airport Sheremetyevo
Serves Moscow, Russia
Location Khimki, Moscow Oblast
Hub for * Aeroflot
Elevation AMSL 192 m / 630 ft
Website svo.aero
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06R/24L 3,700 12,139 Concrete
06C/24C 3,550 11,647 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 45,836,000
Passenger change 17–18 Increase14.3%
Aircraft movements 357,228
Movements change 17–18 Increase15.9%
Sources: Sheremetyevo airport [1]

The airport had six terminals: four international terminals (one under construction), one domestic terminal, and one private aviation terminal.[4] It is located in 29 km (18 mi) northwest of central Moscow, in the city of Khimki, Moscow Oblast.

Sheremetyevo International Airport Media

References

  1. "Sheremetyevo handled more than 45 million passengers in 2018". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. Международный аэропорт Шереметьево. www.svo.aero (in русский). Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  3. Kaminski-Morrow, David (2018-12-05). "Sheremetyevo named for Pushkin in national airport scheme". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  4. "Sheremetyevo today". www.svo.aero (in русский). Retrieved 2019-05-30.