Ignatyevo Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Russia}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Ignatyevo Airport
| nativename-a = Аэропорт Игнатьево
| image = Ignatyevo.JPG
| image-width =
| IATA = BQS
| ICAO = UHBB
| LID = БГЩ
| pushpin_map = Russia Amur Oblast
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Amur Oblast
| pushpin_label = BQS
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| type = Joint
| owner = Amur Oblast
| operator = Airport Blagoveshchensk
Russian Air Force
| city-served = Blagoveshchensk
| location = Ignatyevo, Amur Oblast, Russia
| elevation-f = 640
| elevation-m = 195
| coordinates = {{coord|50|25|30|N|127|24|48|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://ar-bqs.ru/en/ ar-bqs.ru]
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-f = 9,256
| r1-length-m = 2,821
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes =
}}
Ignatyevo Airport ({{langx|ru|Аэропорт Игнатьево}}) {{Airport codes|BQS|UHBB}} is an international airport in Amur Oblast, Russia, located near the village of Ignatyevo {{convert|20|km|sp=us}} north-west of Blagoveshchensk. The large airport services up to medium-sized airliners with parking space for 44 civilian aircraft, and conducts 24-hour flight operation. Ignatyevo Airport is state-owned by Amur Oblast and jointly operated with the Russian Air Force, with a military pad on the north-west side of the airport.
History
The construction of Ignatyevo Airport began in 1959 next to the village of Ignatyevo, after which the airport is named. The first terminal was made of wood and was located approximately on the spot where the current terminal stands. During the early 1990s the airport's activity declined as the new emerging Russian state was suffering from economic decline following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.{{cite web|title=15 лет. Полет нормальный|url=https://www.ampravda.ru/2012/07/12/035328.html|publisher=Amurskaya Pravda|date=11 July 2012|access-date=19 February 2018}}
In July 1997, the Governor of Amur Oblast signed a decree on the establishment of Airport Blagoveshchensk, a unitary enterprise fully owned by the government of Amur Oblast to own and operate Ignatiyevo Airport. In the 2000s, a partial reconstruction of the airport began in order to increase the volume of transportation and improve the quality of passenger service. In 2007, plans for the construction of a new terminal was resumed after being halted in 1988, and was commissioned in December 2010.
Airlines and destinations
{{Airport-dest-list
| Amur Aviabase | Oktyabrsky, Svobodny
| Aurora | Khabarovsk, Tynda, Zeya
| Azur Air | Seasonal charter: Nha Trang,{{cite news |last1=Пирогова |first1=Екатерина |title=Дату запуска рейсов во Вьетнам и цены назвали хабаровчанам |url=https://www.dvnovosti.ru/khab/2025/03/01/178350/ |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=www.dvnovosti.ru |publisher=новости Хабаровска на DVHAB.ru |date=1 March 2025}} Pattaya,{{cn|date=May 2025}} Phuket{{cn|date=May 2025}}
| IrAero|Chita, Irkutsk,{{cite news|title=Изменения маршрутных сетей за 3–16 апреля|url=http://www.ato.ru/blogs/blog-proekta/izmeneniya-marshrutnyh-setey-za-3-16-aprelya|access-date=16 April 2015|website=ato.ru|date=16 April 2015}} Magadan, Ulan-Ude,{{cite news |title=Прямое авиасообщение Улан-Удэ-Благовещенск возобновят с 1 февраля |url=https://bgtrk.ru/news/society/258412/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=bgtrk.ru |publisher=Вести - Бурятия |date=15 January 2025}} Vladivostok
Seasonal: Harbin{{cite news |title=Полетная программа из Благовещенска в Харбин продлена до конца сентября |url=https://portamur.ru/news/detail/poletnaya-programma-iz-blagoveschenska-v-harbin-prodlena-do-kontsa-sentyabrya/ |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=portamur.ru |publisher=ЭПИ «Дальневосточное информационное агентство «Порт Амур» |date=11 August 2024}}
| Rossiya | Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk-International, Moscow-Sheremetyevo,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Aeroflot NS25 Rossiya Boeing 747 Operations – 05JAN25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250106-suns25744 |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=6 January 2025 |language=en-CA}} Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk{{cite news |title=Из нового аэровокзала Южно-Сахалинска в Благовещенск и Красноярск вместе с "Россией" // АвиаПорт.Новости |url=https://www.aviaport.ru/news/iz-novogo-aerovokzala-yuzhno-sakhalinska-v-blagoveshchensk-i-krasnoyarsk-vmeste-s-rossiey/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=www.aviaport.ru |agency=Агентство «АвиаПорт» |date=26 October 2023}}
| S7 Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=S7 Airlines schedules new domestic routes in S19 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284007/s7-airlines-schedules-new-domestic-routes-in-s19/ |access-date=23 April 2019 |work=Routesonline |date=23 April 2019}} Novosibirsk
| Ural Airlines|Moscow–Domodedovo,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Ural Airlines outlines A320neo service from mid-Aug 2019 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/285718/ural-airlines-outlines-a320neo-service-from-mid-aug-2019/ |access-date=5 August 2019 |work=Routesonline |date=5 August 2019}} Yekaterinburg
| Yakutia Airlines | Seasonal charter: Qinhuangdao (begins {{date|2025-6-16}}){{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Yakutia NS25 China Scheduled Charter Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250506-r3ns25cn |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=6 May 2025 |language=en-CA}}
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Accidents
On 8 August 2011, IrAero Flight 103, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-46561 overran the runway on landing. Of the five crew and 31 passengers on board,{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=440f6546&opt=1 |title=Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |date=8 August 2011 |access-date=10 August 2011}} twelve people were injured.{{cite web |url=http://www.rostransnadzor.ru/rostrans/news/news_detail.php?ID=4524 |script-title=ru:Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г. |publisher=Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor) |language=ru |date=8 August 2011 |access-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113163721/http://www.rostransnadzor.ru/rostrans/news/news_detail.php?ID=4524 |archive-date=13 January 2013 }}
References
External links
{{Commons category}}
{{Portal|Russia|Aviation}}
- [https://bqs.aero/en/ Blagoveshchensk Airport official website] {{in lang|en|ru}}
- {{GCM|UHBB|source=DAFIF}}
- {{ASN|BQS}}
- {{in lang|ru}} [https://archive.today/20140718014634/http://www.aviateka.ru/airport/6207-%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA-%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE/ Airport Blagoveshchensk] Aviateka.Handbook
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{{Airports built in the Soviet Union}}
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