Iturup Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Iturup Island}}
{{About|the civil airport|the military airport of Iturup|Burevestnik Airport}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Iturup Airport
| nativename =
| nativename-a = Аэропорт Итуруп
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| image = Iturup Airport Yasnyi at night.jpg
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| IATA = ITU{{cite web|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|title=Airline and Airport Code Search| publisher=IATA|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
| LID = ККУ
| pushpin_map = Russia Sakhalin Oblast#Japan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Sakhalin Oblast
| pushpin_label = ITU
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Kuril Islands Airports
(Аэропорты Курильских островов)
| city-served = Kurilsk, Iturup Island
| location =
| elevation-f = 387
| coordinates = {{Coord|45|15|23|N|147|57|21|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| metric-elev =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 13/31
| r1-length-m = 2300
| r1-surface = Concrete
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Iturup Airport ({{langx|ru|Аэропорт Итуруп}}) {{airport codes|ITU|UHSI}} is a public airport on Iturup Island, in the Kuril Archipelago, Russia. It is located {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}} northeast of the town of Kurilsk.{{cite web|url=http://www.caiga.ru/common/AirClassABV/validaip2/aip/ad/ad2/uhsi/2-ad2-rus-uhsi-txt.pdf|title=AIP Russian Federation - UHSI KURILSK/Iturup|publisher=Federal State Unitary Enterprise Centre of Aeronautical Information|date=11 December 2014|format=PDF|language=Russian, English|accessdate=20 November 2015}}
History
The airport has been in commercial operation since 22 September 2014.{{cite web|url=http://rbth.com/news/2014/09/22/new_airport_on_kuril_iturup_island_receives_first_flight_39991.html|title=New airport on Kuril Iturup Island receives first flight|publisher=rbth.com|date=22 September 2014|accessdate=20 November 2015|archive-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103826/https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/09/22/new_airport_on_kuril_iturup_island_receives_first_flight_39991.html|url-status=dead}} It has been built in a swampy taiga and is the first airport built from scratch in Russia's post-Soviet history. In 2018, Iturup became a joint civil-military airport with the stationing there of a flight of Su-35S fighters from the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, designated Yasny air base.{{Cite web |title=Истребители Су-35С заступили на боевое дежурство в аэропорту Ясный. Сахалин.Инфо |url=https://sakhalin.info/news/156064 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=sakhalin.info |language=ru}}
Before Iturup Airport was built, Burevestnik Military Air Base, located 40 km southwest from the town center (or 60 km by road), had been the only airport serving Kurilsk. Now, it becomes a reserve airfield for Iturup. Because it is often closed due to fog, the new Iturup Airport improves air traffic punctuality.
Facilities
The airport's only runway (marked 13/31) is {{convert|2300|x|42|m}} and has a concrete surface, equipped with an Instrument Landing System and glideslope which facilitate Instrument Flight Rules landings.
Airlines and destinations
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|Aurora | Vladivostok,{{cite news |title=Авиасообщение между Итурупом и Владивостоком возобновят осенью |url=https://www.eastrussia.ru/news/aviasoobshchenie-mezhdu-iturupom-i-vladivostokom-vozobnovyat-osenyu/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=www.eastrussia.ru |publisher=EastRussia («Восток России») |date=21 June 2024 |language=ru}} Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk{{cite web|url=http://www.flyaurora.ru/passag/rasp/soap.php |title=Aurora - on-line timetable |publisher=flyaurora.ru |language=Russian |accessdate=20 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120214445/http://www.flyaurora.ru/passag/rasp/soap.php |archivedate=20 November 2015 }}
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Category:Airports in Sakhalin Oblast