Sheremetyevo International Airport
Alexander S. Pushkin Sheremetyevo International Airport Международный аэропорт Шереметьево имени А. С. Пушкина | |||||||||||||||||||
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Satellite view of the airport in May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | International Airport Sheremetyevo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Moscow metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Khimki, Moscow Oblast | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 August 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 192 m / 630 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°58′22″N 37°24′53″E / 55.97278°N 37.41472°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | svo.aero | ||||||||||||||||||
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SVO/UUEE Location of the airport in Moscow Oblast SVO/UUEE Location of the airport in Russia SVO/UUEE Location of the airport in Europe | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sheremetyevo International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Шереметьево, Russian pronunciation: [ʂɨrʲɪˈmʲetʲjɪvə], Internal code: ШРМ) (IATA: SVO, ICAO: UUEE) is one of four international airports that serve the city of Moscow. It is the busiest airport in Russia and the post-Soviet states, as well as the ninth-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]
The airport comprises six terminals: four international terminals (one under construction), one domestic terminal, and one private aviation terminal.[2][4] It is located 29 km (18 mi) northwest of central Moscow, between the towns of Lobnya and Khimki in Moscow Oblast.[5]
In 2019, the airport handled about 49.9 million passengers.[6] Sheremetyevo serves as the main hub for Russian flag carrier Aeroflot as well as its subsidiaries Rossiya Airlines and Pobeda, for Nordwind Airlines and its subsidiary Ikar, and for Smartavia.
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- ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (5 December 2018). "Sheremetyevo named for Pushkin in national airport scheme". Flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Sheremetyevo today". www.svo.aero (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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