Khrabrovo Airport (Russian Аэропорт Храброво) (IATA: KGD, ICAO: UMKK) is the airport of Kaliningrad, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) north of the city near the village of Khrabrovo. While it mostly serves scheduled domestic destinations, part of it is still a military base of the Russian Air Force.
In July 2016, Novaport bought the Khrabrovo Airport from Aeroinvest. As part of Russia's preparations to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, On July 2017 a new terminal was put into operation. In addition the airport infrastructure was modernized and this included the lenghthening and reinforcement of the runway, the installation of new radiotechnical, lighting, and weather forecast equipment and construction of new aircraft parking spaces and a high-speed taxiway.
The reconstruction of the passenger terminal and the runway enlargement were officially finished on 27th of April 2018.
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
airBaltic | Riga |
Belavia | Minsk Seasonal: Brest, Gomel, Hrodna, Vitebsk |
LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw–Chopin |
Nordavia | Seasonal: Arkhanglesk, Moscow–Domodedovo, Murmansk, Sochi, Saint Petersburg |
Pobeda | Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg |
Red Wings Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo |
Rossiya Airlines | Saint Petersburg |
RusLine | Berlin–Tegel (ends 29 June 2018), Prague, Saint Petersburg |
S7 Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo, Saint Petersburg |
Severstal Air Company | Cherepovets |
Ural Airlines | Moscow–Domodedovo, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg |
Utair | Moscow–Vnukovo |
UVT Aero | Kazan, Novy Urengoy, Ufa |
Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent |
Vueling | Seasonal: Barcelona |
Passenger numbers are also rising, and are set to rise even more with the introduction of more routes:[]
The city bus line No. 144 by Koenigtransauto (Кёнигтрансавто) connects the airport with the Kaliningrad Main Bus/Railway Station.
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