Platov International Airport

Platov International Airport

Международный аэропорт Платов
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports of Regions
ServesRostov-on-Don
LocationAksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Opened27 November 2017; 6 years ago (2017-11-27)[1]
Passenger services ceased24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) [2][3]
Hub forAzimuth
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL213 ft / 65 m
Coordinates47°29′38″N 039°55′29″E / 47.49389°N 39.92472°E / 47.49389; 39.92472
WebsitePlatov International Airport
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ROV is located in Rostov Oblast
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Location of the airport in Rostov Oblast
ROV is located in European Russia
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Location of the airport in Russia
ROV is located in Europe
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Location of the airport in Europe
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 11,811 3,600 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers2,086,000 Decrease (-32%)[4]

Platov International Airport (IATA: ROV, ICAO: URRP) (Russian: Международный аэропорт Платов) is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on-Don. It serves Rostov-on-Don (as a replacement for the old Rostov-on-Don Airport) and started operation in December 2017.[5] It is named after Matvei Platov.

It was originally planned that the airport would open in November 2017, with passenger navigation starting on 1 December 2017. The project has a capacity of 5 million passengers per year. Azimuth will be the main company serving the airport.[6] The airport was opened on 27 November 2017, with the new highway to the airport and final tests before the operations would commence. The airport commenced passenger service on 7 December 2017,[7][1] and the old airport was scheduled to officially cease all its operations on 1 March 2018. In 2018, for the first year of operation of the airport, 3,236,000 passengers passed through this airport. The airport has been closed since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  1. ^ a b "Аэропорт Платов в Ростовской области начнет работу с 27 ноября". kommersant.ru. 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Airport operations to remain suspended in southern Russia until March 2 — federal agency". Tass. 24 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Временное закрытие 11 аэропортов на юге РФ продлено до 1 мая". 23 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Пассажиропоток аэропорта Платов в 2020 году снизился на 31,8%". bloknot-rostov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  5. ^ Grishchenko, Nikolay (27 March 2017). "В Ростове аэропорт Платов построят к ЧМ-2018 раньше срока" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ Stroiteleva, Mariya (4 April 2017). "Первые авиарейсы из аэропорта Платов состоятся в декабре" (in Russian). Город N. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Platov Set for Trials". Airliner World (October 2017): 8.