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'''Shirak International Airport''' {{airport codes|LWN|UDSG}} is an [[international]] airport serving [[Gyumri]] and the province of [[Shirak Province|Shirak]], [[Armenia]]. It is located about 5&nbsp;km from the center of Gyumri. The airport was inaugurated in 1961, and is the second largest airport in the country, after Yerevan's [[Zvartnots International Airport]].<ref name="airport">[http://www.aviation.am/eng/gorc/aeroport.htm Armenian Civil Aviation Department - Gyumri Airport]</ref>
'''Shirak International Airport''' {{airport codes|LWN|UDSG}} is an [[international]] airport serving [[Gyumri]] and the province of [[Shirak Province|Shirak]], [[Armenia]]. It is located about 5&nbsp;km from the center of Gyumri. The airport was inaugurated in 1961, and is the second largest airport in the country, after Yerevan's [[Zvartnots International Airport]].<ref name="airport">[http://www.aviation.am/eng/gorc/aeroport.htm Armenian Civil Aviation Department - Gyumri Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224848/http://www.aviation.am/eng/gorc/aeroport.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>


At the start of 2006, Armenia felt the importance of having a second international airport, when adverse weather conditions meant that many flights had to be diverted from Yerevan’s [[Zvartnots International Airport]] into Gyumri’s Shirak Airport. New air traffic control equipment allowed airport workers to identify planes within a 400&nbsp;km radius.<ref name="airport"/> The equipment is a newly developed system and according to the Czech company that implemented it, this is the first time it has been installed at an airport in a mountainous location, and the experience from its installation will serve as a model for its future installation in other regions. Runway 02 is equipped with an [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|ILS CAT I]], enabling aircraft operations in low [[Ceiling (aeronautics)|ceiling]] (60 meters) and visibility (800 meters).<ref>[http://www.armats.com/eng/activity/services/ta.htm Armats.com - Navigation Services]</ref>
At the start of 2006, Armenia felt the importance of having a second international airport, when adverse weather conditions meant that many flights had to be diverted from Yerevan’s [[Zvartnots International Airport]] into Gyumri’s Shirak Airport. New air traffic control equipment allowed airport workers to identify planes within a 400&nbsp;km radius.<ref name="airport"/> The equipment is a newly developed system and according to the Czech company that implemented it, this is the first time it has been installed at an airport in a mountainous location, and the experience from its installation will serve as a model for its future installation in other regions. Runway 02 is equipped with an [[Instrument landing system#ILS categories|ILS CAT I]], enabling aircraft operations in low [[Ceiling (aeronautics)|ceiling]] (60 meters) and visibility (800 meters).<ref>[http://www.armats.com/eng/activity/services/ta.htm Armats.com - Navigation Services]</ref>
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!2005<ref>[http://www.aviation.am/eng/doc/2005-2006December.zip] General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - 2005-2006 Statistics</ref>
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!2006<ref name="pax">{{cite web |url=http://www.aviation.am/eng/doc/2006-2007December.zip |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-31 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531152804/http://www.aviation.am/eng/doc/2006-2007December.zip |archivedate=2011-05-31 |df= }} General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - 2006-2007 Statistics</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.aviation.am/eng/gorc/aeroport.htm General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - airport information] {{en icon}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224848/http://www.aviation.am/eng/gorc/aeroport.htm General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - airport information] {{en icon}}
* {{WAD|UDSG}}
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Revision as of 10:44, 4 January 2018

Shirak International Airport

Շիրակ Միջազգային Օդակայան
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerGeneral Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia
OperatorArmenia International Airports CJSC, owned by Corporation America
ServesGyumri
LocationGyumri, Shirak, Armenia
Hub forTaron Avia
Elevation AMSL5,000 ft / 1,524 m
Coordinates40°45′01″N 43°51′33″E / 40.75028°N 43.85917°E / 40.75028; 43.85917
Map
LWN is located in Armenia
LWN
LWN
Location of airport in Armenia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 10,564 3,220 Asphalt

Shirak International Airport (IATA: LWN, ICAO: UDSG) is an international airport serving Gyumri and the province of Shirak, Armenia. It is located about 5 km from the center of Gyumri. The airport was inaugurated in 1961, and is the second largest airport in the country, after Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport.[1]

At the start of 2006, Armenia felt the importance of having a second international airport, when adverse weather conditions meant that many flights had to be diverted from Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport into Gyumri’s Shirak Airport. New air traffic control equipment allowed airport workers to identify planes within a 400 km radius.[1] The equipment is a newly developed system and according to the Czech company that implemented it, this is the first time it has been installed at an airport in a mountainous location, and the experience from its installation will serve as a model for its future installation in other regions. Runway 02 is equipped with an ILS CAT I, enabling aircraft operations in low ceiling (60 meters) and visibility (800 meters).[2]

New ownership

Shirak Airport Terminal

On August 3, 2007, the government of Armenia announced that it had agreed to include the management of operations at Armenia's second largest airport (Shirak) in the 30-year concession agreement that it signed with Armenia International Airports CJSC in December 2001 to take over operations at Zvartnots International Airport. Armenia International Airports CJSC is owned by Corporacion America, an Argentine company which operates several airports across South America, which is owned in turn by Eduardo Eurnekian.

According to Artem Movsisian, head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, Corporacion America will to turn the airport in Gyumri into a first-class airport. He also said the company has pledged to invest $10 million in 2007 to start modernization programme and within the upcoming years it will invest more to make the airport comply with international standards. Among other commitments is to provide free landing and take-off services to the Armenian Military.

Shirak Airport was closed for renovations from June 20 until October 20, 2007, during which time the runway was repaved and work was done on the airport lighting and the main terminal.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Taron Avia Moscow-Domodedovo, Krasnodar, Samara (All the flights will be temporarily suspended from January 1, 2018 till the Spring of 2018)
Pobeda Moscow–Vnukovo[3]
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Rostov-on-Don

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Skiva Air

Statistics

Year 2005[4] 2006[5] 2007[5] 2008[6] 2016 2017 (January - October)
Departing passenger traffic 18,800 24,011 11,339 12,911 6,593 39159
Arriving passenger traffic 27,300 22,399 7,291 9357 5,828 37913
Total passenger traffic 46,100 46,410 18,630 22,268 12,421 77072
Exported freight (tons) 20 3.1 N/A 2.0 4 0,6
Imported freight (tons) 126 15 6.2 62.6 0.2 0,4
Total freight (tons) 146 18.1 6.2 64.5 4.2 1
Aircraft movements (departure or landing) 472 355 166 144 54 196

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Armenian Civil Aviation Department - Gyumri Airport Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Armats.com - Navigation Services
  3. ^ Liu, Jim (25 November 2016). "Pobeda adds Gyumri flights from Dec 2016". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-05-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - 2005-2006 Statistics
  5. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-05-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - 2006-2007 Statistics
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-05-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia - 2008-2009 Statistics
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