The international airport in Naberezhnye Chelny serves several nearby agglomerations of Tatarstan - Zainsk, Nizhnekamsk, Elabuga and Naberezhnye Chelny.
The structure of the airport includes:
- passenger terminal building with a capacity of 400 passengers per hour, plus 100 passengers per hour serving the international sector
- hangars and utility buildings, including a storage of fuels and lubricants of 10 thousand cubic meters and a cargo warehouse with a capacity of 170 tons
- hotel with more than 200 beds
- runway covered with asphalt concrete and a length of 2.5 kilometers, allowing to receive all types of aircraft
- three taxiways
The airline serves more than ten airlines. Among them is the AtlasJet company, which carries out air transportation on the Istanbul - Ataturk route.
History
The airport in Naberezhnye Chelny was founded in 1971. Its first passenger flight took place on December 21 on the An-24 aircraft. It received the status of an international airline in 1998. Currently, work is underway on the reconstruction and modernization of the airport, the purpose of which is to raise the status to category C.
The geography of flights of the air harbor in Naberezhnye Chelny is constantly expanding and, accordingly, the passenger traffic is growing. In 2013 alone, more than 300 thousand passengers were served.
Service and services
The airport in Naberezhnye Chelny has a full range of services for comfortable passenger service. There are cozy waiting rooms in the arrival and departure areas of passengers, luggage storage and luggage packing services, a mother and child room with a changing table and beds, a first-aid post.
There is a coffee shop, the assortment of which includes natural grain coffee and handmade chocolates, as well as free internet.
Currency exchange offices, a bank branch and ticket offices have been opened. Provided with voice and visual information about the movement of flights.
Transport
You can only get from the airport to the city of Naberezhnye Chelny by taxi. There is no public transport here, so taxi fares are not cheap.
