Penza Airport is the only one in the entire region. Name it "Ternovka". It refers to organizations of federal significance. Located nine kilometers from the city center.
History of development
Back in 1936, air transportation began in the Penza region. Three years later, in 1939 the airport was opened for civilian aircraft.
The passenger terminal appeared in 1963. To date, it has already been rebuilt twice. In the late seventies and early eighties, partial repairs were carried out. Full reconstruction took place in 2003.
The artificial coated strip for takeoff (landing) of aircraft was built in the early seventies.
The schedule of the Penza airport in the eighties included more than sixty flights a day in the summer. The airport was connected with many cities of the Soviet Union and most of the capitals of the Union republics.
The nineties are connected with the crisis in which the airport found itself. During this period, the number of flights was gradually reduced. By the fall of 1998, they had closed completely. Over the next four years, until 2003, the Penza airport accepted only transit flights in the warm period.
New stage of development
The second life of Ternovka began in the fall of 2003 after reconstruction. After that, flights to Moscow were restored on a Yak-40 plane three times a week (on Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The following year, flights to the capital departed on weekdays, that is, five times a week. Work in the summer months kept the schedule of previous years.
The number of flights to Moscow doubled at the beginning of 2006. In June of the same year, the Saratov – St. Petersburg flight opened with a stop in Penza.
For several months of 2008, flights in all directions were carried out on the Yak-42 aircraft. They ceased due to the financial crisis. Something similar happened with Rusline Airlines flights to Moscow. They were open for less than two months in early 2010. These flights ceased due to low demand.
Flights of the Penza airport in the second half of 2010 were carried out by Ak Bars Aero Airlines.
The winter period of 2010-2011 became special for the airfield. During this period, flights to St. Petersburg were not canceled for the winter, they became year-round.
In the summer of 2013, Ternovka Airport again entered the reconstruction phase. The artificial runway has been completely replaced. Its repair began in 2008, when the length of the runway was increased by seven hundred meters. But the elongated strip was commissioned only in September 2013. The total length of the runway has become 2.8 kilometers. Immediately after its introduction, the airport for the first time in its history adopted the Tu-154.
Accepted sun
Penza Airport is currently capable of accepting all types of passenger aircraft, except for the Boeing 747 and Airbus-A380. Some aircraft are subject to restrictions.
The types of aircraft that the airport is capable of receiving: An, Il, L-410, Tu, Yak-40 and Yak-142, Airbus-A319, ATR-42 and ATR-72, Boeing-737, Bombardir 100/200, SAAB 2000 Lighter aircraft models can also fly to a given airport, as well as all types of helicopters.
General information
Penza Airport is located within the city. It is located at a distance of nine kilometers from the center. His address: Penza city, Tsentralnaya street, house 2. Phone for information +7 (8412) 37-92-26. Additional information can be found on the official website. There you can check the flight schedule and book a ticket.
Between the city center and the airport there is a public transport:
- Buses every ten minutes with routes No. 30, 54, 66.
- Minibus for sixteen passengers on the route number 10A.
- Trolleybus on the route number 7.
Those who wish can call a taxi using the phone.
The airport has a waiting room. In addition, there is a cafe on the ground floor. There are no ATMs or currency exchange points. Own parking is also not. The nearest one is two blocks away.
City guests can stay at the Penza Airport budget hotel. Prices for accommodation in a double room - two thousand rubles (one thousand rubles per person). The hotel is located on the forecourt, close to public transport.
Airlines
Penza Airport offers its passengers flights of the following companies:
- CJSC AK Rusline, sending flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- Dexter of AviaManagementGroup CJSC, whose planes fly to Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara.
- Uteyr OJSC offers flights to the capital of the country (Moscow, Vnukovo).
- Saratov Airlines OJSC, organizing summer flights to Anapa, Sochi, Simferopol.
- Izhavia OJSC, which also carries out seasonal flights to the country's resorts.
Flights at the beginning of this year
The Penza Airport flight schedule in the winter of 2017 includes flights to two cities - Moscow and St. Petersburg.
From the beginning of January to the end of March 2017, the following flights are organized from Penza to the capital:
- Morning flights (departure at 9.05) to Domodedovo on weekdays.
- On Saturday, the departure of the flight to Domodedovo at 11.15.
- A flight departs at Domodedovo Airport at 16.00 on weekdays.
- The daily evening flight to Domodedovo leaves at 21.25.
The cost of a flight from Penza to Moscow starts from five thousand rubles and more, depending on the time of the flight, the airline and the selected class.
From Ternovka Airport in Penza to St. Petersburg you can fly by the following flights:
- On Thursdays at 16.00.
- Sundays at 18.50.
The price of an economy class ticket is eight thousand rubles and more.
During this period, return flights will also be opened from Moscow (Domodedovo) and St. Petersburg to Penza. From Moscow, the aircraft will arrive on weekdays at 08.15 and 15.10, on Saturdays at 10.25. In addition, there will be a daily flight with arrival in Penza at 20.35.
A flight will be opened from St. Petersburg to Penza on Thursdays (with arrival at 12.45) and Sundays (with arrival at 18.00).