Petrozavodsk Airport
Airport in Karelia, Russia
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Petrozavodsk Airport (Karelian: Petroskoin lendoazema, Russian: Аэропорт Петрозаводск, Finnish: Petroskoin lentoasema; (IATA: PES, ICAO: ULPB); ex: Besovets, Petrozavodsk-2) is a joint civil-military airport in Republic of Karelia (Russia) located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Petrozavodsk in Besovets, Shuya Rural Settlement (municipality). It services small airliners. It is a minor airfield with 12 parking stands and a small amount of tarmac space.
Petrozavodsk Airport Karelian: Petroskoin Lendoazema | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil/military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Karelia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Petrozavodsk | ||||||||||
| Location | Besovets, Republic of Karelia, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 151 ft (46 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°53′6″N 34°9′24″E | ||||||||||
| Website | karelavia.ru | ||||||||||
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  Petrozavodsk Shown within Republic of Karelia, Russia  Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (Russia) | |||||||||||
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The airfield has seen military use as an interceptor base. During the 1960s or 1970s, Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft were based at Besovets. During the 1970s, it was home to the 991st Fighter Aviation Regiment (991 IAP), which flew Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 'Foxbat' aircraft. In 1992–93, the 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (159 IAP) transferred in from Poland, having left the 4th Air Army.[1] As of 2019[update] it flies the Sukhoi Su-35S aircraft and is now part of the 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division, 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[2]
In November 2019, specialists of the Military-Construction Complex of the Ministry of Defence of Russia completed the reconstruction of the artificial coating of the runway of the airfield.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
As of July 2025 Petrozavodsk Airport serves following flights:[3]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azimuth | Moscow–Vnukovo[4] |
| Severstal Air Company | Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Yekaterinburg Seasonal: Kaliningrad, Makhachkala,[5] Mineralnye Vody, Minsk,[6] Sochi[3] |
| UVT Aero | Seasonal: Kazan,[7] Murmansk,[8] Samara,[9] Perm[9] |
Accidents and incidents
On 20 June 2011, a RusAir Tupolev TU-134, Flight 9605, operating for RusLine, with 43 passengers and nine crew crash landed, broke up, and caught fire on a highway short of Runway 01 at Petrozavodsk Airport, while en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people and leaving five survivors.[10]
