History

The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo) Airport dates back to 1948, when the airport was formed out of the Kamchatka Air Group. The company faced monumental challenges of developing inter-regional transportation.

An artificial runway was constructed in 1957. 

Concurrent construction of a new air terminal, apron, taxiway, hotel, boiler plant, cargo storage and residential house for airport staff was already underway in 1959.

The team of the integrated company comprising an air group and an airport was among the first in the country to master Yak-40 airplane in 1969. 

Scheduled long-haul flights of Il-62 jets to Moscow started in 1978.

The airport became open for international flights in 1995.

Since 2000, the airfield of the airport is authorized to take and service Boeing type airplanes.

A new runway was put into operation on June 1, 2016, fitted with all the required modern radio and lighting control systems, enabling landing approaches under ICAO Category II.

A separate legal entity JSC Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky International Airport (Elizovo), which accumulated almost all airport operations, carved out from the integrated company JSC Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise as a result of restructuring on November 1, 2016.

A change in service areas of the air terminal took place in 2017. The check-in area precedes the inspection area because of that. 

An agreement on implementation of the Elizovo Airport construction and operation project was signed on November 3, 2017 by and between the Kamchatka Territory Development Corporation and the Airports of Regions Management Company, the winner in the investment tender for upgrade of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, staged by the Kamchatka Territory Development Corporation. 

Passenger Service Kicks Off in Refurbished Terminal of Kamchatka’s Main Terminal. The terminal refurbishment project comprises a 2,800-sqm expansion where a significant part of airport passenger services have been moved. 

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport’s Year-End Traffic Reaches 759,000 Passengers.

A number of extra anti-epidemic measures have been taken at Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky  international airport to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport’s Traffic Sags by 27% in 2020.

The United Far Eastern Airline Aurora has started flights from the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport’s Year-End Traffic Reaches 832,100 Passengers.