Description

Platov International Airport

Platov International Airport (IATA: ROV, ICAO: URRP) is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on-Don. It serves Rostov-on-Don (as a replacement for the old Rostov-on-Don Airport) and started operation in December 2017.It is named after Matvei Platov.

RWY 05/23, 3600х45m, Concrete/Asphalt
It was originally planned that the airport would open in November 2017, with passenger navigation starting on 1 December 2017. The project has a capacity of 5 million passengers per year. Azimuth will be the main company serving the airport. The airport was opened on 27 November 2017, with the new highway to the airport and final tests before the operations would commence. The airport commenced passenger service on 7 December 2017, and the old airport was scheduled to officially cease all its operations on 1 March 2018. In 2018, for the first year of operation of the airport, 3,236,000 passengers passed through this airport.

Weather

Management

Grigori Badalov *

Location

Region

Caucasus

FIR

Rostov-na-Donu

APT coordinates

47.49389, 39.92472 

Elevation

282 ft / ≈86 m

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Runways information

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