History Tolmachevo Airport (Novosibirsk) (29 pics + text)

Tolmachevo - one of the two passenger airports in Novosibirsk, node port of regional and international air traffic. April 25, 1941 for the first time in aviation history is used village Tolmachevo Novosibirsk rural area where airfield construction management by prisoners began construction of large military airfield, which lasted until the mid-50s. The emergence of Tolmachevo airport-based military airfield equipment associated with civil aviation Soviet jet airliner Tu-104. July 12, 1957 - is considered the birthday of the airport. It was on this day in 1957 from "Tolmachevo" in Moscow for the first time went to the crew of the Tu-104 on board were 50 passengers.





Object №380. Construction and development of the airport complex. 1956



The main problems of the early years of the airport was its construction and improvement. Really the beginning of operation of the facility had only runway.



All terrestrial services huddled in makeshift, shield homes, premises derived from the military, stationed at a considerable distance from the runway





Façade design of the terminal



Architect: Anatoly Volovik. Project 1963



The first building control tower (KDP)





Komsomols radar and navigation services for landscaping the airport, 1962



Terminal building, 1960



Tu-104 and Tu-154



Tolmachevo airport terminal from the cockpit of the Tu-104



21 November 1963 - put into operation terminal with total area 10,254, 4 sq.m. with a throughput of 1000 passengers per hour.



Railway Station Square. The end of the 1970s



February 18, 1978 in preparation for the next flight of the Tu-154 is one of the technicians, fueling facilities, leave the heater unattended. "Left front radiator heater rags with the airflow hit the heater caught fire and was ejected through a hose into the cockpit. Caused fire site was discovered late ...
Survivor tail liner starred in the movie "The crew»



The visit of the French delegation. Airplane "Concord" in Tolmachevo
"Concordes & quot; sat three times (and once sat just two).
Fly from Paris to Tokyo and back. Both times on the way sat in Novosibirsk for refueling. Total landings 6, 8 boards



April 14, 1977 landed, making technical flight, supersonic Tu-144



"Man and the plane", a farewell to the IL-18



Meeting on the occasion of the first arrival at the airport Il-86



Tu-104. USSR-42494 long feast for the eyes of the citizens in the park "Birch Grove»



Railway Station Square, 1990







Until 1992, the airport complex was part Tolmachёvskogo united squadron. In 1992 Tolmachёvsky united squadron was divided into three separate companies: "Airport Tolmachevo", "airline" Siberia "," Zapsibaeronavigatsiya. " In September 1992, Tolmachevo acquires the status of an international airport.



December 19, 1995 State Enterprise Tolmachevo airport transformed into an open joint-stock company "Airport Tolmachevo»



Reconstruction of the terminal for domestic airlines





And looked Airport seemingly quite recently