Moscow's Bykovo airport, which once served a large number of flights, is now practically forgotten. The airport was founded in 1933, from the very beginning it was mainly engaged in industrial air transportation. In 1975, an air terminal was built and the airport began to serve private passengers.
How to get to Bykovo airport
You can get to Bykovo by public and private transport.
From the Vykhino metro station there is a bus number 324 (direction Bronnitsy) and a minibus number 144-CH (you need to get off at the stop “New houses”). Then, to get to the Bykovo airport, you will have to walk along the river to the "Borovsky Kurgan". The road will take 15-20 minutes. You can also take a taxi.
Sometimes, instead of the stop “New Houses”, drivers call “Telman's village”. This is the same stop.
From the city of Lyubertsy in the direction of Bykovo there is a minibus number 33, you should get off at the stop "New houses". From the town of Zhukovsky to the same stop there is a bus number 28.
The easiest way to get from Kazansky railway station is by train to Bykovo station. At the Bykovo station, you need to take minibus # 22 or # 23. Travel time will be about 50 minutes. You can also take a train to Vykhino station or Lyubertsy station, and get to Bykovo airport from there.
You can also get to the airport by your own car, following the Ryazan highway and following the road signs.
Condition and prospects of Bykovo airport
Bykovo is 35 km away from the Moscow Ring Road in the direction of the Ryazan direction. For the last few years (until 2011), the airport has served only short-haul flights: local short-haul or medium-haul routes. The airport stopped working with regular flights, but some travel companies for some time organized the departure of charter aircraft from Bykovo. This airport was the base for the equipment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and various commercial flights were also carried out from it.
Bykovo airport was capable of receiving aircraft of such types as Yak-42 and AN-12, as well as increasingly lighter aircraft. It was possible to land any type of helicopter. Also, IL-76 and TU-154 aircraft could land at the airport, but without further loading, that is, only for ferrying for repairs.
In 2010, the operation of Bykovo airport was practically stopped, it was completely closed for civil aviation, but was still used for the service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (mainly for helicopters). Until mid-2011, the Dexter air taxi service was based in Bykovo, which soon moved to another airport.
In mid-2011, Bykovo Airport was excluded from the State Register of Civil Airfields of the Russian Federation.
Initially, the Moscow administration planned to create on the basis of Bykovo a large international airport complex with a focus on civil flights, but these plans were not implemented.
