One of the largest Russian airports located in Yekaterinburg - Koltsovo annually receives over 6 million people. The modern air terminal complex connects the city with the regions of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, and is also a route point on the way to nearby settlements: Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, etc.
For those planning a trip in this direction, we have made a number of recommendations on how to get to Koltsovo airport and how to get through it to Chelyabinsk.
For your information
Three terminals receive guests arriving by air. The first one serves domestic flights and flights to countries that do not require a passport. The second is for intercity traffic. The third VIP-level is built for business clients.
How to get to Yekaterinburg airport
You can get to the airfield using a taxi service, car rental or public transport.
How to get to Yekaterinburg airport by bus and minibus
Most often, passengers get by bus # 1, the fare in which does not exceed thirty rubles. The route starts from the railway station and includes the following stops:
- railway station;
- Chelyuskintsev;
- Sverdlov;
- K. Liebknecht;
- Malysheva;
- Lunacharsky;
- Decembrists;
- Siberian tract;
- Warsaw;
- Siberian tract;
- Koltsovsky tract;
- Bakhchivanzhi.
According to the timetable for the bus from Yekaterinburg Railway Station to Koltsovo Airport, the driver starts driving in the morning at 05:31 and ends in the evening at 22:06. The interval between flights before 16-56 is 17 minutes, after that - about half an hour. A distance of a little over twenty kilometers is covered in an hour on average.
More detailed information on the timetable and prices for a bus ticket from Yekaterinburg to Koltsovo can be found on the municipal transport website Urbus.ru.
Those who get directly from the railway station are advised to use express route No. 01. The cost of the trip is higher (100 rubles), but the path runs directly to the terminals without stopping. This type of transport covers a distance of twenty kilometers in 21 minutes (in the absence of traffic jams).
The minibus starts running in the morning at half past six, ends late in the evening - at half past eleven; intervals can be up to half an hour. You can clarify the cost and schedule of buses by contacting the specialists of the transport company "Ural-Auto" tel. +7 (982) 69-46-177.
If the place of departure is in the city center, it is more convenient to take bus number 39 and get off at Bakhchivandzhi; then cross the road and go through the underpass to the pre-flight zone. This flight can be used from 06:30 to ten in the evening.
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How to get to Koltsovo by train
According to the schedule of electric trains from Yekaterinburg to Koltsovo airport, trains run along the route twice a day, making seven stops along the way. Travel time is 40-41 minutes.
Departure of the train to Koltsovo from the railway station in the morning hours is carried out at 07:10, arrival at the airfield at 07:51; in the evening - at 19:15 and 19:55, respectively. Tickets cost 62 rubles for an adult, 15 for a child.
To clarify information about the movement of electric trains following the route Ekaterinburg Passenger - Koltsovo, please visit the Sverdlovsk Suburban Company website in the Passengers section, the Train Schedule tab (enter numbers 6040 and 6038 in the quick search).
Taxi to Yekaterinburg airport
Travelers who prefer to move in comfort are advised to take a taxi to Koltsovo. The most popular service for ordering a car is Yandex. The cost of a trip from the city center and from the bus station starts from 350 rubles, from the railway station - from 380.
In addition to the well-known service, you can use the services of the following companies:
- Lucky, tel. 380-00-00, 389-89-89;
- Deluxe, tel. 272-72-72;
- Maxim, tel. 288-88-88, 22-22-888;
- NonStop, tel. 270-00-00.
Before the numbers, you must dial the code: +7 (343).
For lovers of convenience, as well as families with small children, we offer to book a transfer, in which passengers are met at the house (hotel), help with luggage and take them to the terminal.
Among the organizations providing transfer services, we advise you to consider the taxi, popular in the city of Kiwi. The carrier's fleet is represented by a wide range of cars: from micro for two to accommodating 19 passengers.
The table shows the transfer rates in rubles, depending on the place of departure and the class of the car.
| Micro | Economy | Comfort | Minivan | Minibus | Business | |
| From the train station | _ | 1000 | 1200 | 3250 | 3640 | 4550 |
| From the bus station "Yuzhny" | 1000 | 1000 | 1200 | — | — | — |
| From the bus station "Severny" | 1000 | 1000 | 1200 | — | — | — |
You can study the price and conditions in more detail on the website Kiwitaxi.ru
Car rental and car sharing
Car sharing is available for independent travelers. Travel time from the city to the airport by car is about 30 minutes (on weekdays it may increase due to traffic congestion).
Popular services are provided by three companies on the following terms:
- Youdrive - allowed to drive a person over twenty years of age with a driving experience of 2 years;
- Uramobil - you can rent a car upon reaching the age of 21 and having a driving experience of 2 years or more;
- Delimobil - offers cars to drivers 19 years of age and older who have a license of 1 year or more.
Depending on the brand of the car, the price per minute of rent starts from 5 rubles and goes up to 10.
Also on the Internet you can find a lot of car rental offers from companies such as "Service of personal drivers", "Tophart", "Bestkars", "Behind the wheel", etc. The cost of daily use of the car starts from one thousand.
For your information
Those who get to the place of departure in a rented car can leave it in a free parking lot, which is located to the right of the entrance to the airport complex (along the Koltsovsky tract).
How to get from the airport to Chelyabinsk
Arriving at Koltsovo, as an intermediate point on the way to Chelyabinsk, can get to their destination in several ways:
- by regular buses, minibuses and electric trains;
- by personal car or taxi.
The distance between the cities is slightly more than 200 km.
Public transport
According to the bus schedule Ekaterinburg Koltsovo - Chelyabinsk, passengers are served by three flights:
- № 550/1which departs from the terminals at 14:14 and arrives at the final stop at 17:25;
- № 729departing four times a day (07:30, 11:09, 12:55, 19:15);
- evening flight № 912departing at 21:30 and arriving at 00:30.
Ground transport covers a distance of about 220 km in an average of 3 and a half hours.
Those wishing to travel by electric train should take into account that they will have to make one change during the trip. According to the schedule of electric trains Koltsovo-Yekaterinburg, to the city in 28 minutes. passengers are delivered by train No. 894E... Then you should buy a ticket to Chelyabinsk (routes No. 102Y, 122E).
The fastest way to get to Chelyabinsk on the Koltsovo-Yekaterinuburg train is a flight transfer No. 102Y... After arriving at the station by train 894E, the waiting time will be less than an hour, and the total travel time is 6 hours. 20 minutes. (of which - 4 hours 53 minutes, the 102nd goes). If you take an electric train No. 122E, the trip will take over 9 hours.
To avoid waiting during transfers, you can consider other options, how to get from Koltsovo airport to the Yekaterinburg railway station; for example, get to the station by bus or taxi, and then take an electric train to Chelyabinsk.
According to the schedule of buses Koltsovo - Yekaterinburg, presented on the website Urbus.ru, transport starts at 06:04 and ends at 23-16. The journey to the train platforms will take about 45 minutes.
Taxi and private car
Using a car, you should move along the route M5 (Ural highway) - M36 - Sverdlovsky tract - Chelyabinsk. In the absence of traffic jams, it will be possible to get there in less than 3 hours.
Advice
You can save some of your finances by picking up fellow travelers at the bus station: it will not be difficult to find those willing to travel at the price of a bus ticket.
For those who are not limited in money, we advise you to use the services of taxi drivers. Prices for transfers from the airport start at 4900, from the city center - from 5500, from the railway tracks - from 6600.
How to return from Chelyabinsk to the airport
For those returning from Chelyabinsk to Yekaterinburg, such types of transport as bus, train and taxi are available.
According to the bus schedule Chelyabinsk - Koltsovo airport, 4 flights are available for travelers:
- № 729departing from the Yunost bus station (Sverdlovsky prospect, 51) at 00:15, 16:35 and 18:50; travel time - three and a half hours, the ticket will cost 580 rubles;
- № 550/1departing at 06:05 and arriving at 09:29;
- end-to-end route № 1075passing through Youth at 20:20; he delivers passengers in 2 hours. 50 minutes, travel costs about 550 rubles;
- through № 912, the departure of which is carried out from the bus station at 12:40; the fare is almost 600 rubles.
You can get to the pre-flight zone from Chelyabinsk through the Yekaterinburg railway station, where the following trains arrive:
- 346Cdeparting at 05:17 and arriving at 10:08 (a ticket can be purchased for 1600);
- 289C starts at 01:15, ends at 06:21 (the cost of a reserved seat is 1200);
- high-speed traindeparting from the station at 08:00 and arriving in Koltsovo at 12:00.
If the indicated time is not convenient, we recommend considering also No. 122U, 146N, 191U, 088Y, 373S and 389N. All of them are delivered to the airfield at different time periods.
Thus, thanks to the well-developed transport infrastructure of Yekaterinburg, those planning a trip to the city or to nearby Chelyabinsk will have no difficulty in getting to their destination.
