The only way of transportation outside of Kamchatka and some villages at the north of the peninsula (Koryakiya) is by air (airplanes and helicopters). Some villages and towns also are accessible by bus.

     Airport:

     The Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) International Airport is located 18 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city and 5 km from the Yelizovo town. It’s a first class base airport, classified by Civil Aviation Administration as class “A”. The 3400 meter runway can accommodate short-range aircraft such as Yak-40, Let-410, AN 26B and long-range aircraft such as IL-76, IL-86, IL-96, AN-124 ”Ruslan” and all foreign types of aircraft. All airport services are certified.

     In order to reach Kamchatka you can fly to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from Anchorage (Alaska, USA), through Magadan, or from Niigata (Japan) via Khabarovsk or Vladivostok, or from Moscow (9 hours non-stop flight), St. Petersburg,  Krasnoyarsk, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk.

     To see flights time schedule of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport click here.