Moscow has the largest airports in the world, and Vnukovo Airport is one of them. This is the oldest transport hub of the international level, which is very popular among citizens and tourists. From this point, flights are made within the country, as well as flights abroad. There is enough space for landing planes of seventeen operating airlines.
Vnukovo Airport is actively used by the capital for business flights. Today, the airport's capacity is amazing: the maximum number of passengers who can use the services of this complex reaches 25,000,000 people, and the occupied territory is 27,000 square meters.
Scheme of Vnukovo airport
Upon closer examination of Vnukovo, its scheme is a number of facilities in which it is comfortable for visitors to stay, saving time before the flight. Constant passenger flow requires competent placement of terminals, so the division of the building into several sectors turned out to be an excellent solution to the problem.
The layout of Vnukovo Airport is simple: passengers can use three main terminals - A, B, D. Together they form the Vnukovo-1 hub. In addition, the building has a terminal for officials (Vnukovo-2) and a separate sector serving VIP clients (Vnukovo-3). It is worth noting that terminals B and D are combined.
If you have arrived at Vnukovo Airport for the first time and don't know which hall to pass the time before landing, special signs and information signs will help you figure it out. Throughout the territory there are signs with the direction of movement, indicating the way to a particular terminal. Let's take a closer look at each sector.
Schemes of the halls of Vnukovo airport
Node A
For Vnukovo, the branch of terminal A has become the most important. The zone of this terminal is the largest, 80 percent of passengers are served in this location. The building has three floors, which are intended for arriving people and those who are waiting for departure. This division of functions is very thoughtful, because people will not get lost, determining the direction of their path. In this terminal, all the details are thought out to the smallest detail, so it will be difficult to get lost here.
As mentioned earlier, Vnukovo Terminal A is based on three floors. The ground floor provides luggage storage services. In addition to special cameras, there are check-in counters where the visitor can independently check in for the plane. A transition to the Aeroexpress station was built from this place.
On the territory of the waiting room there are various cafes and ATMs. At the entrance, you can register for a flight, but on the contrary - buy tickets from the cashier. Also in this place, passengers pass through the control of customs officers.
On the second floor of the terminal, the baggage of departing passengers is checked out and sorted, and security services are checked. On this tier, passengers often rest, dine, buy souvenirs on the road. Thanks to the cinema area, people can relax while waiting for boarding.
When you get to this terminal, the diagram of it will be here on the second floor. It describes in detail the plan of all the halls. You can find the location of the departure area, children's rooms, bathrooms, ticket offices, check-in points and all other infrastructure departments. The third floor is usually reached by escalator and elevator. The required route is expected here.
Node B
The Vnukovo terminal called "B" serves up to seventeen percent of customers. Flights depart from this sector towards Asia, as well as charter flights. The terminal administration plans to leave this compartment only for charters, and transfer other routes to department A. There are not many users in this node, but, nevertheless, its territory occupies two levels.
Terminal B is rather intended for the final inspection of passengers before being sent on a flight. Control services carry out final checks and sort things into the luggage compartment. After the screening, visitors go to boarding.
Node D
At the specified airport, terminal D is practically not used. Only flights from the North Caucasus region come to this branch. It is possible that the terminal will have to stop functioning soon. There is no access to it, and you can get here through other terminals. In addition, you should be aware that cashiers and other attendants stop working 40 minutes before the plane takes off. If you arrived at the place in less than 20 minutes, you will not get on board.
Scheme of the VIP zone of Vnukovo-3 airport
The airport called Vnukovo has a special area for special guests. Delegations come to the VIP terminal to visit the city authorities. In a word, the terminal performs an important function for Vnukovo: it serves flights for the municipal government of the capital. This complex consists of three zones where check-in is carried out, after which the passenger will go to the desired terminal.
Near Vnukovo-3 there is a parking space, there is also a closed room in which urgent business negotiations and meetings are held. Not everyone gets into this sector, only guests with VIP status or participants and invalids of the Great Patriotic War, heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation.
Driving directions to the airport
You already know that when arriving at Vnukovo, Terminal A will become the most popular. Therefore, you need to think over your arrival at the terminal in advance. The best option would be to use the services of the Aeroexpress, which leaves from the Kievsky railway station. The first train leaves at 6 am and runs at intervals of one hour. You can get to sector A through an underground passage, to sector B - along the street.
In addition to this option, you can choose a trip by taxi or minibus. For example, from the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, buses run constantly. In 25-40 minutes (excluding traffic jams) they will deliver passengers to the desired point.
Updated 09/08/2019
In this article, you will learn how to get to Vnukovo Airport in a variety of ways - budget and not very. Vnukovo is the only one of the three air harbors of the capital's air hub, which is territorially located within Moscow. Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo are located in the Moscow region. It just so happened that for me Vnukovo is the most dear airport, since I come here every three months. And all because the Hungarian low-cost airline WizzAir flies only from here.
There are exactly the same number of main ways to get to Vnukovo as to other airports, that is, four:
- Aeroexpress.
- Public transport.
- Taxi.
- Own car.
Below I will tell you more about each of them.
How to get to Vnukovo Airport by Aeroexpress
Aeroexpress trains to Vnukovo depart from Kievsky railway station (Kyiv metro station) every day from 6:00 am (from Moscow) and from 6:00 am (from the airport).
Frequency of movement: every 30-60 minutes (depending on the time of day).
Travel time:35 minutes.
The last Aeroexpress from Moscow leaves at 00:00, from Vnukovo at 00:00.
Fare:420 rubles when buying a ticket on the website and through the Aeroexpress mobile application. In other cases 500 rubles.
How to get to Vnukovo airport from the metro
The metro does not go directly to Vnukovo airport. The most budget option: a bunch of metro + bus. Buses to Vnukovo depart from metro stations
- Southwestern.
- Troparevo.
- Salaryevo.
- Filatov Lug.
For non-residents of Moscow, it is optimal to pay for travel in two ways.
- Ticket "Single" - 55 rubles for 1 trip or 110 rubles for two (metro + bus to the airport).
- Troika card - 50 rubles deposit (refundable upon return of the card). 1 trip by metro - 38 rubles, 1 trip by other public transport - 38 rubles. A trip at the rate of "90 minutes" with transfers - 59 rubles. The main thing is to have time to transfer from the metro to the bus within an hour and a half.
Bus from Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station
- Bus number and opening hours? No. 611 (runs from 5:30 to 1:20).
- How to find: exit from the first car, into the underpass to the right, then left along the stairs.
- Travel time: 40-60 minutes (traffic interval from 11 minutes).
Please note that the information provided in the article is not a reference. I recommend looking at the exact timetable on the Mosgortrans website. To do this, you need to drive in the route number, indicate the day of interest and the direction of movement.
From the metro station "Troparevo"
In December 2014, a new station of the Sokolnicheskaya (red) metro line Tropaervo was opened. It is located right behind the Yugo-Zapadnaya station and the above buses also pass next to it. But I would still recommend taking the bus to Yugo-Zapadnaya, since this stop is the final one, that is, there is a high chance of taking a seat and not shaking with luggage for 40 minutes in the aisle.
From the metro station "Salaryevo"
In February 2016, the Sokolnicheskaya line was replenished with one more station - Salaryevo. From here to Vnukovo Airport every 8-15 minutes (frequency depends on the time of day) there is an express bus No. 911 (the stop is 15 meters from the metro exit). Travel time takes approximately 20 minutes. This route operates on the line from 7 am to midnight. Get off at the Vnukovo Airport stop (200 meters from terminal A through the underpass).
At the moment, I consider this method the best way to get to Vnukovo using public transport.
From the metro station "Filatov Lug"
The bus goes to the stop "Hotel" (intermediate). After disembarking, you need to cross the intersection diagonally and move towards the terminal to the underpass with the Aeroexpress sign. Walk about 500 meters. Bus operating hours: from 5:11 to 0:20.
Night bus H11
Since 2018, a night bus has been running between the center of Moscow and Vnukovo Airport.
Departs from Slavyanskaya Square (Kitay-Gorod metro station).
Working hours
- From Vnukovo airport to the center - from 23:30 to 4:30
- From the center to the airport - 1:00 to 6:00.
Taxi to Vnukovo
I recommend using the services of legal taxis, that is, those that are licensed to carry out their activities. In my opinion, now in Moscow all licensed taxi cars must be painted yellow. At Vnukovo Airport, you can order a taxi at the counters, which are located on the first floor of terminals A and B. You can pre-order via the Internet.
The main advantage of ordering a taxi to Vnukovo Airport online is a fixed price. That is, you will know in advance how much you need to give to the driver. Or you can pay the entire cost of the trip with a bank card when ordering a car and don’t pay anything to the driver at all.
A taxi from the center of Moscow to Vnukovo airport will cost from 1,500 rubles and this is a fixed price, no extra charges. You can also order a taxi from Domodedovo to Vnukovo, which is suitable for those who arrive at one airport and then fly further from another. In addition, when ordering, you can choose the class of the car on which they will come for you. Naturally, the higher it is, the more expensive the trip will be.
You have already understood that the main plus of a taxi to Vnukovo airport is a fixed price, but it is far from the only one. You can instantly pay for the order with a bank card or PayPal and no longer think about cash or that the driver will not have change. It is also convenient for those who arrive at one airport, depart from another and do not want to change their currency to rubles.
If a lot of you go on a trip (from 5 people), then a great option is to order a minivan. In this case, a trip to the airport can cost as little as 350 rubles per person, that is, even less if you travel by Aeroexpress.
Uber, Yandex.Taxi or Gett
One option to get to or from Vnukovo Airport comfortably is to use the taxi app. The main three and each can be downloaded to a smartphone, both on the iOS and Android operating systems.
- GETT - enter promo code GTVKFYM and get up to 500 bonuses (1 bonus = 1 ruble). The amount of the bonus depends on the region.
- Uber - Currently, the service does not provide promotional codes.
- Yandex. Taxi - use the code kvtgmnqn get a 30% discount on the first three trips (the total amount of the discount is not more than 250 rubles). The discount is applied only when paying for the trip by credit card.
In Vnukovo by car, airport parking
Depending on the route and traffic load, you can arrive at Vnukovo Airport by car along one of three highways - Kievskoye, Borovskoye and Minskoye. If there are no traffic jams on the Kiev highway, then this route is the most optimal.
In the immediate vicinity, as well as not far from the Vnukovo airport, there are several parking lots. The cost of a day depends on the distance in relation to the passenger terminal.
Parking in multi-level car parks No. 1 and No. 2 or at the airport terminals. It is located directly opposite the entrance to the passenger terminals of the airport. Days of parking are worth 750 rubles in open area and 1 000 rubles in a closed box.
Long Term Parking No. 4 located inside the overpass ring closer to Borovskoye highway. It is convenient to enter it for those who travel from Moscow along the Kyiv highway. The cost of a day of parking - 500 rubles.
Long-term parking No. 5 and No. 6 located on Central Street. It has a convenient access from the Kievskoe or Borovskoye highway. Parking is located about a kilometer from the Vnukovo terminals, but you don’t have to walk. There is a free shuttle service to/from the airport terminals. The cost of the first two days of parking - 300 rubles, from the third and subsequent days - 250 rubles.
Pay attention to parking lots in Vnukovo with a free shuttle service. For example, on this one. Only from 225 rubles per day.
You get not only a free transfer, but also the following services, for which you will not have to pay extra:
- Free baggage wrapping.
- Client room with shower, toilet and wi-fi.
- Free tire inflation and battery recharging.
- Discounts for regular customers.
The free shuttle is available around the clock. Travel time from the parking lot to the terminal is only 5-7 minutes. You can reserve a parking space in advance online using the form above.
If you find out about other parking lots in Vnukovo with a free transfer, write in the comments and share the information :).
If you do not live in Moscow and travel according to the plan train - Moscow - Vnukovo airport, then you will need applications Yandex.Metro, which will lay the best route from the station where you arrive, then the point from where you will go to the airport (if you need a bus, then this is the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, if Aeroexpress, then the Kyiv metro station). For example, you need to find out how to get from Kursky railway station to Vnukovo airport. We fill in the "From" field with the Kurskaya metro station, in the "To" field with the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station (I always try to use cheap public transport, not the expensive Aeroexpress). We see that the journey will take about 33 minutes and 1 change is needed.
Readers also once asked me how to get from Kazansky railway station to Vnukovo airport. The road in this case will be even easier, since no transfers are needed. I sat down at the Komsomolskaya radial metro station, drove 13 stops, got off, got on bus 611 and in 35-40 minutes you were at the airport.
Similarly, we lay the route from any railway station in Moscow. This can be done in advance at home on your computer or you can install the application on your phone (there are versions of Android and iOS).
How to get from Vnukovo airport to Moscow
All of the above methods are suitable - choose according to your taste and budget. The only point concerns the bus 611. When it arrives from Moscow, passengers disembark at the first stop after the turn.
When you arrived from somewhere and you need to go to the city, there is no point in getting on this bus and waiting for it at this stop - 611 goes further along its route, not to Moscow. You need a stop, which is located on the street. Central (about 5 minutes walk from the terminal). That, perhaps, is all that I wanted to tell.
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Service of all flights (except for post-flight inspection of individual flights) is carried out in the main terminal of the airport - Terminal A. Post-flight inspection is carried out in terminal D.
You can enter the terminal through the underground level of the terminal (directly from the Aeroexpress underground station), through the arrivals area from the ground level (from ground public transport, from multi-storey car parks) or through the departure area on the second floor (from the car overpass, entry to which is free ).
note that overpass parking leading to the departure area of terminal A forbidden. Since the overpass is a city public street of the city of Moscow, traffic police squads, cars for automatically fixing violations of parking rules and evacuators of city services work on it, and fines are also applied in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the city of Moscow. Vnukovo Airport does not manage the process of moving cars to the city parking lots and does not receive funds from the payment of fines.
Exit from the departure area(second level of terminal A) to the flyover closed in order to combat illegal parking and to reduce congestion at the entrance to the terminal. You will not be able to return to your car if you leave it on the flyover and enter the terminal. To park your car, please use one of the airport parking lots.
To enter Terminal A from the Aeroexpress underground station, turn right after the glass doors of the station. However, due to the large influx of passengers during peak hours, a queue may form at the entrance. In this case, to save time after the glass doors, it is better to turn left, left again, go outside to the station square and enter the terminal through the first floor.
Passengers are registered on second floor terminal and automatically ends in 40 minutes before the departure time of the flight indicated on the ticket (for Turkish airlines flights - in 45 minutes). Check-in start time depends on the airline, but no later than two hours before departure.
Please do not be late for registration! Employees at the check-in counters do not have the technical ability to re-open the check-in after it ends.
For save your time We recommend that you register online. on your airline's website if it provides such a service, or through self-service terminals at the airport (available for flights of UTair, Rossiya, Turkish Airlines). You can also print your electronic boarding pass on a special printer located to the right of the boarding gate for domestic flights.
Please note that in accordance with international requirements, sound announcements about the beginning and end of registration are not made, and announcements about the beginning and end of boarding are made only in the boarding galleries. Please check the information about flights on the board in the terminal or in the online board on our website.
On the third floor of the terminal there is a cafe, a VIP lounge, a business lounge for international lines and airline offices.
The main lounges are located in the boarding galleries of domestic and international lines after passport control. For the convenience of passengers, the terminal has several
Terminal-A has several levels. The third ground level of the terminal is used for check-in of departing passengers; the upper level of the flyover is attached to it. The fourth ground level of the terminal is allocated for VIP passengers, where VIP lounges and meeting rooms are provided.
Vnukovo terminal - A, arrivals level.
The first and second ground levels of the terminal are dedicated to the arrivals area, while the second provides a transit office. The baggage claim area is located on the first floor.
Vnukovo terminal - A, Aeroexpress station.
The lower level (underground) is the exit to the Aeroexpress railway station. There are also left-luggage offices, operational check-in desks for passengers arriving from the Kievsky railway station to Vnukovo airport by Aeroexpress.
Special conditions in the new terminal-A are created for passengers with disabilities. In all halls, the “smooth floor” system is implemented to the maximum.
Terminal-A of Vnukovo airport divided into two zones - domestic and international flights. Thus, a passenger arriving at Vnukovo Airport on a foreign flight and transiting through the Russian Federation has the advantage of an intra-terminal short connection.