Moscow Airoports

The larger cities near Moscow are Kaliningrad, Vnukovo (location of Vnukovo airport), Podolsk, Domodedovo (location of Domodedovo airport), Krasnaya Polyana, Sheremetyevo (location of SVO-2 international airport in Moscow, the largest and the most important one), Shchelkovo - industrial suburb of Moscow.

Moscow Travel Tips

Arriving to Moscow & Departing By Air
Nonstop flights from the United States to Russia are available only to Moscow, originating in New York or Los Angeles. Austrian airline (OS) flies from Vienna to Moscow, Some flights, especially nonstop flights, may be scheduled only on certain days of the week. Depending upon your destination and the originating city, you may need to make more than one connection. Your best bet to travel safe is to use Helsinki, Berlin, Vienna, or Frankfurt, which have the greatest number of connecting flights to/ or from Moscow.

As the single-most important transportation hub in the CIS, Moscow has several airports. Most international flights arrive at Sheremetyevo II Airport (SVO) (PHONE: 095/956-4666 or 095/578-0101), which handles an estimated 11 million passengers a year. Built to cope with only 9 million passengers a year, you can expect lines everywhere and a wait of up to an hour or two at passport control.

In addition to its international airport, the city has four domestic terminals.

Sheremetyevo I Airport (MOW) (PHONE: 095/578-2372), some 30 km (19 mi) northwest of the city center, services domestic flights to St. Petersburg and the former Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). It has also been handling the international flights of some new Russian airlines.

Domodedovo Airport (DME) (PHONE: 095/323-8565, www.eastline.ru/domodedovo), one of the largest airports in the world, is some 48 km (30 mi) southeast of Moscow. After a long renovation it is now probably the safest airport in Russia. The Russian airline Transaero has left Sheremetyevo I for Domodedovo, and has been joined by Swissair and Sabena.

Vnukovo Airport (VKO) (PHONE: 095/436-2813 or 095/436-7112, www.vnukovo-airport.ru/eng/index.html) 29 km (18 mi) southwest of the city center, services flights to Georgia, the southern republics, and Ukraine. Germanwings low-cost airline flies to Moscow Russia from Berlin and Cologne (Koeln) - Cologne/Bonn Moscow Vnukovo CGN - VKO, Berlin Schonefeld Moscow Vnukovo SXF - VKO

Bykovo Airport (BKA) (PHONE: 095/558-4738), the smallest of the domestic terminals, generally handles flights within Russia and some flights to Ukraine.

Flying time is 8½ hours from New York, 10-11 hours from Chicago, and 12 hours from Los Angeles.

Transfers Between the Moscow Airport & Town

By Bus

All of the airports are serviced by municipal buses operating out of the City Airport Terminal (Aerovokzal) at 37 Leningradsky Prospekt, near the metro station Moscow Aeroport. Buses also go from just outside the airport to metro station Rechnoy Vokzal. From there, it is about 25 minutes to the center of Moscow. Service is not convenient, especially if you have luggage, but it is inexpensive. Buses leave for Rechnoy Vokzal metro station every 5 to 10 minutes but are more erratic to the Moscow Aerovokzal; service to Domodedovo and Vnukovo domestic airports is more frequent. Domodedovo is the easiest airport, with a fast train running from the airport to Pavletsky train station. Buses also run frequently from Domodedovo to Moscow Domodedovo metro station. A train also runs from Bykovo to Kazansky train station.

By Taxi

You would be wise to make advance arrangements for your transfer from the airport. There are plenty of gypsy cabs available, but you should know there is a risk of being swindled. If you do take one, bargain, bargain, bargain. If you speak Russian you may get to the center for $20. Anything above $40 is beginning to be a rip-off.

By Car
You can reach Moscow from Finland and St. Petersburg by taking the Helsinki-St. Petersburg Highway (shosse) through Vyborg and St. Petersburg and continuing from there on the Moscow-St. Petersburg Highway.

By Train
Moscow is also the hub of the Russian railway system, and the city's nine Moscow railway stations handle some 400 million passengers annually. There are several trains daily to St. Petersburg, and overnight service is available to Helsinki, Riga, and Tallinn. All the major train stations have a connecting metro stop, so they are easily reached by Moscow public transportation.

The most important stations are Belorussky Vokzal in Moscow, for trains to Belorussia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, and France; Kazansky Vokzal, for points south, Central Asia, and Siberia; Kievsky Vokzal, for Kiev and western Ukraine, Moldova, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary; Kursky Vokzal, for eastern Ukraine, the Crimea, and southern Russia; Leningradsky Vokzal, for St. Petersburg, northern Russia, Estonia, and Finland; Paveletsky Vokzal, for eastern Ukraine and points south; Rizhsky Vokzal, for Latvia; and Yaroslavsky Vokzal, for points east, including Mongolia and China. The Trans-Siberian Express departs every other day at 4:27 PM.

No vaccinations are required for Western tourists visiting Moscow and Russia in general. If you spend more than 3 months in Russia, you must present evidence of a recent AIDS test when applying for a visa. Please check also the US government travel health pages or Travel Health Online for current medical recommendations/requirements and disesase outbreaks in countries you may plan to visit.

sport events

Tickets for sport events are usually sold at the stadium. There is a huge sport complex near the university, where ice-hockey is played during the season. Other popular sport events are soccer games. The Russian Moscow university campus offers a variety of sports and has almost a hundred different sports clubs with many famous Moscow athletes among its peers.

tickets for travel

Train tickets are usually sold at the Moscow train stations where the trains bound for your destination leave. So, ask for tickets to St.Petersburg at the Leningradski train station, to Kazan and middle Asia at the Kazanski train station, to Western Europe at Belorusski station, for Trans-Siberian trains (except No 26 to Novosibirsk via Kazan, which leaves from Kazanski) from Yaroslavski (metro Komsomolskaya) station (go to kassa 45 on the second floor). There are also many state and private agencies in Moscow selling tickets. The Central Railway Agency at Komsomolskaya Ploshchad (Tel 266 8333, metro Komsomolskaya) sells all domestic tickets. For international tickets, check out Agentsvo at 1 Lenningradsky Prospekt (Tel 262 0807, metro Beloruskaya).

For stopovers in Moscow, you need to buy separate tickets for each leg of a journey. In other words, if you would like to travel from Moscow to Peking, stopping over in Irkutsk and Ulan Bator, you need three separate tickets, specifying all your departure dates in advance (i.e., Moscow to Irkutsk, Irkutsk to Ulan Bator, Ulan Bator to Peking). In theory, with a Moscow-Beijing ticket you may stopover in Irkutsk, and with a notation from your conductor, your ticket could still be used to complete travel to Beijing if you pay a significant extra fee in Irkutsk for a reservation on your next train.

transportation

In Moscow, the main means for transportation are metro trains, buses and taxis. The Moscow metro is the fastest and most convenient way to get around. It operates from 5:30am to 1:00am, and metro stations are easily identified by the red (M) signs. Trains run at intervals of 2-4 minutes, and even 1-2 minutes during rush hours, and every 5 minutes later at night. Metro magnetic cards for multiple rides are available at all metro stations in the entrance hall. One card is good for an unlimited number of rides, unless you exit the Moscow metro station, and costs about 30 cents. Monthly and weekly passes are also available.

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