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Sheremetyevo International Airport is Russia’s busiest airport located in the capital of Moscow. Plenty of amenities are accessible at the airport for you to enjoy during a layover. Sleep lounges are available at the various terminals where you can unwind and reenergize before your next flight. SVO also has many eating spots that include restaurants, bars, food stores, and cafes. You can order Russian or western cuisines at SVO during your layover. Duty-free toys, clothing, jewelry and accessories, cosmetics, and alcohol stores are available at SVO.
Passengers flying to Russia can rent a car at the airports. Various rental car companies have offices at Russian airports like SVO and LED. These include Europcar, Rentmotors, Avis, and Budget. Drivers must put on their seatbelts and drive on the right side of the road. Any child below 12 years cannot sit in the front passenger's seat without an appropriate child seat. You can get car seats as additional extras from your car rental provider for a small fee.
The popular international airports in Russia are Sheremetyevo International Airport and Saint Petersburg Airport. SVO is one of the largest and busiest Russian airports. It is located 17 miles from the Moscow city center and serves Moscow, Sheremetyevskiy, Zelenograd, and Tver. On the other hand, Saint Petersburg Airport is 14 miles southeast of the Saint Petersburg city center. The airport serves Saint Petersburg, Veliky Novgorod, and Pskov.
Tourists planning to tour Karelia should fly into Saint Petersburg Airport (LED). Major international US airports like Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), and New York (JFK) have single-transfer flights to LED. Once you land at LED, you can travel by train or bus to Karelia, which should take just under 10h. Buses are the cheaper public transport of the two.
An average nonstop flight from the United States to Russia takes 19h 45m, covering a distance of 5289 miles. The most popular route is New York - Moscow with an average flight time of 22h 15m.
The cheapest ticket to Russia from the United States found in the last 72 hours was $470. The most popular route is New York John F Kennedy Intl to Moscow Domodedovo and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $555.
Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Moscow (84% of total searches to Russia). The next most popular destinations are Saint Petersburg (6%) and Yekaterinburg (0.9%). Searches for flights to Saratov (0.8%), to Kazan (0.7%) and to Krasnodar (0.7%) are also popular.
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