KVK

Kirovsk-Apatity Airport

67.4629°N 33.5853°E157 m / 515 ftSmall airport
On the map
Kirovsk-Apatity Airport
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Kirovsk-Apatity Airport (IATA: KVK) is a small airport in Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It opened on 10 Jan 1997. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Russian Air Force. In 2017 it handled 60 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1977–1997
1977
MilestoneSoviet Air Forces becomes the operator.
25 DEC 1991
MilestoneRussian Air Force becomes the operator.
10 JAN 1997
OpenedKirovsk-Apatity Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Аэропорт Хибины
11/29112° / 292° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH42 m138 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2016–2017
53K
60K
1617

Routes

5 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KVK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kirovsk–Apatity Airport” (revision of 15 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

4 airlines · destinations from KVK
Passenger4
FVRossiya2SUAeroflot1A4Azimuth1S7S7 Airlinesseasonal · 1

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from KVK. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers60K (2017)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,017of 3,974 · #430 Europe · #95 RULongest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,333of 29,858 · =390 Europe · =136 RUElevation157 m515 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=26,805of 43,403 · =2,661 Europe · =278 RUAgeOpened 19972026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,733of 15,079 · =1,308 Europe · #96 RURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =646 Europe · =32 RU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record