# Kirovsk-Apatity Airport (KVK)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10046

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KVK / —
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Russian Air Force
- Serves: Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 10 Jan 1997
- Elevation: 157 m / 515 ft
- Coordinates: 67.4629, 33.5853
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 60,119 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: https://hibiny.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirovsk%E2%80%93Apatity_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1748568
- Ident: RU-10046

## Timeline

- 1977: Soviet Air Forces becomes the operator.
- 25 Dec 1991: Russian Air Force becomes the operator.
- 10 Jan 1997: Kirovsk-Apatity Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Concrete | 112° / 292° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 52,541 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 60,119 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 867 km / 539 mi · Rossiya
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,292 km / 803 mi · Aeroflot
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,334 km / 829 mi · Azimuth

### Seasonal (2)

- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 1,359 km / 844 mi · S7 Airlines
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 1,554 km / 966 mi · Rossiya

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KVK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 2
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 1
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 60K (2017) | #2,017 of 3,974 | #430 in Europe | #95 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =390 in Europe | =136 in RU |
| Elevation | 157 m / 515 ft | =26,805 of 43,403 | =2,661 in Europe | =278 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =1,308 in Europe | #96 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-1110](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-1110.md) Monchegorsk Air Base · 63 km / 39 mi
- [RU-4464](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-4464.md) Olenya Air Base · 77 km / 48 mi
- [RU-6219](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-6219.md) Lovozero Airfield · 86 km / 53 mi
- [ULMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulma.md) Umba Airstrip · 92 km / 57 mi
- [RU-10071](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10071.md) Krasnoshchelye Airstrip · 150 km / 93 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kirovsk–Apatity Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirovsk–Apatity_Airport&oldid=1364228961), revision of 15 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10046/data