# Rostov-on-Don Airport, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

**Rostov-on-Don Airport** was an airport in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It opened on 25 Jun 1925. It closed on 1 Mar 2018. It had 3 runways; the longest was 2,500 m (8,202 ft). In 2017 it handled 2.8 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-9991

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 25 Jun 1925
- Closed: 1 Mar 2018
- Elevation: 85 m / 280 ft
- Coordinates: 47.2582, 39.8181
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 2,766,000 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://www.aeroport-rostov.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov-on-Don_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432638
- Weather station: URRR · WMO 34730
- Ident: RU-9991

## Timeline

- 25 Jun 1925: Rostov-on-Don Airport opens.
- 23 Dec 1982: Q16662394.
- 19 Mar 2016: Flydubai Flight 981. 62 killed.
- 1 Mar 2018: Rostov-on-Don Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 04R/22L | 1,951 m / 6,400 ft | 75 m / 245 ft | Grass | 046° / 226° |  |
| 08/26 | 1,320 m / 4,330 ft | 85 m / 280 ft | Grass | 092° / 272° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1975 | 1,332,000 | Wikidata |
| 1980 | 1,245,000 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 1,257,261 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,137,776 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,440,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,716,680 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,873,644 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,190,753 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,342,302 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,063,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,094,953 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,766,000 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Donavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/donavia).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 127.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 121.700 |
| GND | TAXIING | 119.000 |
| RDR | RADAR | 121.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0372](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0372.md) Rostov-on-Don Central Air Base · 14 km / 8.7 mi
- [ROV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urrp.md) Platov International Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [TGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urrt.md) Taganrog Yuzhny Airport · 73 km / 46 mi
- [RU-0211](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0211.md) Taganrog Tsentralny Air Base · 74 km / 46 mi
- [EIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10077.md) Yeysk Airport · 138 km / 86 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #9

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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-9991/data