# Saratov Central Airport, Russia

**Saratov Central Airport** was an airport in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1931. It closed on 21 Aug 2019. It was operated by Saratov Airlines. In 2018 it handled 426 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-9992

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Saratov Airlines
- Serves: Saratov Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 1931
- Closed: 21 Aug 2019
- Elevation: 152 m / 499 ft
- Coordinates: 51.5650, 46.0467
- Passengers: 425,867 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Europe/Saratov
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratov_Central_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279158
- Weather station: UWSS · WMO 34172
- Ident: RU-9992

## Timeline

- 1931: Saratov Central Airport opens.
- 1 Dec 1971: Aeroflot Flight 2174. 57 killed.
- 21 Aug 2019: Saratov Central Airport closes.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 251,423 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 272,835 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 365,451 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 48,182 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 450,172 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 433,385 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 481,503 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 425,867 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 687 km / 427 mi · S7 Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 750 km / 466 mi · Aeroflot, Ikar
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,342 km / 834 mi · Ikar

### Seasonal (3)

- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 732 km / 455 mi · RusLine
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,011 km / 628 mi · RusLine, Ikar
- [SIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukff.md) Simferopol International Airport · Ukraine · 1,147 km / 713 mi · Ikar

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,979 km / 1,230 mi · UTair Aviation
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,025 km / 1,258 mi · Ikar

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RU-9992, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (5)

- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 5
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 2 · seasonal
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1 · seasonal charter

Former hub of [Saratov Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saratov-airlines).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.100 |
| GND | GND | 119.000 |
| RDR | RADAR | 120.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 128.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-8602](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-8602.md) Engels Air Base · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [GSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsg.md) Gagarin International Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [RU-3709](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-3709.md) Bagay-Baranovka Air Base · 90 km / 56 mi
- [BWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsb.md) Balakovo Airport · 122 km / 76 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #34

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Saratov Central Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saratov_Central_Airport&oldid=1363077468), revision of 7 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-9992/data