# Zaliv Kresta Airport, Egvekinot, Russia

**Zaliv Kresta Airport** is a small airport in Egvekinot, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. In 2021 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhme

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Egvekinot, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
- Elevation: 7 m / 22 ft
- Coordinates: 66.3584, -179.1084
- Passengers: 9,222 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Asia/Anadyr
- Website: http://chukotavia.ru/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2839784
- Ident: UHME

## Timeline

- 1 Sep 1969: Aeroflot Flight 55. 22 killed.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 10,315 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 11,354 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 8,198 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 9,222 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2021) | #2,722 of 3,974 | #811 in Asia | #161 in RU |
| Elevation | 7 m / 22 ft | =41,157 of 43,403 | =2,894 in Asia | #685 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0605](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0605.md) Uelkal Airstrip · 92 km / 57 mi
- [RU-10134](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10134.md) Valunistoe (airport) · 148 km / 92 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)
- [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/uhme/data