PWE

Pevek Airport

ICAO UHMP69.7833°N 170.5970°E3 m / 11 ftMedium airport
On the map
Airport Pevek satellite
NASA World Wind · Public domain · Commons

Pevek Airport (IATA: PWE, ICAO: UHMP) is a medium airport in Apapelgino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Chukotavia. In 2021 it handled 24 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1939–1939
1939
OpenedPevek Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Аэропорт Певек
17/35167° / 347° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH42 m138 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2016–2021
23K
24K
23K
22K
24K
1617182021

Routes

6 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsYakutia Airlines 3Chukotavia 2S7 Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PWE. From the Wikipedia article “Pevek Airport” (revision of 6 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers24K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,373of 3,974 · #735 Asia · #120 RULongest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =737 Asia · =136 RUElevation3 m11 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,239of 43,341 · =3,078 Asia · #699 RUAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =105 Asia · =39 RURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =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

Radio frequencies

1 channels
APPAPP124.200