# Pevek Airport (PWE / UHMP)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PWE / UHMP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Chukotavia
- Serves: Apapelgino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
- Opened: 1939
- Elevation: 3 m / 11 ft
- Coordinates: 69.7833, 170.5970
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 24,391 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Asia/Anadyr
- Website: http://chukotavia.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pevek_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587323
- Weather station: UHMP · WMO 25051
- Ident: UHMP

## Timeline

- 1939: Pevek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Concrete | 167° / 347° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 22,932 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 24,226 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 22,896 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 21,992 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 24,391 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [KPW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhmk.md) Keperveem Airport · Russia · 280 km / 174 mi · Chukotavia
- [DYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhma.md) Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport · Russia · 639 km / 397 mi · Chukotavia
- [YKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueee.md) Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport · Russia · 1,989 km / 1,236 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 4,011 km / 2,492 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 4,350 km / 2,703 mi · S7 Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 5,581 km / 3,468 mi · Yakutia Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- R3 [Yakutia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yakutia-airlines) · 3
- ADZ [Chukotavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chukotavia) · 2
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 24K (2021) | #2,373 of 3,974 | #733 in Asia | #120 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | =136 in RU |
| Elevation | 3 m / 11 ft | =42,299 of 43,403 | =3,073 in Asia | #699 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =105 in Asia | =39 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.200 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #54

## 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: “Pevek Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pevek_Airport&oldid=1362756372), revision of 6 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/uhmp/data