# Shakhtyorsk Airport (EKS / UHSK)

**Shakhtyorsk Airport** (IATA: EKS, ICAO: UHSK) is a small airport in Shakhtyorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It has one runway, 1,600 m (5,249 ft) long. In 2021 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EKS / UHSK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Shakhtyorsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
- Elevation: 15 m / 50 ft
- Coordinates: 49.1903, 142.0830
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,600 m / 5,249 ft
- Passengers: 8,347 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Asia/Sakhalin
- Website: http://airport-shakhtersk.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakhtyorsk_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16719675
- Ident: UHSK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 3,613 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,939 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,759 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 8,347 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [UUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhss.md) Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport · Russia · 261 km / 162 mi · Aurora
- [KHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhhh.md) Khabarovsk Novy Airport · Russia · 510 km / 317 mi · Aurora

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- HZ [Aurora](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aurora) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2021) | #2,757 of 3,974 | #814 in Asia | #163 in RU |
| Longest runway | 1,600 m / 5,249 ft | =5,810 of 29,858 | =1,305 in Asia | =273 in RU |
| Elevation | 15 m / 50 ft | =39,196 of 43,403 | =2,602 in Asia | =652 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-7218](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-7218.md) Matrosovo Air Base · 63 km / 39 mi
- [RU-0719](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0719.md) Onor Airfield · 121 km / 75 mi
- [UHKP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhkp.md) Sovetskaya Gavan (Postovaya) Airport · 136 km / 85 mi
- [UHKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhkg.md) Kamenny Ruchey Naval Air Base · 137 km / 85 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Shakhtyorsk Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shakhtyorsk_Airport&oldid=1363078254), 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/uhsk/data