UUS

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport

ICAO UHSS46.8855°N 142.7175°E18 m / 59 ftLarge airport
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport (IATA: UUS, ICAO: UHSS) is a large airport in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1945. It has one runway, 3,400 m (11,155 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1945–1976
1945
OpenedYuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport opens.
02 SEP 1964
DisasterAeroflot Flight 721.87 killed
18 DEC 1976
DisasterQ16662448.8 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Старый ТерминалНовый Терминал
01/19001° / 181° · LIT
LENGTH3,400 m11,155 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2013–2025
853K
854K
849K
943K
985K
1.1M
796K
1.1M
1.3M
1.2M
1.5M
1.5M
131415161718202122232425

Routes

18 destinations · 2 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miEKS · Shakhtyorsk Airport · 261 km / 162 miDEE · Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport · 399 km / 248 miZZO · Zonalnoye Airport · 421 km / 262 miITU · Iturup Airport · 443 km / 275 miNGK · Nogliki Airport · 546 km / 339 miKHV · Khabarovsk Novy Airport · 592 km / 368 miOHH · Okha Airport · 737 km / 458 miVVO · Vladivostok International Airport · 914 km / 568 miBQS · Ignatyevo Airport · 1,188 km / 738 miHRB · Harbin Taiping International Airport · 1,272 km / 790 miPKC · Yelizovo Airport · 1,319 km / 820 miPKX · Beijing Daxing International Airport · 2,272 km / 1,412 miPVG · Shanghai Pudong International Airport · 2,501 km / 1,554 miUUD · Baikal International Airport · 2,587 km / 1,607 miIKT · Irkutsk International Airport · 2,792 km / 1,735 miKJA · Krasnoyarsk International Airport · 3,537 km / 2,198 miOVB · Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · 4,169 km / 2,590 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 6,642 km / 4,127 miSVOOVBKJAIKTPVGPKXPKCHRBBQSVVOOHHITUEKSKHVNGKUUDZZODEEUUS
Year-round18
EKSShakhtyorsk AirportRussia · Aurora261 km162 miDEEYuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo AirportRussia · Aurora399 km248 miZZOZonalnoye AirportRussia · Aurora421 km262 miITUIturup AirportRussia · Aurora443 km275 miNGKNogliki AirportRussia · Aurora546 km339 miKHVKhabarovsk Novy AirportRussia · IrAero, S7 Airlines592 km368 miOHHOkha AirportRussia · Aurora737 km458 miVVOVladivostok International AirportRussia · Aurora, S7 Airlines914 km568 miBQSIgnatyevo AirportRussia · IrAero1,188 km738 miHRBHarbin Taiping International AirportChina · Aurora1,272 km790 miPKCYelizovo AirportRussia · Aurora1,319 km820 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · Aurora2,272 km1,412 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Aurora2,501 km1,554 miUUDBaikal International AirportRussia · IrAero2,587 km1,607 miIKTIrkutsk International AirportRussia · S7 Airlines2,792 km1,735 miKJAKrasnoyarsk International AirportRussia · Aurora3,537 km2,198 miOVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · S7 Airlines4,169 km2,590 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot6,642 km4,127 mi
Most destinationsAurora 12S7 Airlines 4IrAero 3Aeroflot 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from UUS. From the Wikipedia article “Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport” (revision of 14 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#694of 3,974 · #202 Asia · #27 RULongest runway3,400 m11,155 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=586of 29,823 · =172 Asia · =38 RUElevation18 m59 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,700of 43,341 · =2,542 Asia · =643 RUAgeOpened 19452026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,524of 15,079 · =161 Asia · =47 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

2 channels
GCARDR120.600
TWRTWR120.600