# Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport (UUS / UHSS) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhss ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: UUS / UHSS - Type: Large airport - Serves: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia - Opened: 1945 - Elevation: 18 m / 59 ft - Coordinates: 46.8855, 142.7175 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,400 m / 11,155 ft - Passengers: 1,460,000 (2025) - Time zone: UTC+11 · Asia/Sakhalin - Website: http://www.airportus.ru - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk_Airport (26 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766117 - Weather station: UHSS · WMO 32150 - Ident: UHSS ## Timeline - 1945: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport opens. - 2 Sep 1964: Aeroflot Flight 721. 87 killed. - 18 Dec 1976: Q16662448. 8 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 01/19 | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 001° / 181° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2013 | 852,547 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 853,671 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 849,211 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 942,778 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 985,211 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 1,064,853 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 795,873 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 1,069,627 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 1,267,000 | Wikidata | | 2023 | 1,233,000 | Wikidata | | 2024 | 1,460,000 | Wikidata | | 2025 | 1,460,000 | Wikidata | ## Routes 18 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (18) - [EKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhsk.md) Shakhtyorsk Airport · Russia · 261 km / 162 mi · Aurora - [DEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhsm.md) Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport · Russia · 399 km / 248 mi · Aurora - [ZZO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhso.md) Zonalnoye Airport · Russia · 421 km / 262 mi · Aurora - [ITU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhsi.md) Iturup Airport · Russia · 443 km / 275 mi · Aurora - [NGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhsn.md) Nogliki Airport · Russia · 546 km / 339 mi · Aurora - [KHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhhh.md) Khabarovsk Novy Airport · Russia · 592 km / 368 mi · IrAero, S7 Airlines - [OHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhsh.md) Okha Airport · Russia · 737 km / 458 mi · Aurora - [VVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhww.md) Vladivostok International Airport · Russia · 914 km / 568 mi · Aurora, S7 Airlines - [BQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhbb.md) Ignatyevo Airport · Russia · 1,188 km / 738 mi · IrAero - [HRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyhb.md) Harbin Taiping International Airport · China · 1,272 km / 790 mi · Aurora - [PKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhpp.md) Yelizovo Airport · Russia · 1,319 km / 820 mi · Aurora - [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 2,272 km / 1,412 mi · Aurora - [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 2,501 km / 1,554 mi · Aurora - [UUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiuu.md) Baikal International Airport · Russia · 2,587 km / 1,607 mi · IrAero - [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 2,792 km / 1,735 mi · S7 Airlines - [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 3,537 km / 2,198 mi · Aurora - [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 4,169 km / 2,590 mi · S7 Airlines - [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 6,643 km / 4,128 mi · Aeroflot ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from UUS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (4) - HZ [Aurora](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aurora) · 12 - S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 4 - IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 3 - SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1 Former hub of [SAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sat-airlines). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 1.5M (2025) | #694 of 3,974 | #202 in Asia | #27 in RU | | Longest runway | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | =585 of 29,858 | =170 in Asia | =38 in RU | | Elevation | 18 m / 59 ft | =38,756 of 43,403 | =2,536 in Asia | =643 in RU | | Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =161 in Asia | =47 in RU | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | GCA | RDR | 120.600 | | TWR | TWR | 120.600 | ## Nearby airports - [RU-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0021.md) Korsakov Pushistyy Aerodrome · 31 km / 19 mi - [RU-1892](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-1892.md) Dolinsk-Sokol Air Base · 42 km / 26 mi ## 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: “Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk_Airport&oldid=1369294118), revision of 14 Aug 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/uhss/data