# Irkutsk International Airport (IKT / UIII)

**Irkutsk International Airport** (IATA: IKT, ICAO: UIII) is a large airport in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1933. It has one runway, 3,565 m (11,696 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 4.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IKT / UIII
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 1933
- Elevation: 511 m / 1,675 ft
- Coordinates: 52.2667, 104.3956
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,565 m / 11,696 ft
- Passengers: 4,000,000 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Irkutsk
- Website: http://www.iktport.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Airport_Irkutsk (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431564
- Weather station: UIII · WMO 30710
- Ident: UIII

## Timeline

- 1933: Irkutsk International Airport opens.
- 13 Jul 1963: Aeroflot Flight 12. 33 killed.
- 25 Jul 1971: Aeroflot Flight 1912. 97 killed.
- 4 Oct 1974: Q16702241. 13 killed.
- 9 Feb 1976: Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976). 24 killed.
- 26 Jul 1999: Q4055390.
- 9 Jul 2006: S7 Airlines Flight 778. 125 killed.
- 3 Nov 2021: 2021 Grodno Aviakompania Antonov An-12 crash. 9 killed.
- 2 Dec 2021: Q113411162.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,565 m / 11,696 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 114° / 294° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,712,781 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,695,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,652,799 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,010,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,181,998 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,433,794 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,344,484 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,077,769 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,632,834 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 3,787,498 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 3,960,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 4,000,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

58 destinations in 11 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (55)

- [UUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiuu.md) Baikal International Airport · Russia · 214 km / 133 mi · IrAero, S7 Airlines
- [BTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uibb.md) Bratsk Airport · Russia · 488 km / 303 mi · UTair Aviation, S7 Airlines
- [UITK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uitk.md) Kazachinskaya Airport · Russia · 491 km / 305 mi · SiLA (airlines)
- [UKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uitt.md) Ust-Kut Airport · Russia · 518 km / 322 mi · UTair Aviation, IrAero
- [UBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zmck.md) Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International Airport · Mongolia · 542 km / 337 mi · IrAero
- [HTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiaa.md) Chita-Kadala International Airport · Russia · 608 km / 378 mi · IrAero, S7 Airlines
- [UIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uibs.md) Ust-Ilimsk Airport · Russia · 663 km / 412 mi · SiLA (airlines)
- [UIKM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uikm.md) Mama Airport · Russia · 860 km / 534 mi · IrAero
- [ODO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uikb.md) Bodaybo Airport · Russia · 882 km / 548 mi · IrAero
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 886 km / 551 mi · UTair Aviation, KrasAvia, Rossiya, S7 Airlines
- [TLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uect.md) Talakan Airport · Russia · 940 km / 584 mi · IrAero
- [NZH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbmz.md) Manzhouli Xijiao Airport · China · 954 km / 593 mi · IrAero
- [CZR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiar.md) Chara Airport · Russia · 1,030 km / 640 mi · IrAero
- [ULK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerl.md) Lensk Airport · Russia · 1,135 km / 705 mi · IrAero
- [NOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unww.md) Spichenkovo Airport · Russia · 1,181 km / 734 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [RGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unbg.md) Gorno-Altaysk Airport · Russia · 1,264 km / 785 mi · S7 Airlines
- [MJZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerr.md) Mirny Airport · Russia · 1,276 km / 793 mi · IrAero
- [TOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/untt.md) Tomsk Kamov Airport · Russia · 1,320 km / 820 mi · UTair Aviation
- [OLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uemo.md) Olyokminsk Airport · Russia · 1,335 km / 830 mi · IrAero
- [NER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uell.md) Chulman Airport · Russia · 1,413 km / 878 mi · IrAero, S7 Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 1,461 km / 908 mi · Taimyr Air Company, IrAero, S7 Airlines
- [BQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhbb.md) Ignatyevo Airport · Russia · 1,605 km / 997 mi · IrAero, S7 Airlines
- [PYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerp.md) Polyarny Airport · Russia · 1,627 km / 1,011 mi · IrAero
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 1,644 km / 1,022 mi · Hainan Airlines, Air China
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 1,692 km / 1,051 mi · S7 Airlines
- [HRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyhb.md) Harbin Taiping International Airport · China · 1,750 km / 1,087 mi · IrAero
- [YKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueee.md) Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport · Russia · 1,860 km / 1,156 mi · Yakutia Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 2,055 km / 1,277 mi · S7 Airlines
- [KHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhhh.md) Khabarovsk Novy Airport · Russia · 2,204 km / 1,370 mi · Aurora, S7 Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,252 km / 1,399 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [VVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhww.md) Vladivostok International Airport · Russia · 2,276 km / 1,414 mi · S7 Airlines
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 2,530 km / 1,572 mi · S7 Airlines
- [OSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafo.md) Osh International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 2,716 km / 1,688 mi · Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [AZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utka.md) Andijan International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,741 km / 1,703 mi · S7 Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 2,742 km / 1,704 mi · S7 Airlines
- [NMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utfn.md) Namangan International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,772 km / 1,722 mi · Ural Airlines
- [UUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhss.md) Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport · Russia · 2,792 km / 1,735 mi · S7 Airlines
- [FEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utkf.md) Fergana International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,803 km / 1,742 mi · S7 Airlines
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 2,808 km / 1,745 mi · Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,904 km / 1,804 mi · Ural Airlines
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 3,125 km / 1,942 mi · Ural Airlines
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 3,162 km / 1,965 mi · UTair Aviation, Taimyr Air Company, S7 Airlines
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 3,299 km / 2,050 mi · S7 Airlines
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 3,454 km / 2,146 mi · IrAero
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 3,531 km / 2,194 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [PKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhpp.md) Yelizovo Airport · Russia · 3,554 km / 2,208 mi · S7 Airlines
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 3,802 km / 2,362 mi · Aeroflot
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 4,208 km / 2,615 mi · Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 4,213 km / 2,618 mi · Pobeda, Aeroflot
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 4,303 km / 2,674 mi · Aeroflot, S7 Airlines
- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 4,412 km / 2,741 mi · S7 Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 4,431 km / 2,753 mi · Rossiya, S7 Airlines
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 4,499 km / 2,796 mi · IrAero
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 4,742 km / 2,947 mi · S7 Airlines
- [KLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvk.md) Kalibo International Airport · Philippines · 4,793 km / 2,978 mi · IrAero

### Seasonal (4)

- [ABA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unaa.md) Abakan International Airport · Russia · 885 km / 550 mi · IrAero
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 4,499 km / 2,796 mi · Aeroflot
- [KLO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvk.md) Kalibo International Airport · Philippines · 4,793 km / 2,978 mi · IrAero
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 4,941 km / 3,070 mi · Aeroflot, S7 Airlines

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 4,412 km / 2,741 mi · Azur Air
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 4,499 km / 2,796 mi · Azur Air, Ikar, VietJet Air
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 4,941 km / 3,070 mi · Azur Air, Ikar

### Cargo (1)

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · India · 3,563 km / 2,214 mi · Volga-Dnepr Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (3)

- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 29
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 21
- 2G [Angara Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/angara-airlines)

### Passenger (17)

- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 6
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 5
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 5
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 3 · seasonal charter
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 2 · seasonal charter
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 2
- [SiLA](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sila) · 2
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 2
- R3 [Yakutia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yakutia-airlines) · 2
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 1
- HZ [Aurora](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aurora) · 1
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1
- KI [KrasAvia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/krasavia) · 1
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 1
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 1
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 1
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 1 · seasonal charter

### Cargo (1)

- VI [Volga-Dnepr Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volga-dnepr-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4.0M (2025) | #386 of 3,974 | #115 in Asia | #13 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,565 m / 11,696 ft | #452 of 29,858 | #138 in Asia | #19 in RU |
| Elevation | 511 m / 1,675 ft | =10,735 of 43,403 | #814 in Asia | #49 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1933 | =521 of 15,079 | =56 in Asia | =22 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 125.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.850 |
| GND | TAXIING | 121.700 |
| MISC | TRANSIT | 131.700 |
| PMSV | VOLMET | 125.475 |
| RDR | RADAR | 119.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0036](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0036.md) Irkutsk Northwest Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [RU-0276](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0276.md) Oyok Airfield · 32 km / 20 mi
- [UIIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiib.md) Belaya Air Base · 91 km / 56 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: “International Airport Irkutsk”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Airport_Irkutsk&oldid=1374857240), revision of 14 Sep 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/uiii/data