# Ust-Kut Airport (UKX / UITT)

**Ust-Kut Airport** (IATA: UKX, ICAO: UITT) is a medium airport in Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1963. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,561 ft) long, concrete. In 2018 it handled 90 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UKX / UITT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 1963
- Elevation: 667 m / 2,188 ft
- Coordinates: 56.8567, 105.7300
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,561 ft
- Passengers: 90,026 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Irkutsk
- Website: http://www.uskairport.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ust-Kut_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4478462
- Ident: UITT

## Timeline

- 1963: Ust-Kut Airport opens.
- 17 Dec 1976: 1976 Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crash. 7 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/33 | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 77,903 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 83,521 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 90,026 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 518 km / 322 mi · UTair Aviation, IrAero

### Cargo (1)

- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 815 km / 506 mi · UTair Cargo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- TUM [UTair Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-cargo) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 90K (2018) | #1,854 of 3,974 | #603 in Asia | #87 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,561 ft | =3,972 of 29,858 | =1,105 in Asia | =242 in RU |
| Elevation | 667 m / 2,188 ft | =8,066 of 43,403 | =646 in Asia | #23 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =293 in Asia | =75 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [UIBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uibv.md) Zheleznogorsk Airport · 107 km / 67 mi
- [UITK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uitk.md) Kazachinskaya Airport · 130 km / 80 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: “Ust-Kut Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ust-Kut_Airport&oldid=1363084939), 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/uitt/data