# Simferopol International Airport (SIP / UKFF)

**Simferopol International Airport** (IATA: SIP, ICAO: UKFF) is a large airport in Simferopol, Crimea (Autonomous Republic), Ukraine. It opened in 1936. It closed in 2022. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,701 m (12,142 ft). In 2021 it handled 6.8 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SIP / UKFF
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Simferopol, Crimea (Autonomous Republic), Ukraine
- Opened: 1936
- Closed: 2022 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 195 m / 639 ft
- Coordinates: 45.0522, 33.9751
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,701 m / 12,142 ft
- Passengers: 6,830,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Simferopol
- Website: http://airport.crimea.ua/en/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simferopol_International_Airport (34 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432871
- Weather station: UKFF
- Ident: UKFF

## Timeline

- 1936: Simferopol International Airport opens.
- 2022: Simferopol International Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01L/19R | 3,701 m / 12,142 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 013° / 193° | yes |
| 01/19 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 845,000 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 963,800 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,113,900 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,204,500 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,800,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 5,018,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 5,201,690 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 5,129,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 5,146,095 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 5,140,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,630,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 6,830,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (25)

- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 408 km / 254 mi · Azimuth, Ural Airlines
- [ROV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urrp.md) Platov International Airport · Russia · 532 km / 331 mi · Azimuth
- [EGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuob.md) Belgorod International Airport · Russia · 652 km / 405 mi · Ural Airlines
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 726 km / 451 mi · Azimuth
- [ESL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urwi.md) Elista Airport · Russia · 817 km / 508 mi · Azimuth
- [VOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuoo.md) Voronezh International Airport · Russia · 845 km / 525 mi · RusLine
- [GSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsg.md) Gagarin International Airport · Russia · 1,163 km / 723 mi · IrAero
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 1,185 km / 736 mi · Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,238 km / 769 mi · Ural Airlines, Aeroflot
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 1,419 km / 882 mi · Ural Airlines
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 1,498 km / 931 mi · Ural Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 1,592 km / 989 mi · Ural Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,658 km / 1,030 mi · Ural Airlines
- [UUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkb.md) Bugulma Airport · Russia · 1,711 km / 1,063 mi · UVT Aero
- [KVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uskk.md) Pobedilovo Airport · Russia · 1,823 km / 1,133 mi · Ural Airlines
- [MQF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscm.md) Magnitogorsk International Airport · Russia · 2,010 km / 1,249 mi · Ural Airlines
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 2,263 km / 1,406 mi · Ural Airlines
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 2,537 km / 1,576 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [MMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulmm.md) Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport · Russia · 2,640 km / 1,640 mi · Ural Airlines
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 2,972 km / 1,847 mi · Ural Airlines
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 3,264 km / 2,028 mi · Ural Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 3,565 km / 2,215 mi · S7 Airlines
- [KEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unee.md) Alexei Leonov Kemerovo International Airport · Russia · 3,784 km / 2,351 mi · Ural Airlines
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 4,170 km / 2,591 mi · Ural Airlines, Aeroflot
- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 5,026 km / 3,123 mi · S7 Airlines

### Seasonal (32)

- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 408 km / 254 mi · Yakutia Airlines, Aeroflot
- [ROV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urrp.md) Platov International Airport · Russia · 532 km / 331 mi · Ural Airlines
- [EGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuob.md) Belgorod International Airport · Russia · 652 km / 405 mi · Ikar
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 726 km / 451 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [URS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuok.md) Kursk East Airport · Russia · 764 km / 475 mi · Yamal Airlines, RusLine
- [VOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuoo.md) Voronezh International Airport · Russia · 845 km / 525 mi · Kostroma Avia, Smartavia
- [VOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urww.md) Volgograd International Airport · Russia · 889 km / 552 mi · RusLine, Smartavia, Ikar
- [LPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuol.md) Lipetsk Airport · Russia · 942 km / 585 mi · S7 Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 1,185 km / 736 mi · Yamal Airlines, Smartavia
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,195 km / 743 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [PEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwpp.md) Penza Airport · Russia · 1,202 km / 747 mi · RusLine
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,204 km / 748 mi · Ural Airlines
- [IWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubi.md) Ivanovo South Airport · Russia · 1,407 km / 874 mi · S7 Airlines
- [ULV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwll.md) Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport · Russia · 1,445 km / 898 mi · RusLine, Ikar
- [KMW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuba.md) Kostroma Sokerkino Airport · Russia · 1,497 km / 930 mi · Kostroma Avia
- [CSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwks.md) Cheboksary Airport · Russia · 1,543 km / 959 mi · Smartavia, Ikar
- [KVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uskk.md) Pobedilovo Airport · Russia · 1,823 km / 1,133 mi · Ikar
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 1,881 km / 1,169 mi · Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero, Smartavia
- [MQF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscm.md) Magnitogorsk International Airport · Russia · 2,010 km / 1,249 mi · Nordwind Airlines, Ikar
- [SCW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuyy.md) Syktyvkar Airport · Russia · 2,144 km / 1,332 mi · Smartavia
- [ARH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulaa.md) Talagi Airport · Russia · 2,213 km / 1,375 mi · Smartavia
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 2,246 km / 1,396 mi · Ural Airlines
- [KRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usuu.md) Kurgan Airport · Russia · 2,488 km / 1,546 mi · S7 Airlines
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 2,972 km / 1,847 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 3,116 km / 1,936 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 3,264 km / 2,028 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 3,565 km / 2,215 mi · Ikar
- [TOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/untt.md) Tomsk Kamov Airport · Russia · 3,720 km / 2,312 mi · Kosmos Airlines
- [NOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unww.md) Spichenkovo Airport · Russia · 3,851 km / 2,393 mi · Kosmos Airlines
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 4,170 km / 2,591 mi · Ikar
- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 5,026 km / 3,123 mi · Yakutia Airlines
- [YKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueee.md) Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport · Russia · 5,971 km / 3,710 mi · Yakutia Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (14)

- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 19
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 8 · seasonal
- 5N [Smartavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartavia) · 7 · seasonal
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 6
- YC [Yamal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yamal-airlines) · 6
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 5
- R3 [Yakutia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yakutia-airlines) · 5 · seasonal
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 4
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 3
- KSM [Kosmos Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kosmos-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- Kostroma Avia · 2 · seasonal
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- RT [UVT Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uvt-aero) · 2
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1

Former hub of [Air Onix](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-onix), [Crimea Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/crimea-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 6.8M (2021) | #287 of 3,974 | #82 in Europe | #2 in UA |
| Longest runway | 3,701 m / 12,142 ft | #269 of 29,858 | #33 in Europe | #2 in UA |
| Elevation | 195 m / 639 ft | =24,656 of 43,403 | =2,261 in Europe | #33 in UA |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =368 in Europe | #6 in UA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =1 in UA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RADAR | 124.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.200 |
| GND | GND | 119.000 |
| OPS | OPS | 131.625 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [UKFG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukfg.md) Gvardeyskoye (Hvardiiske) Air Base · 7.1 km / 4.4 mi
- [UKFI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukfi.md) Saky Air Base · 30 km / 19 mi
- [UA-0010](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-0010.md) Oktyabrskoe Air Base · 31 km / 19 mi
- [UKKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-0022.md) Kacha Air Base · 44 km / 27 mi
- [UKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukfb.md) Sevastopol International Airport / Belbek Air Base · 51 km / 32 mi
- [UKFY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ukfy.md) Dzhankoy Air Base · 80 km / 50 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: “Simferopol International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simferopol_International_Airport&oldid=1369698009), revision of 16 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/ukff/data