# Vologda Airport (VGD / ULWW)

**Vologda Airport** (IATA: VGD, ICAO: ULWW) is a medium airport in Vologda, Vologda Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1931. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Vologda Aviation Enterprise. In 2017 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VGD / ULWW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Vologda Aviation Enterprise
- Serves: Vologda, Vologda Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 1931
- Elevation: 118 m / 387 ft
- Coordinates: 59.2825, 39.9444
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 5,315 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologda_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4123660
- Weather station: ULWW · WMO 27037
- Ident: ULWW

## Timeline

- 1931: Vologda Airport opens.
- 16 Nov 1979: Aeroflot Flight 564.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 6,207 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 5,315 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [VUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulwu.md) Velikiy Ustyug Airport · Russia · 388 km / 241 mi · Vologda Aviation Enterprise
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 441 km / 274 mi · Vologda Aviation Enterprise
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 548 km / 341 mi · Vologda Aviation Enterprise

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VGV [Vologda Aviation Enterprise](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vologda-aviation-enterprise) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5K (2017) | #2,913 of 3,974 | #592 in Europe | #182 in RU |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =971 in Europe | =289 in RU |
| Elevation | 118 m / 387 ft | =29,348 of 43,403 | =3,257 in Europe | =365 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1931 | =452 of 15,079 | =265 in Europe | =11 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-10056](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10056.md) Fedotovo Naval Air Base · 48 km / 30 mi
- [CEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulwc.md) Cherepovets Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [RYB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubk.md) Staroselye Airport · 144 km / 89 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: “Vologda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vologda_Airport&oldid=1362758174), revision of 6 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/ulww/data