# Brest International Airport (BQT / UMBB)

**Brest International Airport** (IATA: BQT, ICAO: UMBB) is a large airport in Brest, Brest Region, Belarus. It opened in 1976. It has one runway, 2,620 m (8,596 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BQT / UMBB
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Brest, Brest Region, Belarus
- Opened: 1976 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 143 m / 468 ft
- Coordinates: 52.1081, 23.8968
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,620 m / 8,596 ft
- Passengers: 4,197 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Minsk
- Website: https://brestobl.com/spraw2/trans/10_1.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brest_Airport (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27048
- Weather station: UMBB · WMO 33008
- Ident: UMBB

## Timeline

- 1976: Brest International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,620 m / 8,596 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Asphalt | 114° / 294° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 553 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 4,197 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 942 km / 585 mi · Belavia
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 978 km / 608 mi · Belavia

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,776 km / 1,104 mi · Belavia
- [DBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal.md) El Alamein International Airport · Egypt · 2,385 km / 1,482 mi · Belavia
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 2,821 km / 1,753 mi · Belavia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2018) | #2,961 of 3,974 | #601 in Europe | #3 in BY |
| Longest runway | 2,620 m / 8,596 ft | #2,026 of 29,858 | #317 in Europe | #6 in BY |
| Elevation | 143 m / 468 ft | =27,715 of 43,403 | =2,877 in Europe | #18 in BY |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =1,208 in Europe | #5 in BY |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =3 in BY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 127.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [BY-0044](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0044.md) Mihalin Airfield · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [UMBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umbk.md) Borisovo Air Base · 35 km / 22 mi
- [BY-0043](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0043.md) Minkavichi Agricultural Airstrip · 37 km / 23 mi
- [BY-0037](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0037.md) Mestnyy Airfield · 57 km / 36 mi
- [PL-0175](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pl-0175.md) Lotnisko Wisznice · 62 km / 39 mi
- [UMNV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umnv.md) Pruzhany Air Base · 62 km / 39 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: “Brest Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brest_Airport&oldid=1373167026), revision of 4 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/umbb/data