# Minsk National Airport (MSQ / UMMS)

**Minsk National Airport** (IATA: MSQ, ICAO: UMMS) is a large airport in Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus. It opened in 1982. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,700 m (12,139 ft). In 2023 it handled 2.5 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MSQ / UMMS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Minsk, Minsk Region, Belarus
- Opened: 1982
- Elevation: 204 m / 670 ft
- Coordinates: 53.8881, 28.0400
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
- Passengers: 2,497,631 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Minsk
- Website: http://airport.by/en
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_National_Airport (50 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q777855
- Weather station: UMMS
- Ident: UMMS

## Timeline

- 1982: Minsk National Airport opens.
- 1 Feb 1985: Aeroflot Flight 7841. 58 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13L/31R | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 138° / 318° | yes |
| 13R/31L | 3,641 m / 11,946 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 139° / 319° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 1,285,423 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,437,825 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,837,911 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,182,177 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,593,559 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,783,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,429,122 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,115,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 4,536,644 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 5,101,766 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,939,192 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 2,497,631 | Wikidata |

## Routes

55 destinations in 18 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (38)

- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 494 km / 307 mi · Belavia
- [KLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubc.md) Grabtsevo Airport · Russia · 546 km / 339 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 621 km / 386 mi · Pobeda, Belavia
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 640 km / 398 mi · Aeroflot, Belavia
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 656 km / 408 mi · Belavia
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 671 km / 417 mi · Pobeda, Belavia
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 674 km / 419 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Belavia
- [CEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulwc.md) Cherepovets Airport · Russia · 854 km / 531 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 1,033 km / 642 mi · Aeroflot
- [CSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwks.md) Cheboksary Airport · Russia · 1,251 km / 777 mi · Aeroflot
- [ULV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwll.md) Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport · Russia · 1,313 km / 816 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 1,371 km / 852 mi · Belavia
- [ARH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulaa.md) Talagi Airport · Russia · 1,387 km / 862 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,403 km / 872 mi · Turkish Airlines, Belavia
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,449 km / 900 mi · Belavia
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 1,451 km / 902 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,529 km / 950 mi · Azimuth
- [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · Georgia · 1,681 km / 1,045 mi · Belavia
- [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · Georgia · 1,694 km / 1,053 mi · Belavia
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 1,787 km / 1,110 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 1,799 km / 1,118 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Belavia
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 1,846 km / 1,147 mi · Belavia
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,958 km / 1,217 mi · Belavia
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 2,077 km / 1,291 mi · Belavia
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 2,141 km / 1,330 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 2,218 km / 1,378 mi · Belavia
- [KRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utak.md) Turkmenbaşy International Airport · Turkmenistan · 2,417 km / 1,502 mi · Belavia
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 2,493 km / 1,549 mi · Belavia
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,913 km / 1,810 mi · Belavia
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 3,337 km / 2,074 mi · Belavia
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 3,505 km / 2,178 mi · Somon Air
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 3,704 km / 2,302 mi · SCAT Airlines, Belavia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,903 km / 2,425 mi · flydubai, Belavia
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 4,346 km / 2,700 mi · Belavia
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 4,837 km / 3,006 mi · Belavia
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 6,409 km / 3,982 mi · Air China
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 6,438 km / 4,000 mi · Air China
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 7,652 km / 4,755 mi · Belavia

### Seasonal (3)

- [PES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulpb.md) Petrozavodsk Airport · Russia · 959 km / 596 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [MMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulmm.md) Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport · Russia · 1,674 km / 1,040 mi · Belavia
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 1,890 km / 1,174 mi · Belavia

### Seasonal charter (14)

- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 1,735 km / 1,078 mi · Belavia
- [BJV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfe.md) Milas Bodrum International Airport · Türkiye · 1,850 km / 1,150 mi · Belavia
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,901 km / 1,181 mi · Belavia
- [NBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtnh.md) Enfidha - Hammamet International Airport · Tunisia · 2,402 km / 1,493 mi · Belavia
- [DBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal.md) El Alamein International Airport · Egypt · 2,554 km / 1,587 mi · Belavia
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 2,927 km / 1,819 mi · Belavia
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 3,007 km / 1,868 mi · Belavia
- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · Sri Lanka · 7,103 km / 4,414 mi · Belavia
- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 7,758 km / 4,821 mi · Belavia
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 7,813 km / 4,855 mi · Belavia
- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 7,932 km / 4,929 mi · Belavia, VietJet Air
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 7,993 km / 4,967 mi · Belavia
- [PQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvpq.md) Phú Quốc International Airport · Vietnam · 8,177 km / 5,081 mi · Belavia
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 8,356 km / 5,192 mi · Belavia

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (4)

- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 41
- GNX [Genex](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/genex)
- RSB [Ruby Star](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ruby-star)
- AL [TransAVIAexport Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transaviaexport-airlines)

### Passenger (11)

- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 7
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 3
- D2 [Severstal Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/severstal-air-company) · 3
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 2
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 2
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1
- SZ [Somon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/somon-air) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.5M (2023) | #516 of 3,974 | #138 in Europe | #1 in BY |
| Longest runway | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | =270 of 29,858 | =34 in Europe | #1 in BY |
| Elevation | 204 m / 670 ft | =23,983 of 43,403 | #2,162 in Europe | #5 in BY |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =1,240 in Europe | #6 in BY |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =1 in BY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MINSK APP | 125.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.850 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| PMSV | MINSK VOLMET | 126.675 |
| RDR | MINSK RADAR | 125.250 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [BY-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0014.md) Lipki Air Base · 22 km / 14 mi
- [UMLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umli.md) Minsk Machulishchy Air Base · 33 km / 20 mi
- [BY-0045](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0045.md) Sivitsa Aerodrome · 43 km / 26 mi
- [BY-0041](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0041.md) Avia-Mensk Airstrip · 44 km / 27 mi
- [BY-0022](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0022.md) Dzerzhinsky Highway Strip · 51 km / 32 mi
- [BY-0027](https://dromopedia.com/airports/by-0027.md) Kisyali Airfield · 75 km / 46 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: “Minsk National Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minsk_National_Airport&oldid=1376003123), revision of 21 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/umms/data