# Vanavara Airport (VAQ / UNIW)

**Vanavara Airport** (IATA: VAQ, ICAO: UNIW) is a medium airport in Vanavara, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It opened in 1948. It has one runway, 1,400 m (4,592 ft) long, concrete. In 2017 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAQ / UNIW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Vanavara, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
- Opened: 1948
- Elevation: 272 m / 892 ft
- Coordinates: 60.3562, 102.3096
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,592 ft
- Passengers: 1,466 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Krasnoyarsk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanavara_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818995
- Ident: UNIW

## Timeline

- 1948: Vanavara Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,400 m / 4,592 ft | 22 m / 72 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 14,753 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,466 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [KCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkm.md) Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport · Russia · 735 km / 457 mi · Azur Air, KrasAvia
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 738 km / 459 mi · Taimyr Air Company

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 1
- KI [KrasAvia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/krasavia) · 1
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2017) | #3,236 of 3,974 | #884 in Asia | #221 in RU |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,592 ft | =7,969 of 29,858 | #1,444 in Asia | #305 in RU |
| Elevation | 272 m / 892 ft | =19,607 of 43,403 | #1,170 in Asia | #129 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =181 in Asia | =52 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Vanavara Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanavara_Airport&oldid=1362758050), 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/uniw/data