# Krasnoyarsk International Airport (KJA / UNKL)

**Krasnoyarsk International Airport** (IATA: KJA, ICAO: UNKL) is a large airport in Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It opened in 1980. It has one runway, 3,700 m (12,139 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 4.3 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KJA / UNKL
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
- Opened: 1980
- Elevation: 287 m / 942 ft
- Coordinates: 56.1757, 92.4858
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
- Passengers: 4,263,566 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Krasnoyarsk
- Website: http://www.kja.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_International_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431601
- Weather station: UNKL
- Ident: UNKL

## Timeline

- 1980: Krasnoyarsk International Airport opens.
- 23 Dec 1984: Aeroflot Flight 3519. 110 killed.
- 20 Jan 1995: Q120269168. 3 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 2,064,629 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,066,020 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,804,821 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,822,877 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,298,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,587,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,656,190 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,694,817 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 3,092,342 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 3,774,449 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 4,282,721 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 4,263,566 | Wikidata |

## Routes

84 destinations in 12 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (77)

- [ABA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unaa.md) Abakan International Airport · Russia · 280 km / 174 mi · KrasAvia
- [BGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkb.md) Boguchany Airport · Russia · 387 km / 240 mi · KrasAvia
- [KEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unee.md) Alexei Leonov Kemerovo International Airport · Russia · 412 km / 256 mi · KrasAvia
- [NOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unww.md) Spichenkovo Airport · Russia · 444 km / 276 mi · KrasAvia
- [TOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/untt.md) Tomsk Kamov Airport · Russia · 450 km / 280 mi · KrasAvia
- [VEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unis.md) Severo-Yeniseysk Airport · Russia · 468 km / 291 mi · KrasAvia
- [KYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unky.md) Kyzyl Airport · Russia · 516 km / 321 mi · KrasAvia
- [TGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unip.md) Podkamennaya Tunguska Airport · Russia · 619 km / 385 mi · KrasAvia
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 633 km / 393 mi · Taimyr Air Company, S7 Airlines
- [RGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unbg.md) Gorno-Altaysk Airport · Russia · 637 km / 396 mi · KrasAvia, S7 Airlines
- [BKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unib.md) Baykit Airport · Russia · 650 km / 404 mi · KrasAvia
- [BAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unbb.md) Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport · Russia · 653 km / 406 mi · KrasAvia
- [VAQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uniw.md) Vanavara Airport · Russia · 738 km / 459 mi · KrasAvia
- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 886 km / 551 mi · IrAero, Rossiya, S7 Airlines
- [GOY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unit.md) Tura Mountain Airport · Russia · 1,006 km / 625 mi · KrasAvia
- [NZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiun.md) Nizhneangarsk International Airport · Russia · 1,062 km / 660 mi · KrasAvia
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 1,065 km / 662 mi · KrasAvia
- [UUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiuu.md) Baikal International Airport · Russia · 1,088 km / 676 mi · KrasAvia
- [THX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uott.md) Turukhansk Airport · Russia · 1,097 km / 682 mi · KrasAvia
- [TLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uect.md) Talakan Airport · Russia · 1,163 km / 723 mi · KrasAvia
- [SES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uoig.md) Svetlogorsk Airport · Russia · 1,205 km / 749 mi · KrasAvia
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 1,209 km / 751 mi · Rossiya
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,235 km / 767 mi · Rossiya
- [IAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uoii.md) Igarka Airport · Russia · 1,288 km / 800 mi · KrasAvia
- [UBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zmck.md) Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International Airport · Mongolia · 1,361 km / 846 mi · KrasAvia
- [TKM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0056.md) Taksimo Airport · Russia · 1,380 km / 857 mi · KrasAvia
- [NUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmu.md) Novy Urengoy Airport · Russia · 1,386 km / 861 mi · Rossiya
- [ULK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerl.md) Lensk Airport · Russia · 1,386 km / 861 mi · KrasAvia
- [MJZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerr.md) Mirny Airport · Russia · 1,402 km / 871 mi · Rossiya
- [HTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiaa.md) Chita-Kadala International Airport · Russia · 1,427 km / 887 mi · Rossiya
- [HMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ushh.md) Khanty Mansiysk Airport · Russia · 1,449 km / 900 mi · Rossiya
- [NSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uooo.md) Alykel International Airport · Russia · 1,482 km / 921 mi · Taimyr Air Company
- [PYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uerp.md) Polyarny Airport · Russia · 1,531 km / 951 mi · Rossiya
- [CZR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiar.md) Chara Airport · Russia · 1,573 km / 977 mi · KrasAvia
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 1,652 km / 1,027 mi · Rossiya
- [OLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uemo.md) Olyokminsk Airport · Russia · 1,688 km / 1,049 mi · KrasAvia
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,798 km / 1,117 mi · Rossiya
- [NZH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbmz.md) Manzhouli Xijiao Airport · China · 1,809 km / 1,124 mi · IrAero
- [HTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uohh.md) Khatanga Airport · Russia · 1,817 km / 1,129 mi · KrasAvia
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 1,925 km / 1,196 mi · Rossiya
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 1,930 km / 1,199 mi · Ural Airlines, Aeroflot, Rossiya
- [BSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafm.md) Manas International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 1,940 km / 1,205 mi · Rossiya
- [NER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uell.md) Chulman Airport · Russia · 1,971 km / 1,225 mi · Rossiya
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 2,187 km / 1,359 mi · Rossiya
- [OSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafo.md) Osh International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 2,244 km / 1,394 mi · Ural Airlines, Rossiya
- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,248 km / 1,397 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [NMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utfn.md) Namangan International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,267 km / 1,409 mi · Uzbekistan Airways
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 2,293 km / 1,425 mi · Azimuth
- [FEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utkf.md) Fergana International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,316 km / 1,439 mi · Uzbekistan Airways
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,355 km / 1,463 mi · Centrum Air, Ural Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, Rossiya
- [BQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhbb.md) Ignatyevo Airport · Russia · 2,379 km / 1,478 mi · Rossiya
- [LBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdl.md) Khujand International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · Ural Airlines
- [REN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwoo.md) Orenburg Central Airport · Russia · 2,438 km / 1,515 mi · KrasAvia
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 2,549 km / 1,584 mi · Rossiya
- [HRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyhb.md) Harbin Taiping International Airport · China · 2,607 km / 1,620 mi · Rossiya
- [SKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utss.md) Samarkand International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,611 km / 1,622 mi · Ural Airlines
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,623 km / 1,630 mi · Somon Air, Ural Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 2,651 km / 1,647 mi · Nordwind Airlines, Rossiya
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 2,683 km / 1,667 mi · Rossiya
- [KHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhhh.md) Khabarovsk Novy Airport · Russia · 2,969 km / 1,845 mi · Aurora, Rossiya
- [VVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhww.md) Vladivostok International Airport · Russia · 3,125 km / 1,942 mi · Aurora, Rossiya
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,323 km / 2,065 mi · Taimyr Air Company
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 3,327 km / 2,067 mi · Pobeda, Aeroflot
- [GDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhmm.md) Sokol Airport · Russia · 3,340 km / 2,075 mi · Rossiya
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 3,351 km / 2,082 mi · UTair Aviation
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 3,484 km / 2,165 mi · Rossiya
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 3,513 km / 2,183 mi · IrAero
- [UUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhss.md) Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport · Russia · 3,537 km / 2,198 mi · Rossiya
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 3,553 km / 2,208 mi · Taimyr Air Company, Nordwind Airlines, Rossiya
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 3,594 km / 2,233 mi · Rossiya
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 3,666 km / 2,278 mi · Azimuth, Rossiya
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 3,851 km / 2,393 mi · Aeroflot, Rossiya
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 3,884 km / 2,413 mi · Shirak Avia
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 3,914 km / 2,432 mi · Taimyr Air Company, Nordwind Airlines, Rossiya
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 4,021 km / 2,499 mi · Rossiya
- [PKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhpp.md) Yelizovo Airport · Russia · 4,091 km / 2,542 mi · Rossiya
- [DYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhma.md) Ugolny Yuri Ryktheu Airport · Russia · 4,399 km / 2,733 mi · Rossiya

### Seasonal (3)

- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 4,443 km / 2,761 mi · Aeroflot
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 4,778 km / 2,969 mi · Aeroflot
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 5,369 km / 3,336 mi · Aeroflot

### Seasonal charter (5)

- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 4,657 km / 2,894 mi · VietJet Air
- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 4,892 km / 3,040 mi · Azur Air
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 5,120 km / 3,181 mi · Azur Air, Ikar, VietJet Air
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 5,369 km / 3,336 mi · Azur Air
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 5,559 km / 3,454 mi · Azur Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (3)

- KI [KrasAvia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/krasavia) · 27
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 6
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 1 · seasonal charter

### Passenger (17)

- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 35
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 6
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 5
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 4 · seasonal charter
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 3
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 3
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 3
- HY [Uzbekistan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uzbekistan-airways) · 3
- HZ [Aurora](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aurora) · 2
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 2
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 2 · seasonal charter
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 1
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1
- 5G [Shirak Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shirak-avia) · 1
- SZ [Somon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/somon-air) · 1
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [KrasAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/krasair), [Sibaviatrans](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sibaviatrans).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4.3M (2025) | #368 of 3,974 | #110 in Asia | #12 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,700 m / 12,139 ft | =270 of 29,858 | =81 in Asia | =11 in RU |
| Elevation | 287 m / 942 ft | =18,701 of 43,403 | #1,134 in Asia | #122 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1980 | =8,063 of 15,079 | =396 in Asia | #87 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | KRASNOYARSK APP | 127.700 |
| TWR | KRASNOYARSK TWR | 118.300 |
| TWR | KRASNOYARSK TAXIING | 121.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [KCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkm.md) Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport · 3.7 km / 2.3 mi
- [RU-0156](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0156.md) Solnechniy Airfield · 29 km / 18 mi
- [RU-0071](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0071.md) Kuznetsovo Airfield · 40 km / 25 mi
- [RU-0639](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0639.md) Voznesenka Airfield · 50 km / 31 mi
- [RU-0157](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0157.md) Manskiy Airfield · 93 km / 57 mi
- [RU-0466](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0466.md) Balakhta Airport · 109 km / 67 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: “Krasnoyarsk International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krasnoyarsk_International_Airport&oldid=1374857265), revision of 14 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/unkl/data