# Kyzyl Airport (KYZ / UNKY)

**Kyzyl Airport** (IATA: KYZ, ICAO: UNKY) is a medium airport in Kyzyl, Tuva Republic, Russia. It has one runway, 2,700 m (8,858 ft) long, concrete. In 2021 it handled 89 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KYZ / UNKY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kyzyl, Tuva Republic, Russia
- Elevation: 647 m / 2,123 ft
- Coordinates: 51.6694, 94.4006
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 m / 8,858 ft
- Passengers: 88,806 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+7 · Asia/Krasnoyarsk
- Website: http://www.tuvaavia.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyzyl_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770594
- Ident: UNKY

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 33,651 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 24,786 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 28,521 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 57,266 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 88,806 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 516 km / 321 mi · KrasAvia
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 865 km / 537 mi · S7 Airlines
- [UUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiuu.md) Baikal International Airport · Russia · 897 km / 557 mi · KrasAvia
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,652 km / 2,269 mi · IrAero, S7 Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [UBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zmck.md) Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International Airport · Mongolia · 998 km / 620 mi · KrasAvia

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Tuva Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tuva-airlines)

### Passenger (3)

- KI [KrasAvia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/krasavia) · 3
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 2
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 89K (2021) | #1,860 of 3,974 | #604 in Asia | #88 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | =1,894 of 29,858 | =590 in Asia | =104 in RU |
| Elevation | 647 m / 2,123 ft | =8,334 of 43,403 | #671 in Asia | #27 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: “Kyzyl Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyzyl_Airport&oldid=1375470450), revision of 18 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/unky/data