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Makhachkala Uytash International Airport

ICAO URML42.8168°N 47.6523°E4 m / 12 ftLarge airport
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Makhachkala Uytash International Airport (IATA: MCX, ICAO: URML) is a large airport in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It opened in 1927. It has one runway, 2,640 m (8,662 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Dagestan Airlines. In 2025 it handled 3.0 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1927–2009
1927
OpenedMakhachkala Uytash International Airport opens.
09 NOV 1978
DisasterQ55185304.
15 JAN 2009
Disaster2009 Makhachkala Il-76 collision.4 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Терминал АVIP терминалТерминал B
14/32149° / 329° · LIT
LENGTH2,640 m8,662 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
431K
707K
869K
1.1M
1.3M
1.5M
1.4M
2.0M
2.5M
2.8M
2.9M
3.0M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

26 destinations · 6 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miSCO · Aktau International Airport · 301 km / 187 miMRV · Mineralnye Vody Airport · 400 km / 249 miAER · Sochi International Airport · 628 km / 390 miKZN · Kazan International Airport · 1,427 km / 887 miUFA · Ufa International Airport · 1,436 km / 892 miNBC · Begishevo Airport · 1,453 km / 903 miDME · Domodedovo International Airport · 1,566 km / 973 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,568 km / 974 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 1,578 km / 981 miVKO · Vnukovo International Airport · 1,605 km / 997 miIJK · Izhevsk Airport · 1,612 km / 1,002 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 1,636 km / 1,017 miKVX · Pobedilovo Airport · 1,748 km / 1,086 miPEE · Perm International Airport · 1,777 km / 1,104 miCEE · Cherepovets Airport · 1,945 km / 1,209 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,077 km / 1,291 miDWC · Al Maktoum International Airport · 2,108 km / 1,310 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,142 km / 1,331 miLED · Pulkovo Airport · 2,227 km / 1,384 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 2,479 km / 1,540 miSGC · Surgut International Airport · 2,673 km / 1,661 miKJA · Krasnoyarsk International Airport · 3,484 km / 2,165 miULV · Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport · 1,274 km / 792 miCSY · Cheboksary Airport · 1,476 km / 917 miMSQ · Minsk National Airport · 1,890 km / 1,174 miPES · Petrozavodsk Airport · 2,299 km / 1,429 miKJASGCJEDPESLEDAUHCEEMSQPEEKVXSVOAYTISTCSYNBCAERSCODXBIJKUFAKZNULVMRVDMEDWCVKOMCX
Year-round22
SCOAktau International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines301 km187 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth400 km249 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Azimuth628 km390 miKZNKazan International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,427 km887 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,436 km892 miNBCBegishevo AirportRussia · Ikar1,453 km903 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Taimyr Air Company, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines1,566 km973 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Pobeda1,568 km974 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Ural Airlines1,578 km981 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda1,605 km997 miIJKIzhevsk AirportRussia · Ikar1,612 km1,002 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Smartavia, Aeroflot1,636 km1,017 miKVXPobedilovo AirportRussia · Ikar1,748 km1,086 miPEEPerm International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,777 km1,104 miCEECherepovets AirportRussia · Severstal Air Company1,945 km1,209 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai2,077 km1,291 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pobeda2,108 km1,310 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pobeda2,142 km1,331 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Pobeda, Rossiya2,227 km1,384 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Azimuth2,479 km1,540 miSGCSurgut International AirportRussia · Pobeda2,673 km1,661 miKJAKrasnoyarsk International AirportRussia · Rossiya3,484 km2,165 mi
Most destinationsPobeda 7Nordwind Airlines 6Azimuth 4Ikar 3Severstal Air Company 3Ural Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MCX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Uytash Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#470of 3,974 · #140 Asia · #16 RULongest runway2,640 m8,662 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,998of 29,823 · #623 Asia · #112 RUElevation4 m12 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,167of 43,341 · =3,064 Asia · =697 RUAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =20 Asia · #5 RURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =32 RU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPMAKHACHKALA APP119.700
TWRMAKHACHKALA TWR121.300