# Makhachkala Uytash International Airport (MCX / URML)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MCX / URML
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Dagestan Airlines
- Serves: Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
- Opened: 1927
- Elevation: 4 m / 12 ft
- Coordinates: 42.8168, 47.6523
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,640 m / 8,662 ft
- Passengers: 3,000,000 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://airport-makhachkala.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uytash_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2452159
- Weather station: URML
- Ident: URML

## Timeline

- 1927: Makhachkala Uytash International Airport opens.
- 9 Nov 1978: Q55185304.
- 15 Jan 2009: 2009 Makhachkala Il-76 collision. 4 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,640 m / 8,662 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 149° / 329° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 430,773 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 707,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 869,471 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,068,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,295,353 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,500,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,399,489 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,030,044 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,510,000 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 2,800,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 2,900,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 3,000,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

26 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (22)

- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 301 km / 187 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 400 km / 249 mi · Azimuth
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 628 km / 390 mi · Azimuth
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 1,427 km / 887 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 1,436 km / 892 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [NBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwke.md) Begishevo Airport · Russia · 1,453 km / 903 mi · Ikar
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 1,566 km / 973 mi · Taimyr Air Company, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,568 km / 974 mi · Pobeda
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,578 km / 981 mi · Ural Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,605 km / 997 mi · UTair Aviation, Pobeda
- [IJK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usii.md) Izhevsk Airport · Russia · 1,612 km / 1,002 mi · Ikar
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,637 km / 1,017 mi · Pobeda, Smartavia, Aeroflot
- [KVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uskk.md) Pobedilovo Airport · Russia · 1,748 km / 1,086 mi · Ikar
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 1,777 km / 1,104 mi · Azimuth
- [CEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulwc.md) Cherepovets Airport · Russia · 1,945 km / 1,209 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,077 km / 1,291 mi · flydubai
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,108 km / 1,310 mi · Pobeda
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,142 km / 1,331 mi · Pobeda
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 2,227 km / 1,384 mi · Pobeda, Rossiya
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,479 km / 1,540 mi · Azimuth
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 2,673 km / 1,661 mi · Pobeda
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 3,484 km / 2,165 mi · Rossiya

### Seasonal (9)

- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 628 km / 390 mi · IrAero
- [ULV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwll.md) Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport · Russia · 1,274 km / 792 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [CSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwks.md) Cheboksary Airport · Russia · 1,476 km / 917 mi · Aeroflot
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,637 km / 1,017 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 1,777 km / 1,104 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,890 km / 1,174 mi · Belavia
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 2,227 km / 1,384 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [PES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulpb.md) Petrozavodsk Airport · Russia · 2,299 km / 1,429 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 2,673 km / 1,661 mi · Nordwind Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (16)

- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 7
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 6
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 4
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 3
- D2 [Severstal Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/severstal-air-company) · 3
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 2
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 2
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 2
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1 · seasonal
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1 · seasonal
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1
- 5N [Smartavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartavia) · 1
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 1
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [Dagestan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dagestan-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.0M (2025) | #470 of 3,974 | #140 in Asia | #16 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,640 m / 8,662 ft | #1,998 of 29,858 | #621 in Asia | #112 in RU |
| Elevation | 4 m / 12 ft | =42,227 of 43,403 | =3,059 in Asia | =697 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1927 | =280 of 15,079 | =20 in Asia | #5 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MAKHACHKALA APP | 119.700 |
| TWR | MAKHACHKALA TWR | 121.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0377](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0377.md) Makhachkala-1 Airfield · 28 km / 17 mi
- [RU-0777](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0777.md) Novokayakent Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [RU-0378](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0378.md) Khunzakh Alart Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [RU-0235](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0235.md) Akhty Airfield · 149 km / 93 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: “Uytash Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uytash_Airport&oldid=1375935019), 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/urml/data