AER
Sochi International Airport
Sochi International Airport (IATA: AER, ICAO: URSS) is a large airport in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It opened on 23 Nov 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,895 m (9,498 ft). It is operated by Basel.Aero. In 2025 it handled 12.5 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1945–200623 NOV 1945
OpenedSochi International Airport opens.
28 JUL 1962
DisasterAeroflot Flight 415.81 killed
01 OCT 1972
DisasterAeroflot Flight 1036.109 killed
03 MAY 2006
DisasterArmavia Flight 967.113 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06/24058° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH2,895 m9,498 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
02/20022° / 202° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH49 m161 ftSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2013–20252.4M
3.1M
4.1M
5.3M
5.7M
6.3M
6.5M
11.1M
13.0M
13.9M
13.7M
12.5M
131415161718202122232425
Routes
87 destinations · 19 countriesYear-round66
BUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth245 km152 miSTWStavropol Shpakovskoye AirportRussia · Azimuth252 km157 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth265 km165 miNALNalchik AirportRussia · UVT Aero, Azimuth297 km185 miLWNShirak International AirportArmenia · FlyOne440 km273 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth455 km283 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Red Wings Airlines, FlyOne, Azimuth +2520 km323 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · Azimuth628 km390 miASFAstrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International AirportRussia · Azimuth708 km440 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Azimuth, Ural Airlines, Aeroflot +1953 km592 miGUWAtyrau International AirportKazakhstan · Azimuth1,013 km629 miGSVGagarin International AirportRussia · Pobeda1,029 km639 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth, Rossiya1,065 km662 miPEZPenza AirportRussia · Azimuth1,137 km706 miSKXSaransk International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,247 km775 miKLFGrabtsevo AirportRussia · Azimuth1,261 km784 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Yamal Airlines, Taimyr Air Company, Ural Airlines +11,338 km831 miKUFKurumoch International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines +21,345 km836 miULVUlyanovsk Baratayevka AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines1,345 km836 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth1,347 km837 miZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,352 km840 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, I-Fly, Yakutia Airlines +11,364 km848 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Aeroflot +11,405 km873 miGOJNizhny Novgorod / Strigino International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,447 km899 miMSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia1,449 km900 miRENOrenburg Central AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,481 km920 miCSYCheboksary AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,500 km932 miIWAIvanovo South AirportRussia · Ikar1,502 km933 miKZNKazan International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero +11,507 km936 miIARGolden Ring Yaroslavl International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,569 km975 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia1,571 km976 miNBCBegishevo AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,602 km995 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Aeroflot +11,688 km1,049 miTUUPrince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Azimuth1,703 km1,058 miMQFMagnitogorsk International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines1,765 km1,097 miIJKIzhevsk AirportRussia · Aeroflot, Rossiya1,765 km1,097 miPKVPrincess Olga Pskov International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,785 km1,109 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Azimuth1,791 km1,113 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines, Aeroflot, Rossiya1,933 km1,201 miPEEPerm International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines +21,956 km1,215 miCEKKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines2,027 km1,260 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines +12,081 km1,293 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Red Wings Airlines2,141 km1,330 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Azimuth2,146 km1,333 miSCWSyktyvkar AirportRussia · Ikar2,146 km1,333 miKROKurgan AirportRussia · Ikar2,253 km1,400 miSKDSamarkand International AirportUzbekistan · Azimuth2,276 km1,414 miTJMRoshchino International AirportRussia · Yamal Airlines, UTair Aviation, Nordwind Airlines +12,337 km1,452 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air, Azimuth, Ural Airlines2,409 km1,497 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai2,460 km1,529 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Ural Airlines2,470 km1,535 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Azimuth2,484 km1,543 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways2,502 km1,555 miOMSOmsk Central AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines2,705 km1,681 miOSSOsh International AirportKyrgyzstan · Ural Airlines2,713 km1,686 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Oman Air2,772 km1,722 miSGCSurgut International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Nordwind Airlines2,960 km1,839 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Azimuth2,971 km1,846 miNJCNizhnevartovsk AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines3,093 km1,922 miOVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines, S7 Airlines3,291 km2,045 miBAXBarnaul Gherman Titov International AirportRussia · Ikar3,340 km2,075 miTOFTomsk Kamov AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines3,466 km2,154 miKEJAlexei Leonov Kemerovo International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines3,514 km2,183 miNOZSpichenkovo AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines, Ikar3,561 km2,213 miKJAKrasnoyarsk International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines, Rossiya3,914 km2,432 miIKTIrkutsk International AirportRussia · S7 Airlines4,742 km2,947 miSeasonal35
OGZVladikavkaz Beslan International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines377 km234 miESLElista AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines474 km295 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines, IrAero628 km390 miVOGVolgograd International AirportRussia · Ikar682 km424 miASFAstrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International AirportRussia · IrAero708 km440 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · IrAero953 km592 miGZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · IrAero1,028 km639 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · IrAero1,065 km662 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · IrAero1,208 km751 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth1,247 km775 miRENOrenburg Central AirportRussia · Smartavia1,481 km920 miOSWOrsk AirportRussia · Ikar1,635 km1,016 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, IrAero, Smartavia1,688 km1,049 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways1,735 km1,078 miKVXPobedilovo AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ikar1,794 km1,115 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Smartavia1,933 km1,201 miCEKKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportRussia · Smartavia2,027 km1,260 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Smartavia2,081 km1,293 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air2,141 km1,330 miSCWSyktyvkar AirportRussia · Smartavia2,146 km1,333 miARHTalagi AirportRussia · Smartavia2,352 km1,461 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia2,460 km1,529 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Ural Airlines2,484 km1,543 miOMSOmsk Central AirportRussia · Yakutia Airlines, Smartavia2,705 km1,681 miHMAKhanty Mansiysk AirportRussia · UTair Aviation2,742 km1,704 miMMKEmperor Nicholas II Murmansk AirportRussia · Smartavia2,848 km1,770 miSLYSalekhard AirportRussia · Yamal Airlines3,032 km1,884 miNJCNizhnevartovsk AirportRussia · UTair Aviation3,093 km1,922 miNOJNoyabrsk AirportRussia · Yamal Airlines3,140 km1,951 miNYMNadym AirportRussia · Yamal Airlines3,165 km1,967 miNUXNovy Urengoy AirportRussia · Yamal Airlines3,347 km2,080 miTOFTomsk Kamov AirportRussia · Rossiya3,466 km2,154 miKEJAlexei Leonov Kemerovo International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines3,514 km2,183 miABAAbakan International AirportRussia · Taimyr Air Company3,857 km2,397 miHRIMattala Rajapaksa International AirportSri Lanka · Red Wings Airlines5,759 km3,578 miSeasonal charter4
AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Southwind Airlines, Air Anka, Azur Air1,065 km662 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Ural Airlines1,791 km1,113 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Ural Airlines1,892 km1,176 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air6,861 km4,263 miMost destinationsAzimuth 25Nordwind Airlines 24Ural Airlines 14Red Wings Airlines 13Ikar 12Pobeda 11
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AER. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Sochi International Airport” (revision of 13 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
10 channelsAPPApron118.800
ATISATIS129.375
HELAREA118.500
PMSVVOLMET129.375
TWRTWR118.300
GNDGround119.000
TWRKRUG119.700
TWRTWR RW 06/24121.200
TWRTWR RW 02/20135.800
DELIVERYDelivery132.700