# Elista Airport (ESL / URWI)

**Elista Airport** (IATA: ESL, ICAO: URWI) is a medium airport in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,200 m (10,499 ft). In 2017 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ESL / URWI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia
- Elevation: 153 m / 501 ft
- Coordinates: 46.3739, 44.3309
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 10,898 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://aero-elista.narod.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elista_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276543
- Weather station: URWI · WMO 34861
- Ident: URWI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 098° / 278° | yes |
| 09L/27R | 2,303 m / 7,555 ft | 85 m / 280 ft | Grass | 098° / 278° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 11,691 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 10,898 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 474 km / 295 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,171 km / 728 mi · Aeroflot
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 1,613 km / 1,002 mi · Red Wings Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,537 km / 955 mi · Red Wings Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 3
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2017) | #2,651 of 3,974 | #546 in Europe | #148 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =111 in Europe | =49 in RU |
| Elevation | 153 m / 501 ft | =27,014 of 43,403 | #2,722 in Europe | #287 in RU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =5 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-10081](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10081.md) Remontnoye Airfield · 56 km / 35 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: “Elista Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elista_Airport&oldid=1363694215), revision of 11 Jul 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/urwi/data