CEK

Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport

ICAO USCC55.3031°N 61.5049°E234 m / 769 ftLarge airport
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Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (IATA: CEK, ICAO: USCC) is a large airport in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1930. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Novaport. In 2025 it handled 2.2 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1930–2008
1930
OpenedKurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport opens.
26 MAY 2008
Disaster2008 Chelyabinsk Antonov An-12 crash.9 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Терминал международых авиалинийТерминал внутренних авиалиний
09/27104° / 284° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.4M
1.2M
1.2M
1.5M
1.6M
1.7M
1.2M
1.8M
1.9M
2.2M
2.2M
2.2M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

21 destinations · 7 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miKZN · Kazan International Airport · 771 km / 479 miHMA · Khanty Mansiysk Airport · 775 km / 482 miSGC · Surgut International Airport · 964 km / 599 miGOJ · Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · 1,110 km / 690 miOVB · Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · 1,336 km / 830 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 1,506 km / 936 miVKO · Vnukovo International Airport · 1,521 km / 945 miMRV · Mineralnye Vody Airport · 1,798 km / 1,117 miOSS · Osh International Airport · 1,832 km / 1,138 miLED · Pulkovo Airport · 1,910 km / 1,187 miKJA · Krasnoyarsk International Airport · 1,925 km / 1,196 miDYU · Dushanbe International Airport · 1,942 km / 1,207 miKRR · Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · 1,944 km / 1,208 miNSK · Alykel International Airport · 2,019 km / 1,255 miAER · Sochi International Airport · 2,027 km / 1,260 miKGD · Khrabrovo Airport · 2,565 km / 1,594 miGYD · Heydar Aliyev International Airport · 1,852 km / 1,151 miSSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 3,733 km / 2,320 miHRG · Hurghada International Airport · 3,839 km / 2,385 miHKT · Phuket International Airport · 6,165 km / 3,831 miCXR · Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · 6,331 km / 3,934 miCXRHKTHRGKGDAERNSKDYUKJALEDGYDVKOOVBSGCKZNKRROSSGOJMRVHMASSHCEK
Year-round16
KZNKazan International AirportRussia · UVT Aero771 km479 miHMAKhanty Mansiysk AirportRussia · RusLine775 km482 miSGCSurgut International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation964 km599 miGOJNizhny Novgorod / Strigino International AirportRussia · UVT Aero1,110 km690 miOVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · S7 Airlines1,336 km830 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Aeroflot, Rossiya1,506 km936 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Pobeda1,521 km945 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth1,798 km1,117 miOSSOsh International AirportKyrgyzstan · Ural Airlines1,832 km1,138 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Smartavia +11,910 km1,187 miKJAKrasnoyarsk International AirportRussia · Rossiya1,925 km1,196 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Ural Airlines1,942 km1,207 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Taimyr Air Company, Ural Airlines1,944 km1,208 miNSKAlykel International AirportRussia · Taimyr Air Company2,019 km1,255 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines2,027 km1,260 miKGDKhrabrovo AirportRussia · Smartavia2,565 km1,594 mi
Most destinationsRossiya 5Pobeda 4Ural Airlines 4UVT Aero 2Nordwind Airlines 2Smartavia 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CEK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#552of 3,974 · #165 Asia · #21 RULongest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=819of 29,823 · =247 Asia · =49 RUElevation234 m769 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,028of 43,341 · =1,254 Asia · #160 RUAgeOpened 19302026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=406of 15,079 · =31 Asia · =7 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

3 channels
APPCHELYABINSK APP124.700
PMSVCHELYABINSK METEO128.300
TWRCHELYABINSK START125.200