# Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (CEK / USCC)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CEK / USCC
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Novaport
- Serves: Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 1930
- Elevation: 234 m / 769 ft
- Coordinates: 55.3031, 61.5049
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 2,166,689 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Website: https://cekport.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurchatov_Chelyabinsk_International_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322423
- Weather station: USCC · WMO 28642
- Ident: USCC

## Timeline

- 1930: Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport opens.
- 26 May 2008: 2008 Chelyabinsk Antonov An-12 crash. 9 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 104° / 284° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,404,238 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,239,214 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,225,902 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,517,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,640,535 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,725,731 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,154,750 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,813,638 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,922,653 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 2,162,423 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 2,173,235 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 2,166,689 | Wikidata |

## Routes

21 destinations in 7 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (16)

- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 771 km / 479 mi · UVT Aero
- [HMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ushh.md) Khanty Mansiysk Airport · Russia · 775 km / 482 mi · RusLine
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 964 km / 599 mi · UTair Aviation
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 1,110 km / 690 mi · UVT Aero
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 1,336 km / 830 mi · S7 Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,508 km / 937 mi · Pobeda, Aeroflot, Rossiya
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,521 km / 945 mi · Pobeda
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,798 km / 1,117 mi · Azimuth
- [OSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafo.md) Osh International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 1,832 km / 1,138 mi · Ural Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,910 km / 1,187 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Smartavia, Rossiya
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 1,925 km / 1,196 mi · Rossiya
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 1,942 km / 1,207 mi · Ural Airlines
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,944 km / 1,208 mi · Taimyr Air Company, Ural Airlines
- [NSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uooo.md) Alykel International Airport · Russia · 2,019 km / 1,255 mi · Taimyr Air Company
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,027 km / 1,260 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 2,565 km / 1,594 mi · Smartavia

### Seasonal (1)

- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 1,852 km / 1,151 mi · IrAero

### Seasonal charter (4)

- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,733 km / 2,320 mi · Rossiya
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 3,839 km / 2,385 mi · Rossiya
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 6,165 km / 3,831 mi · Azur Air
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 6,331 km / 3,934 mi · Azur Air

### Cargo (1)

- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,521 km / 945 mi · Grizodubova Air Company

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1

### Passenger (13)

- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 5
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 4
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 4
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 2 · seasonal charter
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 2
- 5N [Smartavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartavia) · 2
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 2
- RT [UVT Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uvt-aero) · 2
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 1
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1 · seasonal
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 1
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- Grizodubova Air Company · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.2M (2025) | #552 of 3,974 | #165 in Asia | #21 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | =49 in RU |
| Elevation | 234 m / 769 ft | =22,049 of 43,403 | =1,256 in Asia | #160 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =31 in Asia | =7 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CHELYABINSK APP | 124.700 |
| PMSV | CHELYABINSK METEO | 128.300 |
| TWR | CHELYABINSK START | 125.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [USCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscg.md) Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport · 14 km / 8.6 mi
- [USCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscv.md) Kalachevo Airfield · 39 km / 24 mi
- [RU-7978](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-7978.md) Uprun Air Base · 104 km / 64 mi
- [RU-0773](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0773.md) Ustinovo Aerodrome · 108 km / 67 mi
- [RU-1071](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-1071.md) Kamensk-Uralskiy Air Base · 130 km / 81 mi
- [RU-10142](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10142.md) Morozkino Airfield · 132 km / 82 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: “Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurchatov_Chelyabinsk_International_Airport&oldid=1374857022), revision of 14 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/uscc/data