# Samarkand International Airport (SKD / UZSS)

**Samarkand International Airport** (IATA: SKD, ICAO: UZSS) is a large airport in Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan. It opened in 1967. It has one runway, 3,105 m (10,187 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Uzbekistan Airways. In 2019 it handled 500 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKD / UZSS
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Uzbekistan Airways
- Serves: Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan
- Opened: 1967 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 678 m / 2,224 ft
- Coordinates: 39.7018, 66.9815
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,105 m / 10,187 ft
- Passengers: 500,000 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Samarkand
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand_International_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976746
- Weather station: UZSS · WMO 38696
- Ident: UTSS

## Timeline

- 1967: Samarkand International Airport opens.
- 19 Dec 1978: Q16662355.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,105 m / 10,187 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |

## Routes

28 destinations in 9 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (28)

- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 204 km / 127 mi · Centrum Air
- [BHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utsb.md) Bukhara International Airport · Uzbekistan · 214 km / 133 mi · Centrum Air
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 260 km / 162 mi · Silk Avia, Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq
- [NMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utfn.md) Namangan International Airport · Uzbekistan · 413 km / 257 mi · Centrum Air
- [HSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uait.md) Hazrat Sultan International Airport · Kazakhstan · 422 km / 262 mi · Qazaq Air, SCAT Airlines
- [UGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utnu.md) Urgench International Airport · Uzbekistan · 574 km / 357 mi · Silk Avia, Centrum Air
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 930 km / 578 mi · FlyArystan
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,307 km / 812 mi · Qazaq Air
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 1,441 km / 895 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 1,848 km / 1,148 mi · Azimuth
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,937 km / 1,204 mi · flydubai, Centrum Air
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 1,947 km / 1,210 mi · Ural Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 2,061 km / 1,281 mi · S7 Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 2,197 km / 1,365 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,276 km / 1,414 mi · Centrum Air, Azimuth
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 2,347 km / 1,458 mi · Azimuth
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 2,611 km / 1,622 mi · Ural Airlines
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 2,754 km / 1,711 mi · Ural Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 2,760 km / 1,715 mi · Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq, Ural Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 2,805 km / 1,743 mi · UTair Aviation, Pobeda
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 2,818 km / 1,751 mi · Aeroflot
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 2,998 km / 1,863 mi · Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,213 km / 1,996 mi · Centrum Air, Turkish Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 3,383 km / 2,102 mi · UTair Aviation, Qanot Sharq, Rossiya
- [ADB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbj.md) Adnan Menderes International Airport · Türkiye · 3,417 km / 2,123 mi · SunExpress
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 3,719 km / 2,311 mi · Loong Air
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 4,688 km / 2,913 mi · Centrum Air
- [KHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uhhh.md) Khabarovsk Novy Airport · Russia · 5,349 km / 3,324 mi · Centrum Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- 9S [Air Samarkand](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-samarkand)

### Passenger (19)

- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 12
- HH [Qanot Sharq](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qanot-sharq) · 4
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 4
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 3
- IQ [Qazaq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qazaq-air) · 2
- US [Silk Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/silk-avia) · 2
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 2
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- GJ [Loong Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loong-air) · 1
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 1
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 1
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 1
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 500K (2019) | #1,112 of 3,974 | #356 in Asia | #2 in UZ |
| Longest runway | 3,105 m / 10,187 ft | #925 of 29,858 | #287 in Asia | #6 in UZ |
| Elevation | 678 m / 2,224 ft | =7,899 of 43,403 | #635 in Asia | #3 in UZ |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =326 in Asia | #3 in UZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in UZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [UZ-0066](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0066.md) Chambel Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [TJ-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tj-0004.md) Penjikent Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [UZ-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0013.md) Dzhar-Tepe Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [UZSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utsh.md) Shahrisabz Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [RBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0124.md) Shahrisabz Southwest Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [UZ-0046](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0046.md) Statsiya Yakkabag Airport · 84 km / 52 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: “Samarkand International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samarkand_International_Airport&oldid=1372952517), revision of 3 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/utss/data