# Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA / UUBW)

**Zhukovsky International Airport** (IATA: ZIA, ICAO: UUBW) is a large airport in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It opened on 30 May 2016. It has one runway, 4,600 m (15,092 ft) long, concrete. In 2024 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ZIA / UUBW
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 30 May 2016
- Elevation: 115 m / 377 ft
- Coordinates: 55.5533, 38.1500
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,600 m / 15,092 ft
- Passengers: 1,490,000 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://www.ramport.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhukovsky_International_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2388744
- Weather station: UUBW
- Ident: UUBW

## Timeline

- 25 Feb 1965: Q18398600. 10 killed.
- 5 Jul 1993: Q113412101. 7 killed.
- 30 May 2016: Zhukovsky International Airport opens.
- 15 Aug 2019: Ural Airlines Flight 178. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 4,600 m / 15,092 ft | 70 m / 230 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 43,880 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 425,500 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,161,633 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,320,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 475,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 700,000 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,400,000 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,450,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,490,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 674 km / 419 mi · Belavia
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,773 km / 1,102 mi · Armenian Airlines
- [EYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ushq.md) Beloyarskiy Airport · Russia · 1,820 km / 1,131 mi · RusLine

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,730 km / 1,075 mi · Southwind Airlines

### Cargo (2)

- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 5,807 km / 3,608 mi · Suparna Airlines
- [NKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnj.md) Nanjing Lukou International Airport · China · 6,588 km / 4,094 mi · Suparna Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (3)

- 4B [Aviastar-TU](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aviastar-tu)
- U3 [Sky Gates Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-gates-airlines)
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines)

### Passenger (4)

- JI [Armenian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/armenian-airlines) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 1
- 2S [Southwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwind-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter

### Cargo (1)

- Y8 [Suparna Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/suparna-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.5M (2024) | #686 of 3,974 | #176 in Europe | #26 in RU |
| Longest runway | 4,600 m / 15,092 ft | #12 of 29,858 | #2 in Europe | #2 in RU |
| Elevation | 115 m / 377 ft | =29,542 of 43,403 | =3,299 in Europe | =375 in RU |
| Age | Opened 2016 | =13,341 of 15,079 | =1,387 in Europe | #108 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-10054](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10054.md) Myachkovo Airfield · 10 km / 6.5 mi
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [CKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uumu.md) Chkalovskiy Air Base · 37 km / 23 mi
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [UUMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uumt.md) Tretyakovo Airport · 91 km / 57 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #12

## 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: “Zhukovsky International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhukovsky_International_Airport&oldid=1374851502), 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/uubw/data
