VKO
Vnukovo International Airport
Vnukovo International Airport (IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW) is a large airport in Moscow, Moscow (city), Russia. It opened on 2 Jul 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 m (11,483 ft). In 2025 it handled 16.4 million passengers.
Timeline
10 events · 1941–201402 JUL 1941
OpenedVnukovo International Airport opens.
04 NOV 1957
Disaster1957 Romanian Ilyushin Il-14 crash.
23 OCT 1959
DisasterAeroflot Flight 200.28 killed
26 AUG 1969
DisasterAeroflot Flight 1770.16 killed
10 OCT 1971
DisasterAeroflot Flight 773.25 killed
02 NOV 1973
DisasterAeroflot Flight 19.2 killed
03 JAN 1976
DisasterAeroflot Flight 2003.62 killed
17 MAR 1979
DisasterAeroflot Flight 1691.58 killed
29 DEC 2012
DisasterRed Wings Airlines Flight 9268.5 killed
20 OCT 2014
Disaster2014 Vnukovo Airport Falcon 50 crash.4 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06/24057° / 237° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
01/19012° / 192° · LIT
LENGTH3,060 m10,039 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202512.7M
15.8M
14.0M
18.1M
21.5M
24.0M
12.6M
18.0M
16.4M
14.5M
16.0M
16.4M
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Routes
102 destinations · 21 countriesYear-round87
IARGolden Ring Yaroslavl International AirportRussia · RusLine282 km175 miTBWDonskoye AirportRussia · RusLine414 km257 miGMEGomel AirportBelarus · Belavia531 km330 miPKVPrincess Olga Pskov International AirportRussia · Azimuth593 km368 miMSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Pobeda, Belavia621 km386 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda, ALROSA Air Company +2625 km388 miJOKYoshkar-Ola AirportRussia · RusLine670 km416 miULVUlyanovsk Baratayevka AirportRussia · Pobeda715 km444 miPESPetrozavodsk AirportRussia · Azimuth722 km449 miGSVGagarin International AirportRussia · Pobeda728 km452 miKZNKazan International AirportRussia · UVT Aero754 km469 miKUFKurumoch International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda862 km536 miUUABugulma AirportRussia · UVT Aero992 km616 miSCWSyktyvkar AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,032 km641 miKGDKhrabrovo AirportRussia · Pobeda1,057 km657 miPEEPerm International AirportRussia · Pobeda1,168 km726 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda1,182 km734 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda1,187 km738 miGDZGelendzhik AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,225 km761 miUCTUkhta AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,279 km795 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Yakutia Airlines, Pobeda1,330 km826 miKVKKirovsk-Apatity AirportRussia · Azimuth1,334 km829 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Yakutia Airlines, Pobeda1,364 km848 miNALNalchik AirportRussia · Yakutia Airlines, Pobeda1,418 km881 miSUIVladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International AirportGeorgia · RusLine, UVT Aero1,443 km897 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Pobeda1,456 km905 miOGZVladikavkaz Beslan International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda1,474 km916 miGRVAkhmat Kadyrov Grozny International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,485 km923 miCEKKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportRussia · Pobeda1,521 km945 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Azimuth1,539 km956 miNNMNaryan Mar AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,570 km976 miUSKUsinsk AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,577 km980 miBUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Azimuth, Georgian Airways1,586 km985 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda1,605 km997 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Azimuth, Georgian Airways1,646 km1,023 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Pobeda, Turkish Airlines1,709 km1,062 miLWNShirak International AirportArmenia · Pobeda1,719 km1,068 miTJMRoshchino International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda1,724 km1,071 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,734 km1,077 miESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · AJet1,748 km1,086 miGNJGanja International AirportAzerbaijan · UTair Aviation, Azerbaijan Airlines1,779 km1,105 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · UTair Aviation, Shirak Avia, FlyOne +21,795 km1,115 miRMZTobolsk Remezov AirportRussia · UVT Aero1,894 km1,177 miNAJNakhchivan International AirportAzerbaijan · UTair Aviation1,922 km1,194 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · UTair Aviation, Azerbaijan Airlines1,924 km1,196 miHMAKhanty Mansiysk AirportRussia · UTair Aviation1,932 km1,200 miLLKLankaran International AirportAzerbaijan · UTair Aviation2,059 km1,279 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,066 km1,284 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · UTair Aviation, Pegasus Airlines, Pobeda2,135 km1,327 miSGCSurgut International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation2,165 km1,345 miNCUNukus International AirportUzbekistan · Pobeda, Uzbekistan Airways2,169 km1,348 miGZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · Pobeda2,178 km1,353 miKGPKogalym International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation2,227 km1,384 miOMSOmsk Central AirportRussia · Pobeda2,259 km1,404 miNOJNoyabrsk AirportRussia · UTair Aviation2,270 km1,411 miUGCUrgench International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways2,300 km1,429 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines2,303 km1,431 miNJCNizhnevartovsk AirportRussia · Pobeda2,331 km1,448 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Iraqi Airways2,541 km1,579 miBHKBukhara International AirportUzbekistan · UTair Aviation, Uzbekistan Airways2,661 km1,653 miNVINavoi International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways2,670 km1,659 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines2,736 km1,700 miSKDSamarkand International AirportUzbekistan · UTair Aviation, Pobeda, Uzbekistan Airways2,805 km1,743 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Pobeda, FlyOne, Uzbekistan Airways2,811 km1,747 miKSQKarshi AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways2,815 km1,749 miOVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · Yakutia Airlines, Pobeda, ALROSA Air Company2,820 km1,752 miLBDKhujand International AirportTajikistan · UTair Aviation, Pobeda2,919 km1,814 miNMANamangan International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways2,967 km1,844 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Aero Nomad Airlines2,987 km1,856 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · UTair Aviation3,007 km1,868 miFEGFergana International AirportUzbekistan · UTair Aviation, Uzbekistan Airways3,027 km1,881 miTMJTermez AirportUzbekistan · Pobeda, Azimuth, Uzbekistan Airways3,031 km1,883 miAZNAndijan International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways3,031 km1,883 miOSSOsh International AirportKyrgyzstan · Aero Nomad Airlines, Pobeda3,070 km1,908 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines3,124 km1,941 miKJAKrasnoyarsk International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation3,351 km2,082 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas3,492 km2,170 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai3,681 km2,287 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pobeda3,711 km2,306 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas3,774 km2,345 miMJZMirny AirportRussia · ALROSA Air Company4,188 km2,602 miYKSPlaton Oyunsky Yakutsk International AirportRussia · Yakutia Airlines4,909 km3,050 miNERChulman AirportRussia · Yakutia Airlines5,033 km3,127 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania6,876 km4,273 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania6,948 km4,317 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Conviasa7,015 km4,359 miCCSMaiquetía Simón Bolívar International AirportVenezuela · Conviasa9,912 km6,159 miSeasonal charter19
UFAUfa International AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia1,187 km738 miUCTUkhta AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia1,279 km795 miTJMRoshchino International AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia1,724 km1,071 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,135 km1,327 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,163 km1,344 miNYMNadym AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia2,186 km1,358 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,194 km1,363 miBVJBovanenkovo AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia2,221 km1,380 miYamburg AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia2,360 km1,466 miNUXNovy Urengoy AirportRussia · Gazprom Avia2,370 km1,473 miDBBEl Alamein International AirportEgypt · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)2,829 km1,758 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline)3,079 km1,913 miHRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Red Sea Airlines (charter airline), Nesma Airlines3,172 km1,971 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Azur Air6,563 km4,078 miHRIMattala Rajapaksa International AirportSri Lanka · Azur Air6,706 km4,167 miUTPU-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International AirportThailand · Azur Air7,211 km4,481 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Azur Air7,475 km4,645 miCXRCam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air BaseVietnam · Azur Air7,779 km4,834 miPMVDel Caribe Santiago Mariño International AirportVenezuela · Conviasa9,701 km6,028 miMost destinationsPobeda 31UTair Aviation 31Uzbekistan Airways 11Azimuth 9Gazprom Avia 7Yakutia Airlines 6
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VKO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Vnukovo International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
5 channelsAPPAPP122.300
ATISATIS125.875
GNDTAXIING120.450
RDRRADAR126.000
TWRTWR118.300