# Vorkuta Airport (VKT / UUYW)

**Vorkuta Airport** (IATA: VKT, ICAO: UUYW) is a medium airport in Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Komiaviatrans. In 2021 it handled 14 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VKT / UUYW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Komiaviatrans
- Serves: Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia
- Elevation: 184 m / 604 ft
- Coordinates: 67.4886, 63.9931
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Passengers: 13,862 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://www.komiaviatrans.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkuta_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2718892
- Weather station: UUYW
- Ident: UUYW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 48 m / 157 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 33,820 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 26,350 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 22,275 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 7,141 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 13,862 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SCW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuyy.md) Syktyvkar Airport · Russia · 900 km / 559 mi · Komiaviatrans
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,881 km / 1,169 mi · RusLine

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- KO [Komiaviatrans](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/komiaviatrans) · 1
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 14K (2021) | #2,565 of 3,974 | #777 in Asia | #137 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =994 in Asia | =217 in RU |
| Elevation | 184 m / 604 ft | =25,244 of 43,403 | =1,401 in Asia | #229 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-9129](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-9129.md) Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base · 14 km / 8.5 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: “Vorkuta Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vorkuta_Airport&oldid=1363086642), revision of 7 Jul 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/uuyw/data