# Kazan International Airport (KZN / UWKD)

**Kazan International Airport** (IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is a large airport in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. It opened in 1979. It has one runway, 3,750 m (12,303 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 5.4 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KZN / UWKD
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
- Opened: 1979
- Elevation: 125 m / 411 ft
- Coordinates: 55.6062, 49.2787
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,750 m / 12,303 ft
- Passengers: 5,380,000 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: https://kazan.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan_International_Airport (42 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47151
- Weather station: UWKD · WMO 27595
- Ident: UWKD

## Timeline

- 23 Jan 1953: Kazan mid-air collision.
- 1979: Kazan International Airport opens.
- 17 Nov 2013: Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363. 50 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,750 m / 12,303 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 126° / 306° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,942,408 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,799,267 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,923,223 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,623,423 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 3,141,776 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,470,742 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,171,603 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 3,876,000 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 4,018,000 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 5,168,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 5,370,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 5,380,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

84 destinations in 16 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (73)

- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 241 km / 150 mi · UTair Aviation, UVT Aero
- [SKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwps.md) Saransk International Airport · Russia · 308 km / 191 mi · UVT Aero
- [KVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uskk.md) Pobedilovo Airport · Russia · 322 km / 200 mi · UVT Aero
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 349 km / 217 mi · UVT Aero
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 436 km / 271 mi · UTair Aviation, Ikar
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 484 km / 301 mi · UVT Aero
- [REN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwoo.md) Orenburg Central Airport · Russia · 587 km / 365 mi · UVT Aero
- [IAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudl.md) Golden Ring Yaroslavl International Airport · Russia · 599 km / 372 mi · UVT Aero
- [MQF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscm.md) Magnitogorsk International Airport · Russia · 659 km / 409 mi · UVT Aero
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 716 km / 445 mi · S7 Airlines
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 724 km / 450 mi · Red Wings Airlines, UVT Aero
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 744 km / 462 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Smartavia, Aeroflot
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 754 km / 469 mi · Pobeda
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 771 km / 479 mi · Red Wings Airlines, UVT Aero
- [CEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulwc.md) Cherepovets Airport · Russia · 786 km / 488 mi · Severstal Air Company
- [KLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubc.md) Grabtsevo Airport · Russia · 829 km / 515 mi · UVT Aero
- [VOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urww.md) Volgograd International Airport · Russia · 830 km / 516 mi · Ikar
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 1,001 km / 622 mi · UTair Aviation
- [ARH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulaa.md) Talagi Airport · Russia · 1,105 km / 687 mi · Ikar
- [RMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustj.md) Tobolsk Remezov Airport · Russia · 1,187 km / 738 mi · UVT Aero
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,217 km / 756 mi · RusLine, Nordwind Airlines, Smartavia, Rossiya
- [USK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuys.md) Usinsk Airport · Russia · 1,234 km / 767 mi · UVT Aero
- [HMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ushh.md) Khanty Mansiysk Airport · Russia · 1,297 km / 806 mi · RusLine
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,340 km / 833 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [NNM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulam.md) Naryan Mar Airport · Russia · 1,353 km / 841 mi · RusLine
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,371 km / 852 mi · Belavia
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,374 km / 854 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Aeroflot
- [GRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmg.md) Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport · Russia · 1,382 km / 859 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [NAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmn.md) Nalchik Airport · Russia · 1,404 km / 872 mi · UVT Aero
- [OGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmo.md) Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport · Russia · 1,419 km / 882 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 1,427 km / 887 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,507 km / 936 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero, Aeroflot
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 1,516 km / 942 mi · UTair Aviation, Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero
- [SLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usdd.md) Salekhard Airport · Russia · 1,525 km / 948 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,529 km / 950 mi · Pobeda, Ikar
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,551 km / 964 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 1,581 km / 982 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · Georgia · 1,653 km / 1,027 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 1,683 km / 1,046 mi · UVT Aero
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 1,684 km / 1,046 mi · IrAero
- [MMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulmm.md) Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport · Russia · 1,685 km / 1,047 mi · Ikar
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,756 km / 1,091 mi · Red Wings Airlines, FlyOne
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 1,807 km / 1,123 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [NUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmu.md) Novy Urengoy Airport · Russia · 1,854 km / 1,152 mi · UVT Aero
- [BHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utsb.md) Bukhara International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,086 km / 1,296 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 2,090 km / 1,299 mi · S7 Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,158 km / 1,341 mi · Centrum Air, Red Wings Airlines, Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero, FlyOne, Uzbekistan Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 2,183 km / 1,356 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Turkish Airlines
- [SKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utss.md) Samarkand International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,197 km / 1,365 mi · Centrum Air, Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero, Uzbekistan Airways
- [BAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unbb.md) Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport · Russia · 2,204 km / 1,370 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [TOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/untt.md) Tomsk Kamov Airport · Russia · 2,211 km / 1,374 mi · Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero
- [LBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdl.md) Khujand International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,273 km / 1,412 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [BSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafm.md) Manas International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 2,276 km / 1,414 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [KEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unee.md) Alexei Leonov Kemerovo International Airport · Russia · 2,296 km / 1,427 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [NMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utfn.md) Namangan International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,296 km / 1,427 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 2,360 km / 1,466 mi · Air Serbia
- [FEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utkf.md) Fergana International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,361 km / 1,467 mi · Uzbekistan Airways
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,389 km / 1,484 mi · Nordwind Airlines, Somon Air, Ural Airlines
- [OSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafo.md) Osh International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 2,392 km / 1,486 mi · Ural Airlines
- [NOZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unww.md) Spichenkovo Airport · Russia · 2,394 km / 1,488 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,399 km / 1,491 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [NSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uooo.md) Alykel International Airport · Russia · 2,413 km / 1,499 mi · Taimyr Air Company
- [KQT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdt.md) Bokhtar International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,455 km / 1,525 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [TJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdk.md) Kulob International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,486 km / 1,545 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,502 km / 1,555 mi · Pegasus Airlines, Pobeda, Aeroflot
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 2,651 km / 1,647 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [RKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omrk.md) Ras Al Khaimah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,379 km / 2,100 mi · Air Arabia
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,405 km / 2,116 mi · Air Arabia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,412 km / 2,120 mi · flydubai
- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 3,531 km / 2,194 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [UUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiuu.md) Baikal International Airport · Russia · 3,738 km / 2,323 mi · Nordwind Airlines, UVT Aero
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 6,128 km / 3,808 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 6,477 km / 4,025 mi · Aeroflot

### Seasonal (5)

- [ASF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urwa.md) Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport · Russia · 1,040 km / 646 mi · Ikar
- [PES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulpb.md) Petrozavodsk Airport · Russia · 1,113 km / 692 mi · UVT Aero
- [GRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmg.md) Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport · Russia · 1,382 km / 859 mi · UTair Aviation
- [GDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkg.md) Gelendzhik Airport · Russia · 1,462 km / 908 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,493 km / 2,170 mi · Etihad Airways

### Seasonal charter (8)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,502 km / 1,555 mi · Southwind Airlines, Azur Air, Corendon Airlines
- [DLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbs.md) Dalaman International Airport · Türkiye · 2,606 km / 1,619 mi · Azur Air
- [DBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal.md) El Alamein International Airport · Egypt · 3,193 km / 1,984 mi · Air Cairo
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,295 km / 2,047 mi · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air, Rossiya
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 3,397 km / 2,111 mi · Rossiya
- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · Sri Lanka · 6,165 km / 3,831 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air
- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 6,610 km / 4,107 mi · VietJet Air
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 7,046 km / 4,378 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air, Ikar, VietJet Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- RT [UVT Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uvt-aero) · 23
- [Citrus](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/citrus)

### Passenger (33)

- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 26
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 13
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 7
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 7
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 5
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 5 · seasonal charter
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 5
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 3
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 3
- HY [Uzbekistan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uzbekistan-airways) · 3
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 2
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 2 · seasonal charter
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 2
- 5F [FlyOne](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyone) · 2
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 2
- 5N [Smartavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartavia) · 2
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 2
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 2 · seasonal charter
- JU [Air Serbia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-serbia) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 1
- XC [Corendon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/corendon-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- D2 [Severstal Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/severstal-air-company) · 1
- [Sky Vision Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-vision-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- SZ [Somon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/somon-air) · 1
- 2S [Southwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwind-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- YC [Yamal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yamal-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Tatarstan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tatarstan-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5.4M (2025) | #324 of 3,974 | #101 in Asia | #8 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,750 m / 12,303 ft | =250 of 29,858 | =77 in Asia | #10 in RU |
| Elevation | 125 m / 411 ft | =28,817 of 43,403 | =1,583 in Asia | =342 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =392 in Asia | #86 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.800 |
| GND | TAXIING | 121.700 |
| RDR | RADAR | 119.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [UWKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkg.md) Borisoglebskoye Airport · 30 km / 19 mi
- [CSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwks.md) Cheboksary Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [ULY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwlw.md) Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [RU-4421](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-4421.md) Danilovo Air Base · 140 km / 87 mi
- [JOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkj.md) Yoshkar-Ola Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Kazan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kazan_International_Airport&oldid=1375346297), revision of 17 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/uwkd/data