# Cheboksary Airport (CSY / UWKS)

**Cheboksary Airport** (IATA: CSY, ICAO: UWKS) is a medium airport in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia. It opened in 1963. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,512 m (8,241 ft). In 2021 it handled 460 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CSY / UWKS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia
- Opened: 1963
- Elevation: 170 m / 558 ft
- Coordinates: 56.0903, 47.3473
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,512 m / 8,241 ft
- Passengers: 460,261 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://www.aerocheb.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheboksary_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304719
- Weather station: UWKS
- Ident: UWKS

## Timeline

- 1963: Cheboksary Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,512 m / 8,241 ft | 49 m / 161 ft | Asphalt | 072° / 252° | yes |
| 06R/24L | 1,509 m / 4,950 ft | 82 m / 270 ft | Grass | 073° / 253° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 165,159 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 251,780 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 270 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 283,888 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 460,261 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 618 km / 384 mi · Pobeda, Aeroflot
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,085 km / 674 mi · Pobeda
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,251 km / 777 mi · Aeroflot
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,353 km / 841 mi · Azimuth
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,601 km / 995 mi · Azimuth
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 2,197 km / 1,365 mi · S7 Airlines

### Seasonal (2)

- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 1,476 km / 917 mi · Aeroflot
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 1,680 km / 1,044 mi · Aeroflot

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 4
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 2
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 2
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 460K (2021) | #1,147 of 3,974 | #259 in Europe | #54 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,512 m / 8,241 ft | =2,267 of 29,858 | #360 in Europe | #122 in RU |
| Elevation | 170 m / 558 ft | =26,093 of 43,403 | =2,523 in Europe | =258 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =989 in Europe | =75 in RU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =5 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 119.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [JOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkj.md) Yoshkar-Ola Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [RU-4421](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-4421.md) Danilovo Air Base · 76 km / 47 mi
- [UWKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkg.md) Borisoglebskoye Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Cheboksary International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheboksary_International_Airport&oldid=1372073912), revision of 30 Aug 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/uwks/data