# Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport (ULY / UWLW)

**Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport** (IATA: ULY, ICAO: UWLW) is a medium airport in Cherdakly, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It opened in 1983. It has one runway, 5,000 m (16,404 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines. In 2021 it handled 946 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ULY / UWLW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Volga-Dnepr Airlines
- Serves: Cherdakly, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 1983
- Elevation: 77 m / 252 ft
- Coordinates: 54.4010, 48.8027
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 m / 16,404 ft
- Passengers: 946 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Europe/Ulyanovsk
- Website: http://www.ulvost.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulyanovsk_Vostochny_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2545194
- Weather station: UWLW
- Ident: UWLW

## Timeline

- 1983: Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 5,000 m / 16,404 ft | 99 m / 323 ft | Concrete | 018° / 198° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 148,543 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 235,212 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 235,212 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 256 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 946 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- VI [Volga-Dnepr Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/volga-dnepr-airlines)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 946 (2021) | #3,311 of 3,974 | #897 in Asia | #227 in RU |
| Longest runway | 5,000 m / 16,404 ft | =2 of 29,858 | =1 in Asia | #1 in RU |
| Elevation | 77 m / 252 ft | =32,540 of 43,403 | =1,853 in Asia | #452 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =410 in Asia | =89 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ULYANOVSK APP | 127.300 |
| RDR | KRUG | 126.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [ULV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwll.md) Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · 137 km / 85 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #3

## 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)
- [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/uwlw/data