# Penza Airport (PEZ / UWPP)

**Penza Airport** (IATA: PEZ, ICAO: UWPP) is a medium airport in Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia. It has one runway, 2,790 m (9,155 ft) long, asphalt. In 2021 it handled 216 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PEZ / UWPP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
- Elevation: 187 m / 614 ft
- Coordinates: 53.1106, 45.0211
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,790 m / 9,155 ft
- Passengers: 216,478 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://airport58.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penza_Vissarion_Belinsky_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q961973
- Weather station: UWPP · WMO 27962
- Ident: UWPP

## Timeline

- 22 Jun 1986: Aeroflot Flight 5569.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,790 m / 9,155 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 105,991 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 152,881 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 152,881 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 126,533 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 216,478 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 586 km / 364 mi · Aeroflot, Rossiya
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,168 km / 726 mi · Rossiya

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 2
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 216K (2021) | #1,500 of 3,974 | #490 in Asia | #71 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,790 m / 9,155 ft | #1,687 of 29,858 | #503 in Asia | #99 in RU |
| Elevation | 187 m / 614 ft | =25,090 of 43,403 | =1,394 in Asia | =226 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [SKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwps.md) Saransk International Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [RU-10047](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10047.md) Rtishchevo Air Base · 126 km / 78 mi
- [RU-6558](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-6558.md) Lyambir Air Base · 131 km / 81 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: “Penza Vissarion Belinsky Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penza_Vissarion_Belinsky_Airport&oldid=1374169983), revision of 10 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/uwpp/data