# Saransk International Airport (SKX / UWPS)

**Saransk International Airport** (IATA: SKX, ICAO: UWPS) is a large airport in Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. In 2021 it handled 104 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKX / UWPS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
- Elevation: 206 m / 676 ft
- Coordinates: 54.1251, 45.2123
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 103,718 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Website: http://www.aviamordovia.ru/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saransk_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2281749
- Weather station: UWPS · WMO 27760
- Ident: UWPS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 42 m / 138 ft | Concrete | 033° / 213° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 31,059 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 40,710 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 103,718 | Wikidata |

## Routes

8 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 308 km / 191 mi · UVT Aero
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 539 km / 335 mi · Rossiya
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 1,023 km / 636 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,100 km / 684 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,112 km / 691 mi · Azimuth
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,247 km / 775 mi · Azimuth

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,211 km / 1,374 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,038 km / 1,888 mi · Red Wings Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 4
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 3
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 1
- RT [UVT Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uvt-aero) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 104K (2021) | #1,801 of 3,974 | #383 in Europe | #83 in RU |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =258 in Europe | =94 in RU |
| Elevation | 206 m / 676 ft | =23,862 of 43,403 | =2,144 in Europe | =190 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-6558](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-6558.md) Lyambir Air Base · 18 km / 11 mi
- [RU-10072](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10072.md) Sosnovka Airfield · 96 km / 60 mi
- [UWGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgb.md) Bolshoye Boldino Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [PEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwpp.md) Penza Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [RU-0383](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0383.md) Kuznetsk Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Saransk Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saransk_Airport&oldid=1362756982), revision of 6 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/uwps/data