# Gagarin International Airport (GSV / UWSG)

**Gagarin International Airport** (IATA: GSV, ICAO: UWSG) is a large airport in Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia. It opened on 20 Aug 2019. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Airports of Regions. In 2025 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GSV / UWSG
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Airports of Regions
- Serves: Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 20 Aug 2019
- Elevation: 31 m / 103 ft
- Coordinates: 51.7128, 46.1711
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 1,064,000 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Europe/Saratov
- Website: http://gsv.aero
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratov_Gagarin_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333137
- Weather station: UWSG · WMO 34171
- Ident: UWSG

## Timeline

- 20 Aug 2019: Gagarin International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 081° / 261° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 258,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 534,000 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 983,011 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 977,000 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,069,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,150,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 1,064,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

14 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 728 km / 452 mi · Pobeda
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 745 km / 463 mi · Pobeda, Aeroflot, Rossiya
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 995 km / 618 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,029 km / 639 mi · Pobeda
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 1,100 km / 684 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,293 km / 803 mi · Shirak Avia
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,335 km / 830 mi · Pobeda
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 1,725 km / 1,072 mi · Ikar
- [NUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmu.md) Novy Urengoy Airport · Russia · 2,322 km / 1,443 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 2,418 km / 1,502 mi · S7 Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · Georgia · 1,176 km / 731 mi · Red Wings Airlines

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,962 km / 1,219 mi · UTair Aviation
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,043 km / 1,269 mi · Southwind Airlines, Tailwind Airlines
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 2,919 km / 1,814 mi · Nesma Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (11)

- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 4
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 4
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 1
- NE [Nesma Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nesma-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 1
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1
- 5G [Shirak Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shirak-avia) · 1
- 2S [Southwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwind-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- TI [Tailwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tailwind-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.1M (2025) | #797 of 3,974 | #197 in Europe | #30 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =166 in Europe | =63 in RU |
| Elevation | 31 m / 103 ft | =36,731 of 43,403 | #4,892 in Europe | #582 in RU |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | =1,391 in Europe | #110 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-8602](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-8602.md) Engels Air Base · 26 km / 16 mi
- [RU-3709](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-3709.md) Bagay-Baranovka Air Base · 72 km / 45 mi
- [BWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsb.md) Balakovo Airport · 110 km / 68 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: “Saratov Gagarin Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saratov_Gagarin_Airport&oldid=1363077477), revision of 7 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/uwsg/data