# Ufa International Airport (UFA / UWUU)

**Ufa International Airport** (IATA: UFA, ICAO: UWUU) is a large airport in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It opened in 1963. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,761 m (12,339 ft). In 2025 it handled 4.9 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UFA / UWUU
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Bashkortostan
- Serves: Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
- Opened: 1963
- Elevation: 137 m / 449 ft
- Coordinates: 54.5575, 55.8744
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,761 m / 12,339 ft
- Passengers: 4,900,000 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Website: http://www.airportufa.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufa_International_Airport (47 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650285
- Weather station: UWUU · WMO 28722
- Ident: UWUU

## Timeline

- 1963: Ufa International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14R/32L | 3,761 m / 12,339 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 151° / 331° | yes |
| 14/32 | 645 m / 2,115 ft | 96 m / 315 ft | Grass | 152° / 332° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,380,581 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,313,388 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,318,434 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,814,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 3,222,825 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 3,570,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,368,689 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 3,987,137 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 4,089,111 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 4,795,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 4,800,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 4,900,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (47)

- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 369 km / 229 mi · UTair Aviation
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 391 km / 243 mi · UTair Aviation
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 393 km / 244 mi · UTair Aviation, Red Wings Airlines, Ural Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 436 km / 271 mi · UTair Aviation, Ikar
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 657 km / 408 mi · UTair Aviation
- [GSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsg.md) Gagarin International Airport · Russia · 720 km / 447 mi · Azimuth
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 785 km / 488 mi · Ikar
- [HMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ushh.md) Khanty Mansiysk Airport · Russia · 1,060 km / 659 mi · UTair Aviation
- [ASF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urwa.md) Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport · Russia · 1,074 km / 667 mi · Azimuth
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 1,117 km / 694 mi · Azimuth
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 1,147 km / 713 mi · Taimyr Air Company, S7 Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,178 km / 732 mi · Pobeda, Aeroflot
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,187 km / 738 mi · UTair Aviation, Pobeda
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,274 km / 792 mi · UTair Aviation
- [USK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuys.md) Usinsk Airport · Russia · 1,275 km / 792 mi · UVT Aero
- [KGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrk.md) Kogalym International Airport · Russia · 1,371 km / 852 mi · UTair Aviation
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 1,406 km / 874 mi · UTair Aviation, Ural Airlines
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 1,436 km / 892 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [SLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usdd.md) Salekhard Airport · Russia · 1,456 km / 905 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [NOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usro.md) Noyabrsk Airport · Russia · 1,460 km / 907 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [NNM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulam.md) Naryan Mar Airport · Russia · 1,462 km / 908 mi · UTair Aviation, RusLine
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,471 km / 914 mi · Azimuth
- [OGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmo.md) Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport · Russia · 1,503 km / 934 mi · Taimyr Air Company
- [NYM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmm.md) Nadym Airport · Russia · 1,523 km / 946 mi · Yamal Airlines
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,592 km / 989 mi · UTair Aviation, Aeroflot
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,637 km / 1,017 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Smartavia, Rossiya
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 1,642 km / 1,020 mi · Azimuth
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,688 km / 1,049 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Aeroflot, Ikar
- [NUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmu.md) Novy Urengoy Airport · Russia · 1,696 km / 1,054 mi · Yamal Airlines, UTair Aviation
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 1,705 km / 1,059 mi · S7 Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,778 km / 1,105 mi · UTair Aviation, Centrum Air
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,799 km / 1,118 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Belavia
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,815 km / 1,128 mi · Shirak Avia, Armenian Airlines, Azimuth
- [SKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utss.md) Samarkand International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,848 km / 1,148 mi · Azimuth
- [LBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdl.md) Khujand International Airport · Tajikistan · 1,897 km / 1,179 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,030 km / 1,261 mi · Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines
- [IAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uoii.md) Igarka Airport · Russia · 2,151 km / 1,337 mi · UTair Aviation
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 2,241 km / 1,392 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [NSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uooo.md) Alykel International Airport · Russia · 2,275 km / 1,414 mi · Taimyr Air Company
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 2,293 km / 1,425 mi · Azimuth
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 2,479 km / 1,540 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Pobeda
- [IKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uiii.md) Irkutsk International Airport · Russia · 3,162 km / 1,965 mi · S7 Airlines
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,250 km / 2,019 mi · Air Arabia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,259 km / 2,025 mi · flydubai
- [TLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uect.md) Talakan Airport · Russia · 3,273 km / 2,034 mi · UTair Aviation
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,299 km / 2,050 mi · UTair Aviation
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 6,042 km / 3,754 mi · Aeroflot

### Seasonal (4)

- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,471 km / 914 mi · UTair Aviation
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,688 km / 1,049 mi · UTair Aviation, IrAero, Smartavia
- [GDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkg.md) Gelendzhik Airport · Russia · 1,691 km / 1,051 mi · UTair Aviation
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 2,479 km / 1,540 mi · UTair Aviation

### Charter (5)

- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,187 km / 738 mi · Gazprom Avia
- [NYM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmm.md) Nadym Airport · Russia · 1,523 km / 946 mi · Gazprom Avia
- [NUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmu.md) Novy Urengoy Airport · Russia · 1,696 km / 1,054 mi · Gazprom Avia
- [RU-0050](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0050.md) Yamburg Airport · Russia · 1,796 km / 1,116 mi · Gazprom Avia
- [BVJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usdb.md) Bovanenkovo Airport · Russia · 1,857 km / 1,154 mi · Gazprom Avia

### Seasonal charter (8)

- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,238 km / 769 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,736 km / 1,700 mi · Corendon Airlines
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,428 km / 2,130 mi · Air Cairo, Sky Vision Airlines, Azur Air, Rossiya
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 3,533 km / 2,195 mi · Azur Air, Rossiya
- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · Sri Lanka · 5,824 km / 3,619 mi · Azur Air
- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 6,082 km / 3,779 mi · Azur Air
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 6,384 km / 3,967 mi · Azur Air, Nordwind Airlines
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 6,613 km / 4,109 mi · Azur Air, VietJet Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (29)

- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 21
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 8
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 7
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 6 · seasonal charter
- 4G [Gazprom Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gazprom-avia) · 5 · charter
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 5
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 4
- YC [Yamal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yamal-airlines) · 4
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 3
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 3
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 3
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 3
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 3
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 3
- 5N [Smartavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartavia) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 1 · seasonal charter
- JI [Armenian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/armenian-airlines) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 1
- XC [Corendon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/corendon-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- IO [IrAero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraero) · 1 · seasonal
- 7R [RusLine](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rusline) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- 5G [Shirak Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shirak-avia) · 1
- [Sky Vision Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-vision-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- RT [UVT Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uvt-aero) · 1
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 1 · seasonal charter

Former hub of [Air Bashkortostan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-bashkortostan).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4.9M (2025) | #345 of 3,974 | #97 in Europe | #10 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,761 m / 12,339 ft | #247 of 29,858 | #28 in Europe | #9 in RU |
| Elevation | 137 m / 449 ft | =28,097 of 43,403 | =2,951 in Europe | =319 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.800 |
| GND | TAXIING | 119.000 |
| MISC | TRANSIT | 131.700 |
| RDR | KRUG | 120.900 |
| TWR | START | 120.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0315](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0315.md) Zabelskiy Airfield · 27 km / 17 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: “Ufa International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ufa_International_Airport&oldid=1374857308), revision of 14 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/uwuu/data