# Kurumoch International Airport (KUF / UWWW)

**Kurumoch International Airport** (IATA: KUF, ICAO: UWWW) is a large airport in Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia. It opened on 19 Dec 1957. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,001 m (9,846 ft). In 2025 it handled 3.6 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KUF / UWWW
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Airports of Regions
- Serves: Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 19 Dec 1957
- Elevation: 145 m / 477 ft
- Coordinates: 53.5049, 50.1643
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,001 m / 9,846 ft
- Passengers: 3,600,000 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Europe/Samara
- Website: https://kuf.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurumoch_International_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950834
- Weather station: UWWW · WMO 28900
- Ident: UWWW

## Timeline

- 19 Dec 1957: Kurumoch International Airport opens.
- 8 Mar 1965: Aeroflot Flight 513. 30 killed.
- 20 Oct 1986: Aeroflot Flight 6502. 70 killed.
- 17 Mar 2007: UTair Flight 471. 6 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,001 m / 9,846 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 148° / 328° | yes |
| 05/23 | 2,554 m / 8,379 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 049° / 229° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 2,377,418 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,208,129 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,091,818 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,649,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 3,056,610 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,999,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,675,034 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,993,142 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 2,900,000 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 3,540,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 3,570,000 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 3,600,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

45 destinations in 13 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (36)

- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 241 km / 150 mi · UVT Aero
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 508 km / 316 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 612 km / 380 mi · UVT Aero
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 760 km / 472 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 765 km / 475 mi · UTair Aviation, Red Wings Airlines
- [IAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudl.md) Golden Ring Yaroslavl International Airport · Russia · 773 km / 480 mi · Azimuth
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 807 km / 501 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 819 km / 509 mi · Taimyr Air Company, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 862 km / 536 mi · UTair Aviation, Pobeda
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 864 km / 537 mi · Pobeda, Smartavia, Aeroflot
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 1,039 km / 646 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 1,153 km / 716 mi · Azimuth
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 1,203 km / 748 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [RMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustj.md) Tobolsk Remezov Airport · Russia · 1,240 km / 771 mi · UVT Aero
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 1,345 km / 836 mi · Pobeda, Nordwind Airlines, Ural Airlines, Aeroflot, Ikar
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 1,372 km / 853 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 1,396 km / 867 mi · Pobeda, Smartavia, Rossiya
- [USK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuys.md) Usinsk Airport · Russia · 1,445 km / 898 mi · UVT Aero
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,451 km / 902 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · Georgia · 1,468 km / 912 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [UGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utnu.md) Urgench International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,538 km / 956 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 1,547 km / 961 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Rossiya
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 1,628 km / 1,012 mi · UTair Aviation
- [NJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usnn.md) Nizhnevartovsk Airport · Russia · 1,771 km / 1,100 mi · Azimuth
- [KGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umkk.md) Khrabrovo Airport · Russia · 1,915 km / 1,190 mi · Nordwind Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,970 km / 1,224 mi · Centrum Air, Red Wings Airlines
- [NUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usmu.md) Novy Urengoy Airport · Russia · 2,003 km / 1,245 mi · Red Wings Airlines, UVT Aero
- [LBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdl.md) Khujand International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,082 km / 1,294 mi · Ural Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 2,095 km / 1,302 mi · S7 Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 2,095 km / 1,302 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 2,187 km / 1,359 mi · Somon Air, Ural Airlines
- [BAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unbb.md) Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport · Russia · 2,191 km / 1,361 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [OSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafo.md) Osh International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 2,218 km / 1,378 mi · Ural Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,262 km / 1,406 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [KJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unkl.md) Krasnoyarsk International Airport · Russia · 2,683 km / 1,667 mi · Rossiya
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,165 km / 1,967 mi · Air Arabia

### Seasonal (3)

- [PES](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulpb.md) Petrozavodsk Airport · Russia · 1,325 km / 823 mi · UVT Aero
- [GDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkg.md) Gelendzhik Airport · Russia · 1,326 km / 824 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,172 km / 1,971 mi · flydubai

### Seasonal charter (6)

- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 2,374 km / 1,475 mi · Azur Air
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,118 km / 1,937 mi · Azur Air, Rossiya
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 3,222 km / 2,002 mi · Rossiya
- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · Sri Lanka · 5,948 km / 3,696 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air
- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 6,352 km / 3,947 mi · Azur Air
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 6,625 km / 4,117 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Azur Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Air Samara](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-samara)

### Passenger (18)

- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 19
- RT [UVT Aero](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uvt-aero) · 6
- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 5 · seasonal charter
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 5
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 5
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 4
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 3
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 3
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 2
- N4 [Nordwind Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nordwind-airlines) · 2
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 2
- 5N [Smartavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartavia) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1 · seasonal
- IK [Ikar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ikar) · 1
- SZ [Somon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/somon-air) · 1
- Y7 [Taimyr Air Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taimyr-air-company) · 1

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.6M (2025) | #414 of 3,974 | #116 in Europe | #14 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,001 m / 9,846 ft | =1,179 of 29,858 | =161 in Europe | #61 in RU |
| Elevation | 145 m / 477 ft | =27,551 of 43,403 | #2,837 in Europe | #308 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =876 in Europe | =68 in RU |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =5 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SAMARA APP | 124.600 |
| ATIS | SAMARA ATIS | 134.100 |
| GND | SAMARA TAXIING | 119.000 |
| MISC | SAMARA TRANSIT | 131.600 |
| PMSV | SAMARA VOLMET | 126.875 |
| RDR | SAMARA KRUG | 128.000 |
| TWR | SAMARA TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [UWWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwwg.md) Bezymyanka Airfield · 33 km / 21 mi
- [RU-2344](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-2344.md) Samara Kryazh Air Base · 44 km / 28 mi
- [RU-0125](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0125.md) Bobrovka Air Base · 54 km / 34 mi
- [ULY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwlw.md) Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [UWWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwwb.md) Buguruslan Severny Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Kurumoch International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurumoch_International_Airport&oldid=1375712472), revision of 19 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/uwww/data