Kyzyl Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Кызыл) (IATA: KYZ, ICAO: UNKY) serves Kyzyl, in Tuva, Russia. The airport is located 6 km southwest of the city center.
Kyzyl International Airport Международный Аэропорт Кызыл | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | FSUE "Tuva Airlines" | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Kyzyl | ||||||||||||||
Location | Kyzyl, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 51°40′33.86″N 94°24′18.54″E / 51.6760722°N 94.4051500°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | tuvaairport.ru | ||||||||||||||
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KYZ Location of airport in Tuva Republic | |||||||||||||||
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The base is the home of the 32nd Independent Composite Transport Aviation Regiment, Composite Aviation Squadron which is part of the 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[1]
The government of Russia plans to renovate the airport, either by itself or in partnership with another agency. A runway extension is planned, so the airport may accept larger aircraft flying to and from Moscow and Saint Petersburg; or for technical stops for flights from China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and other Asian countries operating to the western part of Russia or elsewhere in Europe.[2] The runway reconstruction officially ended on 13 February 2018, with an ATR 42-500 of NordStar arriving from Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo. Currently, the airport plans to become international in 2018, to commence various flights to PRC (Beijing and Ürümqi) and Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar).[3]
On 5 September 2019, Kyzyl Airport received the allowance for international flights.[4]
Airlines | Destinations |
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IrAero | Moscow–Domodedovo[5] |
KrasAvia | Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Ulan-Ude |
S7 Airlines | Novosibirsk |
Annual Passenger Traffic[6]
Year | Passengers | % Change |
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2014 | 24,099 | |
2015 | 29,367 | +17,9 |
2016 | 33,651 | +12,7 |
2017 | 24,786 | -35,8 |
Bus routes #1 and #1A go to the city.