List of the busiest airports in the former Soviet Union

This is a list of the busiest airports in the Post-Soviet states (handling more than 1,000,000 passengers per year), ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers. Data is from provisional sources.

The tables also show the percentage change in total passengers for each airport over the last year. Data is sourced individually for each airport and normally originates from national aviation authority statistics, or those of the airport operator.

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Annual passenger traffic at SVO DME VKO LED KBP RIX AER OVB ALA SVX airports. See Wikidata query.

2023 statistics[edit]

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Rank 2023	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2023	Change 2022–2023
01	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	36,600,000[1]	028.7%
02	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	20,400,000[2]	012.1%
03	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	19,900,000[3]	006.1%
04	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	14,500,000[3]	011.6%
05	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	13,912,820[4]	006.9%
06	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	09,547,136[5]	032.0%
07	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	09,093,000[6]	019.9%
08	Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	NQZ	Astana	>7,500,000	025.0%
09	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	07,380,000[7]	026.4%
10	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	~7,000,000[8]	039.0%
11	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	06,630,891[9]	023.2%
12	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	05,850,000[10]	033.0%
13	Armenia	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	Yerevan	05,330,308[11]	046%
14	Russia	Ğabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	05,168,000[12]	028.6%
15	Kyrgyzstan	Manas International Airport	FRU	Bishkek	TBU[13]	TBU
16	Russia	Mustai Karim Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	04,794,786[14]	017.3%
17	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	04,790,000[15]	017.4%
18	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	04,410,000[16]	012.6%
19	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	04,300,625[17]	014.9%
20	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	03,787,498[18]	043.9%
21	Russia	Krasnoyarsk International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	03,774,449[19]	022.1%
22	Georgia	Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport	TBS	Tbilisi	03,694,205[20]	023.6%
23	Russia	Kurumoch International Airport	KUF	Samara	03,540,000[21]	022.1%
24	Estonia	Lennart Meri Airport	TLL	Tallinn	02,961,569[22]	007.8%
25	Moldova	Chișinău International Airport	KIV	Chișinău	02,960,194[23]	028.2%
26	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	02,800,000[24]	011.6%
27	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TJM	Tyumen	02,601.128[25]	011.1%
28	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	02,593,000[26]	022.4%
29	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	02,497,631[27]	020.7%
30	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	02,264,000[28]	016.6%
31	Tajikistan	Dushanbe International Airport	DUS	Dushanbe	02,227,386[29]	031.0%
32	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	02,147,448[30]	019.2%
33	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Airport	OSS	Osh	TBU	TBU
34	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	>2,000,000[31]	TBU
35	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,992,852[32]	014.3%
36	Russia	Omsk Central Airport	OMS	Omsk	01,680,206[33]	005.9%
37	Georgia	David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport	KUT	Kutaisi	01,671,016[34]	103.2%
38	Russia	Gumrak Airport	VOG	Volgograd	01,571,246[35]	013.0%
39	Kazakhstan	Şymkent International Airport	OSS	Şymkent	>1,500,000[36]	TBU
40	Russia	Zhukovsky International Airport	ZIA	Moscow	01,450,000[37]	004.3%
41	Russia	Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport	MMK	Murmansk	01,435,945[38]	010.5%
42	Russia	Strigino Airport	GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod	01,400,000[39]	016.7%
43	Russia	Khomutovo Airport	UUS	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	01,333,115[40]	005.2%
44	Lithuania	Kaunas Airport	VNO	Kaunas	01,300,000[16]	012.2%
45	Russia	Saratov Gagarin Airport	GSV	Saratov	01,069,000[41]	009.0%
46	Russia	Novy Urengoy Airport	NUX	Novy Urengoy	01,055,000[42]	002.0%
47	Russia	Orenburg Tsentralny Airport	REN	Orenburg	01,042,000[43]	112.7%
48	Uzbekistan	Samarqand International Airport	SKD	Samarqand	01,010,938[44]	104.9%
49	Russia	Kadyrov Grozny International Airport	GRV	Grozny	>1,000,000[45]	029.3%
50	Tajikistan	Khujand Airport	LBD	Khujand	01,000,000[46]	009.9%

2022 statistics[edit]

Rank 2022	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2022	Change 2021–2022
01	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	28,400,000[47]	007.0%
02	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	21,200,000[47]	015.0%
03	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	18,200,000[47]	000.9%
04	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	16,400,000[48]	008.9%
05	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	013,011,000[49]	017.4%
06	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	07,585,000[50]	012.2%
07	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	07,230,156[51]	018.5%
08	Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	NQZ	Astana	06,001,471[52]	024.0%
09	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	05,840,000[53]	003.6%
10	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	05,380,779[54]	129.0%
11	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	05,000,000[55]	046.0%
12	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	04,400,000[56]
13	Russia	Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	04,089,111[57]	002.2%
14	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	04,080,000[58]	027.3%
15	Russia	Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	04,018,000[59]	003.7%
16	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	03,915,960[60]	106.0%
17	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	03,742,387[61]	004,3%
18	Armenia	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	Yerevan	03,649,764[62]	060.2%
19	Russia	Krasnoyarsk International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	03,092,342[63]	013.2%
20	Georgia	Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport	TBS	Tbilisi	02,988,785[64]	078.0%
21	Kazakhstan	Şymkent International Airport	CIT	Şymkent	02,976,880[65]	039.2%
22	Russia	Kurumoch Airport	KUF	Samara	~2,900,000[66]	003.0%
23	Estonia	Lennart Meri Airport	TLL	Tallinn	02,748,255[22]	111.0%
24	Kyrgyzstan	Manas International Airport	FRU	Bishkek	02,695,883[67]	026.8%
25	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	02,632,834[68]	027.0%
26	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	02,509,238[69]	023.6%
27	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TYU	Tyumen	02,341,727[70]	004.4%
28	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Airport	OSS	Osh	02,339,503[67]	033.6%
29	Moldova	Chișinău International Airport	KIV	Chișinău	02,308,316[71]	025.1%
30	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	02,118,000[72]	016.7%
31	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	2,068,000[27]	020.0%
32	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	01,941,500[73]	009.0%
33	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	01,922,000[74]	005.2%
34	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	01,900,000[75]	004.5%
35	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,743,696[76]	009.6%
36	Tajikistan	Dushanbe International Airport	DYU	Dushanbe	01,700,000[77]
37	Russia	Omsk Tsentralny Airport	OMS	Omsk	01,585,994[78]	006.3%
38	Russia	Gumrak Airport	VOG	Volgograd	01,390,000[79]	003,5%
39	Russia	Zhukovsky International Airport	ZIA	Moscow	01,390,000[37]	0~50%
40	Kazakhstan	Aqtau Airport	SCO	Aqtau	0 1,303,560[80]	017,4%
41	Russia	Murmansk Airport	MMK	Murmansk	01,299,084[81]	004.2%
42	Russia	Khomutovo Airport	UUS	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	01,266,000[58]	018.4%
43	Russia	Strigino Airport	GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod	01,200,000[82]	019.0%
44	Lithuania	Kaunas International Airport	KUN	Kaunas	01,158,304[83]	237.6%
45	Russia	Novy Urengoy Airport	NUX	Novy Urengoy	01,034,640[84]	007.9%
46	Russia	Talagi Airport	ARH	Arkhangelsk	01,000,000[85]	006.0%

2021 statistics[edit]

Rank 2021	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2021	Change 2020–2021
01	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	30,623,796[48]	056.5%
02	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	25,065,087[48]	052.9%
03	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	18,043,464[86]	064.9%
04	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	17,999,084[48]	043.2%
05	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	011,076,621[87]	070.3%
06	Ukraine	Boryspil International Airport	KBP	Kyiv	09,433,000[88]	082.9%
07	Russia/ Ukraine*	Simferopol International Airport	SIP	Simferopol	06,830,000[89]	046.7%
08	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	06,662,128[86]	047.0%
09	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	06,103,657[90]	066.3%
10	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	05,973,142[86]	071.2%
11	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	05,400,000[55]
12	Russia	Pashkovsky Airport	KRR	Krasnodar	05,022,243[86]	063.2%
13	Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	TSE	Nur-Sultan	04,837,464 [91]	0058%
14	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	>4,000,000	078.2%
15	Russia	Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	03,987,137[86]	068.3%
16	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	03,910,846[86]	084.7%
17	Russia	Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	03,700,000[92]	070.4%
18	Russia	Kurumoch Airport	KUF	Samara	02,993,142[93]	078.7%
19	Russia	Vityazevo Airport	AAQ	Anapa	02,931,057	061.7%
20	Russia	Platov Airport	ROV	Rostov-on-Don	02,897,938[86]	039.0%
21	Russia	Krasnoyarsk International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	02,694,817[86]	062.7%
22	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	~2,500,000[94]	031.5%
23	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	02,353,064[95]	017.0%
24	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TYU	Tyumen	02,242,326[86]	063.0%
25	Kazakhstan	Şymkent International Airport	CIT	Şymkent	02,138,100[96]	0
26	Kyrgyzstan	Manas International Airport	FRU	Bishkek	02,126,354[97]	0
27	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	02,077,769[86]	054.5%
28	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	02,030,044[86]	045.1%
29	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,928,000[98]	072.5%
30	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	01,898,817[99]	044.7%
31	Moldova	Chișinău International Airport	KIV	Chișinău	01,844,450[71]
32	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	01,843,224[86]	042.1%
33	Ukraine	Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport	LWO	Lviv	01,834,100[100]	108.8%
34	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	01,813,869[86]	057.1%
35	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	01,813,658[86]	040.3%
36	Armenia	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	Yerevan	0
37	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	0
38	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	01,780,605[86]	040.2%
39	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Airport	OSS	Osh	01,750,857[97]	0
40	Georgia	Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport	TBS	Tbilisi	01,683,696[101]	185.3%
41	Russia	Omsk Tsentralny Airport	OMS	Omsk	01,492,032[86]	059.8%
42	Russia	Strigino Airport	GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod	01,452,301[86]	152.9%
43	Russia	Gumrak Airport	VOG	Volgograd	01,440,697[86]	084.5%
44	Ukraine	Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)	IEV	Kyiv	01,418,153[100]	101.3%
45	Russia	Murmansk Airport	MMK	Murmansk	01,355,612[102]	032.0%
46	Ukraine	Odesa International Airport	ODS	Odesa	01,328,000[100]
47	Kazakhstan	Aqtau Airport	SCO	Aqtau	0 1,303,560[103]	017,4%
48	Estonia	Lennart Meri Airport	TLL	Tallinn	01,301,066[104]	050.7%
49	Tajikistan	Dushanbe International Airport	DYU	Dushanbe
50	Ukraine	Kharkiv Airport	HRK	Kharkiv	01,159,889[100]	056.8%
51	Russia	Khomutovo Airport	UUS	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	01,069,627[86]	053.4%
52	Russia	Talagi Airport	ARH	Arkhangelsk	01,064,215[86]	065.4%
53	Russia	Gelendzhik Airport	GDZ	Gelendzhik	1,040,167	0116%

^* The political status of Crimea is the subject of a political and territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. The Crimean Peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation in February–March 2014. In 2016, UN General Assembly reaffirmed non-recognition of the annexation and condemned "the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine—the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol".

2020 statistics[edit]

Rank 2020	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2020	Change 2019–2020
01	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	19,566,402[105]	60.8%
02	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	16,389,427[105]	42.0%
03	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	12,565,241[105]	47.7%
04	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	10,944,421[105]	44.1%
05	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	06,505,301[105]	03.8%
06	Ukraine	Boryspil International Airport	KBP	Kyiv	05,157,848[106]	66.2%
07	Russia/ Ukraine*	Simferopol International Airport	SIP	Simferopol	04,630,000[107]	09.9%
08	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	04,531,157[105]	32.8%
09	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	03,669,668[108]	42.9%
10	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	03,498,286[105]	45.2%
11	Russia	Pashkovsky Airport	KRR	Krasnodar	03,076,447[105]	33.7%
12	Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	NQZ	Nur-Sultan	03,059,714[109]	40.0%
13	Russia	Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	02,368,689[105]	33.7%
14	Russia	Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	02,171,603[105]	37.4%
15	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	02,117,931[105]	10.6%
16	Russia	Platov Airport	ROV	Rostov-on-Don	02,086,000[110]	31.8%
17	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	02,011,155[111]	74.2%
18	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	01,939,192[112]	62.0%
19	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	TBU	TBU
20	Russia	Vityazevo Airport	AAQ	Anapa	01,813,128[105]	10.4%
21	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	01,797,989[105]	28.1%
22	Russia	Kurumoch Airport	KUF	Samara	01,675,034[105]	44.4%
23	Russia	Krasnoyarsk International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	01,656,190[105]	35.5%
24	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	01,399,489[105]	06.7%
25	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TYU	Tyumen	01,374,620[105]	32.9%
26	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	01,344,484[105]	45.4%
27	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	01,312,468[113]	73.8%
28	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	01,297,578[105]	27.9%
29	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	01,292,560[105]	58.0%
30	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	01,270,203[105]	42.1%
31	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	01,154,750[105]	32.6%
32	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,118,143[114]	32.1%
33	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	01,030,700[115]	78.2%

2019 statistics[edit]

Rank 2019	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2019	Change 2018–2019
01	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	49,933,000[116]	08.9%
02	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	28,252,337[117]	04.1%
03	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	24,011,150[118]	12.0%
04	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	19,581,262[119]	08.1%
05	Ukraine	Boryspil International Airport	KBP	Kyiv	15,260,281[120]	21.1%
06	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	07,798,382[121]	10.5%
07	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	06,760,000[122]	06.5%
08	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	06,747,151[123]	14.2%
09	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	06,422,721[124]	12.9%
10	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	06,363,000[125]	04.3%
11	Ukraine/ Russia*	Simferopol International Airport	SIP	Simferopol	05,140,000[126]	00.1%
12	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	05,101,766[127]	12.5%
13	Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	TSE	Nur-Sultan	05,099,391[128]	12.2%
14	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	05,004,922[129]	01.7%
15	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	04,730,000[130]	06.8%
16	Russia	Pashkovsky Airport	KRR	Krasnodar	04,642,791[131]	11.3%
17	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	04,430,000[132]	22.2%
18	Georgia	Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport	TBS	Tbilisi	03,692,202[133]	03.1%
19	Russia	Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	03,570,000[134]	10.7%
20	Russia	Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	03,470,742[135]	10.5%
21	Estonia	Lennart Meri Airport	TLL	Tallinn	03,267,909[136]	08.7%
22	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	03,080,000[137]	16.9%
23	Russia	Platov Airport	ROV	Rostov-on-Don	03,060,000[138]	05.4%
24	Armenia	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	Yerevan	03,048,859[139]	13.3%
25	Russia	Kurumoch Airport	KUF	Samara	03,010,000[140]	02.4%
26	Moldova	Chișinău International Airport	KIV	Chișinău	02,995,530[141]	05.9%
27	Ukraine	Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)	IEV	Kyiv	02,617,900[142]	06.9%
28	Russia	Krasnoyarsk International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	02,568,541[143]	00.7%
29	Turkmenistan	Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy International Airport	ASB	Aşgabat
30	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	02,500,000[144]	04.2%
31	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	02,463,384[145]	11.3%
32	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	02,369,860[146]	10.3%
33	Ukraine	Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport	LWO	Lviv	02,217,400[147]	38.8%
34	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	02,195,000[148]	02.5%
35	Kyrgyzstan	Manas International Airport	FRU	Bishkek	02,167,759[149]	04.0%
36	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TYU	Tyumen	02,047,500[150]	03.1%
37	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	01,800,000[151]	02.4%
38	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	01,713,532[117]	03.4%
39	Ukraine	Odesa International Airport	ODS	Odesa	01,694,022[152]	17.1%
40	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,647,005[153]	07.9%
41	Russia	Vityazevo Airport	AAQ	Anapa	01,642,000[122]	10.4%
42	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	01,500,690[117]	15.9%
43	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Airport	OSS	Osh	01,499,561[149]	06.8%
44	Tajikistan	Dushanbe International Airport	DYU	Dushanbe	01,422,204[154]	06.1%
45	Russia	Omsk Tsentralny Airport	OMS	Omsk	01,382,000[155]	26.9%
46	Ukraine	Kharkiv Airport	HRK	Kharkiv	01,340,000[156]	40.0%
47	Russia	Zhukovsky International Airport	ZIA	Moscow	01,320,000[157]	13.6%
48	Russia	Gumrak Airport	VOG	Volgograd	01,214,675[158]	05.6%
49	Russia	Khomutovo Airport	UUS	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	01,209,161[117]	13.5%
50	Lithuania	Kaunas International Airport	KUN	Kaunas	01,160,672[159]	14.8%
51	Russia	Strigino Airport	GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod	01,129,000[160]	01.0%
52	Russia	Murmansk Airport	MMK	Murmansk	01,030,000[161]	09.8%
53	Kazakhstan	Aqtau Airport	SCO	Aqtau	01,029,685[162]	00.7%

^* The political status of Crimea is the subject of a political and territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. The Crimean Peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation in February–March 2014. In 2016, UN General Assembly reaffirmed non-recognition of the annexation and condemned "the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine—the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol".

2018 statistics[edit]

Rank 2018	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2018	Change 2017–2018
1	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	45,385,254[163]	14.3%
2	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	29,449,537[164]	04.1%
3	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	21,536,387[165]	18.4%
4	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	18,122,286[166]	12.4%
5	Ukraine	Boryspil International Airport	KBP	Kyiv	12,603,271[167]	19.4%
6	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	07,056,099[121]	15.7%
7	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	06,347,066[168]	06.4%
8	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	06,103,049[169]	13.0%
9	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	05,909,078[170]	18.0%
10	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	05,686,926[171]	00.8%
11	Ukraine/ Russia*	Simferopol International Airport	SIP	Simferopol	05,146,095[172]	00.3%
12	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	04,922,949[173]	30.9%
13	Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	TSE	Nur-Sultan	04,545,370[174]	05.9%
14	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	04,536,618[175]	10.3%
15	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	04,430,000[176]	09.1%
16	Russia	Pashkovsky Airport	KRR	Krasnodar	04,172,550[177]	19.3%
17	Georgia	Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport	TBS	Tbilisi	03,808,619[178]	20.4%
18	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	03,624,000[132]	16.4%
19	Russia	Platov Airport	ROV	Rostov-on-Don	03,236,000	17.0%
20	Russia	Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	03,222,825[168]	14.5%
21	Russia	Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	03,141,776[179]	19.8%
22	Russia	Kurumoch Airport	KUF	Samara	03,085,386	17.0%
23	Estonia	Lennart Meri Airport	TLL	Tallinn	03,007,644[180]	13.6%
24	Moldova	Chișinău International Airport	KIV	Chișinău	02,828,626[141]	03.1%
25	Ukraine	Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)	IEV	Kyiv	02,812,300[181]	51.9%
26	Armenia	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	Yerevan	02,690,727[182]	10.0%
27	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	02,634,149[183]	21.0%
28	Russia	Yemelyanovo International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	02,586,974[184]	12.6%
29	Turkmenistan	Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy International Airport	ASB	Aşgabat	02,450,000[185]	08.2%
30	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	02,408,000[186]	10.5%
31	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	02,213,098[187]	10.1%
32	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	02,149,413[188]	20.1%
33	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	02,142,330[189]	04.5%
34	Kyrgyzstan	Manas International Airport	FRU	Bishkek	02,084,738[190]	03.7%
35	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TYU	Tyumen	01,985,749[191]	08.4%
36	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	01,758,310[192]	02.0%
37	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	01,656,728[193]	07.4%
38	Ukraine	Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport	LWO	Lviv	01,598,700[194]	48.0%
39	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,526,110[195]	13,5%
40	Russia	Vityazevo Airport	AAQ	Anapa	01,487,382[168]	09.0%
41	Ukraine	Odesa International Airport	ODS	Odesa	01,446,521[196]	17.7%
42	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Airport	OSS	Osh	01,403,622[190]	00.4%
43	Tajikistan	Dushanbe International Airport	DYU	Dushanbe	01,340,692[197]	02.8%
44	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	01,295,000[198]	27.3%
45	Russia	Zhukovsky International Airport	ZIA	Moscow	01,161,633[199]	173.0%
46	Russia	Gumrak Airport	VOG	Volgograd	01,149,912	13.4%
47	Russia	Strigino Airport	GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod	01,140,340[200]	18.0%
48	Russia	Omsk Tsentralny Airport	OMS	Omsk	01,088,926[168]	14.9%
49	Russia	Khomutovo Airport	UUS	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	01,065,132[201]	08.1%
50	Kazakhstan	Aqtau Airport	SCO	Aqtau	01,023,826	04.5%
51	Lithuania	Kaunas International Airport	KUN	Kaunas	01,011,067[202]	14.8%

^* The political status of Crimea is the subject of a political and territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. The Crimean Peninsula was annexed by the Russian Federation in February–March 2014. In 2016, UN General Assembly reaffirmed non-recognition of the annexation and condemned "the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine—the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol".

2017 statisttics[edit]

Rank 2017	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2017	Change 2016–2017
1	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	39,641,443[203][204]	17.8%
2	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	30,657,854[205][206]	07.6%
3	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	18,139,000[207]	30.1%
4	Russia	Pulkovo Airport	LED	Saint Petersburg	16,125,520[208]	21.6%
5	Ukraine	Boryspil International Airport	KBP	Kyiv	10,554,757[209]	22.1%
6	Latvia	Riga International Airport	RIX	Riga	06,097,765[210]	12.9%
7	Russia	Adler-Sochi International Airport	AER	Sochi	05,691,822[211]	09.1%
8	Kazakhstan	Almaty International Airport	ALA	Almaty	05,640,800[212]	15.6%
9	Russia	Koltsovo Airport	SVX	Yekaterinburg	05,404,000[213]	25.7%
10	Ukraine/ Russia*	Simferopol International Airport	SIP	Simferopol	05,128,738[214]	01.4%
11	Russia	Tolmachevo Airport	OVB	Novosibirsk	05,007,302[215]	22.2%
12	Kazakhstan	Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport	TSE	Astana	04,294,145[216]	24.8%
13	Belarus	Minsk National Airport	MSQ	Minsk	04,114,512[217]	20.0%
14	Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev International Airport	GYD	Baku	04,060,000[218]	24.5%
15	Lithuania	Vilnius Airport	VNO	Vilnius	03,761,001[173]	01.4%
16	Russia	Pashkovsky Airport	KRR	Krasnodar	03,498,126[211]	16.5%
17	Georgia	Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport	TBS	Tbilisi	03,164,139[219]	40.5%
18	Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport	TAS	Tashkent	03,114,000[132]	9.0%
19	Russia	Ufa International Airport	UFA	Ufa	02,814,330[220]	21.4%
20	Russia	Rostov-on-Don Airport + Platov Airport	ROV	Rostov-on-Don	02,766,000[221]	32.0%
21	Moldova	Chișinău International Airport	KIV	Chișinău	02,744,653[222]	24.4%
22	Russia	Kurumoch Airport	KUF	Samara	02,649,426[223]	26.6%
23	Estonia	Lennart Meri Airport	TLL	Tallinn	02,648,361[224]	12.0%
24	Russia	Kazan International Airport	KZN	Kazan	02,623,423[225]	37.1%
25	Armenia	Zvartnots International Airport	EVN	Yerevan	02,448,250[226]	16.3%
26	Russia	Yemelyanovo International Airport	KJA	Krasnoyarsk	02,297,468[227]	26.0%
27	Russia	Mineralnye Vody Airport	MRV	Mineralnye Vody	02,180,178[228]	26.6%
28	Russia	Knevichi Airport	VVO	Vladivostok	02,179,000[229]	17.8%
29	Kyrgyzstan	Manas International Airport	FRU	Bishkek	02,164,858[230]	18.0%
30	Russia	Khabarovsk Novy Airport	KHV	Khabarovsk	02,047,000[231]	09.7%
31	Russia	International Airport Irkutsk	IKT	Irkutsk	02,010,000[232]	17.6%
32	Ukraine	Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)	IEV	Kyiv	01,851,700[233]	64.2%
33	Russia	Roshchino Airport	TYU	Tyumen	01,831,654[234]	19.7%
34	Russia	Khrabrovo Airport	KGD	Kaliningrad	01,780,000[235]	13.9%
35	Russia	Surgut International Airport	SGC	Surgut	01,723,312[236]	15.7%
36	Russia	Balandino Airport	CEK	Chelyabinsk	01,517,000[237]	23.7%
37	Turkmenistan	Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy International Airport	ASB	Aşgabat	01,500,000(2013)
38	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Airport	OSS	Osh	01,409,768[230]	38.1%
39	Russia	Vityazevo Airport	AAQ	Anapa	01,364,000[211]	03.8%
40	Russia	Bolshoye Savino Airport	PEE	Perm	01,338,373[238]	19.0%
41	Tajikistan	Dushanbe International Airport	DYU	Dushanbe	01,304,800[239]	12.7%
42	Ukraine	Odesa International Airport	ODS	Odesa	01,230,000[240]	18.3%
43	Lithuania	Kaunas International Airport	KUN	Kaunas	01,186,074[241]	60.2%
44	Ukraine	Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport	LWO	Lviv	01,080,000[242]	46.3%
45	Kazakhstan	Aqtau Airport	SCO	Aqtau	01,067,900[212]	23.3%
46	Russia	Uytash Airport	MCX	Makhachkala	01,067,685[243]	23.0%
47	Russia	Gumrak Airport	VOG	Volgograd	01,013,985	24.9%

^* The political status of Crimea is the subject of a political and territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine.

2016 statistics[edit]

Rank 2016	Country	Airport	IATA	City	Passengers 2016	Change 2015–2016
1	Russia	Sheremetyevo International Airport	SVO	Moscow	34,030,000[244]	07.6%
2	Russia	Moscow Domodedovo Airport	DME	Moscow	28,537,243[245]	06.6%
3	Russia	Vnukovo International Airport	VKO	Moscow	14,012,058[246]	11.6%
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