Barnaul Gherman Titov International Airport guide

Barnaul Airport serves Altai Krai in southwestern Siberia and sits about 17 km west of the city centre, reached along the Pavlovsky Trakt. Its ICAO code is UNBB. The site began in 1937 as a base for Po-2 biplanes, and the current airfield complex opened on 12 March 1967.

The airport carries the name of Gherman Titov, the cosmonaut born in Altai Krai who was the second person in space. The regional legislative assembly assigned the name on 27 May 2010. It gained international status in 1995.

The single runway, 06/24, is 2,850 m long. It was extended from 2,000 m in 1967 to 2,500 m in 1975 and to 2,850 m in 1998, and it takes aircraft up to the Boeing 747 and Ilyushin Il-96. Most flights go to Moscow, Novosibirsk, Sochi and other Russian cities, with seasonal charters to Asian and Turkish resorts. A new passenger terminal of 9,800 square metres, with three jet bridges and 13 check-in desks, was put into operation in September 2026 after construction that began in September 2023. It is designed for more than 1 million passengers a year.