Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Airport guide

Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Airport (IATA NLI, ICAO UHNN) serves the town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk Krai, on the lower Amur River in the Russian Far East. It sits about 57 metres above sea level and keeps UTC+10 time.

A single asphalt-concrete runway, 11/29, measures 1,860 by 34 metres. It was reconstructed in 2013, with approach lighting, an instrument landing system with courses of 287 and 107 degrees, a new taxiway and power supply work. By 2018 the airfield also had VOR/DME and locator beacons, and the runway carries a pavement classification number of 22/R/A/X/T. The airfield has 15 parking stands and accepts aircraft up to the Sukhoi Superjet 100, including the An-24, An-26, Yak-40, L-410 and DHC-8-100, as well as helicopters.

The airport is operated by Khabarovsk Airlines, the krai's state-owned carrier, which flies from here to Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Okhotsk, Ayan and Nelkan. Aurora also serves Khabarovsk.

Passenger numbers fell from 38,500 in 2014 to 33,500 in 2016, then climbed to 44,000 in 2019. They dipped to 41,800 in 2020 and reached 51,300 in 2021.