Vanavara Airport guide

Vanavara Airport serves the village of Vanavara in the Evenkiysky district of Krasnoyarsk Krai, in central Siberia. Its ICAO code is UNIW. The airfield opened in 1948, when its runway ran along the bank of the river. In the mid-1950s it moved farther from the water to its present site, about 2 km from the village at 272 m above sea level.

The single runway, 06/24, is 1,400 m long and has a concrete surface. The airfield is cleared of forest for 3 km along the runway line. The operator is FKP Aeroporty Krasnoyarya, the state enterprise that runs the region's airports. A new modular passenger building of 567 square metres opened on 28 April 2026.

Scheduled flights connect the village with Krasnoyarsk. KrasAvia and Azur Air serve Cheremshanka airport, and NordStar serves Yemelyanovo. The airport handled about 14,750 passengers in 2016 and roughly 11,000 in 2025. For most residents of the remote district, it is the main year-round link to the regional capital.