Kyzyl Airport guide

Kyzyl Airport (IATA KYZ, ICAO UNKY) is the main airport of the Republic of Tuva in southern Siberia. It sits about 6 km southwest of Kyzyl, the republic's capital, at 647 m above sea level. The federal state enterprise Aeroport Kyzyl runs it, and a military transport aviation regiment also uses the field.

The airport dates from 1946. Its main concrete runway, 05/23, measures 2,700 m by 45 m and takes aircraft up to 75 tonnes. A shorter 1,300 m strip, 14/32, is also listed. Reconstruction of the main runway began in 2016 and finished in February 2018. The terminal handles about 250 passengers an hour, and the airport received permission for international flights in 2019.

Traffic has grown steadily, from about 14,000 passengers in 2011 to roughly 120,000 in 2024. KrasAvia flies to Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Ulan-Ude, IrAero links Kyzyl with Moscow Domodedovo, and Tuva Avia serves remote settlements in the republic by helicopter and An-2. Marshrutka route 1A connects the airport with the city.