Kazan International Airport

Ğabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport

Габдулла Тукай исемендәге Казан Аэропорты

Международный аэропорт «Казань» имени Габдуллы Тукая
Summary
Airport typeInternational
OwnerKazan International Airport
OperatorJSC "Kazan International Airport"
ServesKazan, Russia
Hub forUVT Aero
Elevation AMSL410 ft / 125 m
Coordinates55°36′24″N 049°16′54″E / 55.60667°N 49.28167°E / 55.60667; 49.28167
Websitewww.kazan.aero
Map
KZN is located in Tatarstan
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Location of the airport in Tatarstan
KZN is located in European Russia
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Location of the airport in Russia
KZN is located in Europe
KZN
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Location of the airport in Europe
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11L/29R 12,218 3,724 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers (2023)5.000.000 https://flightmapper.io/airports/kazan-international-airport-kzn-26404
Time zoneUTC +4
Operating time7.00–24.00, all year
Most popular international flightIstanbul, Turkey
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Kazan International Airport (Tatar: Казан Халыкара Аэропорты, Russian: Международный аэропорт Казань; IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is an international airport in Russia, around 25 km southeast of Kazan. It is the largest airport in Tatarstan, and one of the busiest airports in Russia as well as in Post-Soviet States. Kazan International Airport served more than 5 million passengers in 2023.[2] In 2019 Airport was renamed to commemorate a Volga Tatar poet, critic, publisher, and towering figure of Tatar literature Ğabdulla Tuqay.[3]

  1. ^ "Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ Потапова, Арина (18 December 2023). "Аэропорт Казани впервые в истории обслужил 5 миллионов пассажиров за год". Новости Татарстана и Казани – Татар-информ (in Russian). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Gabdulla Tukai". «Kazan» International Airport. Retrieved 14 January 2024.