Moscow Domodedovo Airport

Moscow Domodedovo International Airport

Аэропорт Домодедово
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerDmitry Kamenshchik
OperatorDME Limited
ServesMoscow metropolitan area
LocationDomodedovo
Opened7 April 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-04-07)
Hub for
Focus city for
Time zoneEEST (UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL179 m / 588 ft
Coordinates55°24′31″N 37°54′22″E / 55.40861°N 37.90611°E / 55.40861; 37.90611
Websitedomodedovo.ru
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UUDD is located in Moscow Oblast
UUDD
UUDD
Location of the airport in Moscow Oblast
UUDD is located in European Russia
UUDD
UUDD
Location of the airport in Russia
UUDD is located in Europe
UUDD
UUDD
Location of the airport in Europe
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14L/32R 2,370 7,776 Reinforced concrete
14R/32L 3,500 11,483 Cement-concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers29,403,704
Passenger change 16–17Increase7.6%
Aircraft movements234,700
Movements change 16–17Increase4.2%
Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1]

Moscow Domodedovo International Airport (Russian: аэропорт Домодедово, IPA: [dəmɐˈdʲɛdəvə]) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD), formally Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov International Airport, is an international airport serving Moscow, the capital of Russia. It is located in Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, 42 kilometres (26 mi) south-southeast from the city centre of Moscow. Domodedovo Airport serves regular flights across Russia, as well as to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and it is the third largest airport in Russia and the CIS after Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo. Domodedovo Airport is among the top twenty busiest airports in Europe. In 2022, the airport served 21.2 million passengers.

In 2019, following a naming contest and a presidential decree, the airport was renamed after Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.[2]

  1. ^ Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. favt.ru (in Russian). Federal Air Transport Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ Zubacheva, Ksenia (3 June 2019). "What are the 'major' changes at Russian airports – and should you be worried?". kbth.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.