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CEK · Chelyabinsk, Russia
--:--:-- · YEKT (UTC+05:00) · 55.3031° N, 61.5049° E
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport
Airport in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 26370; ident USCC; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
cekport.ru
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceKurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
CEK / USCC
OurAirports ident
USCC
GPS / local code
USCC
ISO region
RU-CHE
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
cekport.ru
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1322423
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 6:07 PM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--YEKT · UTC+05:00
Time zone
YEKT
Asia/Yekaterinburg · UTC+05:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
17 km
Approximate distance to central Chelyabinsk.
Country capital
Moscow
Languages
Russian
Currency
RUB (₽)
Country area
17,098,246 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
1 runway
Longest runway
10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Runway surface
concrete
Opened / operator
1930 · Novaport
Owner / entity
Q1322423
Hub airlines
Ural Airlines, Yamal Airlines
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Chelyabinsk, Russia. Chelyabinsk's built-up core sits roughly 17 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Yekaterinburg (UTC+05:00, YEKT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (CEK / USCC) is at 55.3031° N, 61.5049° E, elevation 769 ft (234 m), serving Chelyabinsk, Russia.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Chelyabinsk is in Russia (capital Moscow); on Asia/Yekaterinburg (YEKT, UTC+05:00); working languages: Russian; currency: RUB (₽).
Distance from central Chelyabinsk: 17 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for CEK.
Primary airport name
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (CEK / USCC)
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Airport in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Known label 1
УСЦЦ
Alternate airport-name cue retained for CEK, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 2
Челябинск
Alternate airport-name cue retained for CEK, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 3
Balandino
Alternate airport-name cue retained for CEK, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 4
Balandino Airport
Alternate airport-name cue retained for CEK, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
USCC · USCC · RU-CHE
cekport.ru · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Location cue
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (Balandino) is an international airport in Russia located 18 km north of Chelyabinsk.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
1. Chelyabinsk
chelyabinsk · 17 km from CEK
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 1,202,371 · city coordinates 55.1611, 61.4288
2. Kopeysk
kopeysk · 22 km from CEK
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 70,780 · city coordinates 55.1169, 61.6181
3. Korkino
korkino · 46 km from CEK
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 40,046 · city coordinates 54.8915, 61.3920
4. Yemanzhelinsk
yemanzhelinsk · 62 km from CEK
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 29,849 · city coordinates 54.7547, 61.3208
5. Ozersk
ozersk · 71 km from CEK
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 81,023 · city coordinates 55.7556, 60.7028
6. Kyshtym
kyshtym · 76 km from CEK
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 41,625 · city coordinates 55.7163, 60.5510
1. SVX USSS
Koltsovo Airport · Yekaterinburg
166 km from CEK · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · elevation 764 ft (233 m) · airport coordinates 56.7431, 60.8027
2. UFA UWUU
Ufa International Airport · Ufa
369 km from CEK · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · elevation 449 ft (137 m) · airport coordinates 54.5575, 55.8744
3. OMS UNOO
Omsk Central Airport · Omsk
751 km from CEK · Asia/Omsk · +1h · elevation 311 ft (95 m) · airport coordinates 54.9631, 73.3124
1. CEK-SVX
Yekaterinburg · 166 km · 1h 3m
Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h from CEK; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. CEK-UFA
Ufa · 369 km · 1h 18m
Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h from CEK; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. CEK-OMS
Omsk · 751 km · 1h 47m
Asia/Omsk · +1h from CEK; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
1 runway
Longest runway 10,499 ft / 3,200 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for CEK.
Runway identifiers
09/27
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. SVX USSS
Koltsovo Airport · Yekaterinburg · 166 km from CEK
large airport · Asia/Yekaterinburg · russia · 764 ft (233 m) · 56.7431, 60.8027
2. UFA UWUU
Ufa International Airport · Ufa · 369 km from CEK
large airport · Asia/Yekaterinburg · russia · 449 ft (137 m) · 54.5575, 55.8744
3. OMS UNOO
Omsk Central Airport · Omsk · 751 km from CEK
large airport · Asia/Omsk · russia · 311 ft (95 m) · 54.9631, 73.3124
4. KUF UWWW
Kurumoch International Airport · Samara · 760 km from CEK
large airport · Europe/Samara · russia · 477 ft (145 m) · 53.5049, 50.1643
5. KZN UWKD
Kazan International Airport · Kazan · 771 km from CEK
large airport · Europe/Moscow · russia · 411 ft (125 m) · 55.6062, 49.2787
6. GOJ UWGG
Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Nizhny Novgorod · 1110 km from CEK
large airport · Europe/Moscow · russia · 256 ft (78 m) · 56.2274, 43.7852
Source note 1
It also serves as a secondary hub for Ural Airlines and Yamal Airlines.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for CEK.
CEK sits in Russia (Russian Federation), whose capital is Moscow. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Europe, Eastern Europe.
Common country-language signals: Russian. Currency context: RUB (₽). CEK is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
CEK is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with УСЦЦ, Челябинск, Balandino, Balandino Airport. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Airport in Chelyabinsk, Russia. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Location cue: Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport (Balandino) is an international airport in Russia located 18 km north of Chelyabinsk.
Wikidata airport entity: Q1322423 · Chelyabinsk Airport. Administrative area: Chelyabinsk. Named after: Igor Kurchatov. Entity official-site cross-check: cekport.ru
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport is a low-elevation field at 769 ft (234 m), positioned at 55.3031° N, 61.5049° E in the Northern high mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 1 runway and a longest runway of 10,499 ft / 3,200 m. The airport clock uses Asia/Yekaterinburg (YEKT, UTC+05:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Chelyabinsk is the closest retained city-time anchor at 17 km. SVX Yekaterinburg is the closest retained airport alternative at 166 km.
CEK is compared with SVX Yekaterinburg at 166 km, UFA Ufa at 369 km, OMS Omsk at 751 km, KUF Samara at 760 km, KZN Kazan at 771 km inside the retained Russia airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
CEK-SVX Yekaterinburg: 166 km, about 1h 3m, +0h. CEK-UFA Ufa: 369 km, about 1h 18m, +0h. CEK-OMS Omsk: 751 km, about 1h 47m, +1h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident USCC backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. cekport.ru is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Ural Airlines, Yamal Airlines
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
1 runway · longest 10,499 ft / 3,200 m
Runway identifiers
09/27
OurAirports classifies CEK as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Chelyabinsk.
CEK (USCC) is a low-elevation field at 769 ft (234 m) in the high mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
CEK sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
CEK's runway record lists 1 runway, with the longest runway at 10,499 ft / 3,200 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete.
Novaport is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for CEK.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at cekport.ru, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
CEK uses Asia/Yekaterinburg (YEKT, UTC+05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport is about 17 km from central Chelyabinsk; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
SVX Yekaterinburg is the closest retained alternate at 166 km, time difference +0h.
cekport.ru is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place CEK inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
CEK ranks #1 in the curated Russia airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 14 airports.
CEK shares Asia/Yekaterinburg with SVX Yekaterinburg RU · UFA Ufa RU. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
CEK is 769 ft (234 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include MXP 768 ft (234 m) (1 ft delta) · SVX 764 ft (233 m) (5 ft delta) · DEL 777 ft (237 m) (8 ft delta) · BUR 778 ft (237 m) (9 ft delta) · SKP 781 ft (238 m) (12 ft delta).
CEK's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are SVX 166 km +0h · UFA 369 km +0h · OMS 751 km +1h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yekaterinburg | SVX | 166 km | 1h 3m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Ufa | UFA | 369 km | 1h 18m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Omsk | OMS | 751 km | 1h 47m | +1h | --:--:-- |
CEK to SVX
Distance 166 km; estimated travel window 1h 3m; destination zone Asia/Yekaterinburg is +0h from CEK. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CEK to UFA
Distance 369 km; estimated travel window 1h 18m; destination zone Asia/Yekaterinburg is +0h from CEK. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CEK to OMS
Distance 751 km; estimated travel window 1h 47m; destination zone Asia/Omsk is +1h from CEK. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Chelyabinsk is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from CEK, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Chelyabinsk
chelyabinsk · 17 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Kopeysk
kopeysk · 22 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Korkino
korkino · 46 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Yemanzhelinsk
yemanzhelinsk · 62 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Ozersk
ozersk · 71 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Kyshtym
kyshtym · 76 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Kasli
kasli · 80 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Chebarkul’
chebarkul · 81 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Karabash
karabash · 84 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Miass
miass · 93 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Yuzhnoural’sk
yuzhnoural-sk · 96 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Snezhinsk
snezhinsk · 98 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport is associated in the current source trail with Ural Airlines, Yamal Airlines, which makes carrier-specific schedule checks especially important before acting on a route plan.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Yekaterinburg (SVX), Ufa (UFA), Omsk (OMS). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from CEK. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Koltsovo AirportSVX
Yekaterinburg · large airport
Compare against SVX when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Ufa International AirportUFA
Ufa · large airport
Compare against UFA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Omsk Central AirportOMS
Omsk · large airport
Compare against OMS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport is in the Asia/Yekaterinburg timezone (UTC+05:00, YEKT).
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport uses IATA code CEK and ICAO code USCC.
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport is located in Chelyabinsk, Russia at coordinates 55.3031° N, 61.5049° E, with an elevation of 769 ft (234 m) (low-elevation field in the high mid-latitudes).
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport sits roughly 17 km from the nearest mapped city center for Chelyabinsk.
Yekaterinburg (SVX) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 3m, destination timezone Asia/Yekaterinburg, and a +0h difference from CEK.
CEK's curated peers in Russia on this site include SVX Yekaterinburg, UFA Ufa, OMS Omsk, plus 3 more.
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 1 runway, with the longest runway recorded at 10,499 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers include 09/27.
