UFA · Ufa, Russia
Ufa International Airport.
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Ufa International Airport
Airport in Russia
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for UFA
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.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 26411; ident UWUU; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
airportufa.ru
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Ufa International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
UFA / UWUU
OurAirports ident
UWUU
GPS / local code
UWUU
ISO region
RU-BA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
airportufa.ru
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q911
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 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 Nov 5, 7:09 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
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
21 km
Approximate distance to central Ufa.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Moscow
Languages
Russian
Currency
RUB (₽)
Country area
17,098,246 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
12,339 ft / 3,761 m
Runway surface
concrete, GRE
Opened / operator
1963
Owner / entity
Bashkortostan
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Ufa International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Ufa, Russia. Ufa's built-up core sits roughly 21 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.
Ufa International Airport (UFA / UWUU) is at 54.5575° N, 55.8744° E, elevation 449 ft (137 m), serving Ufa, 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.
Ufa is in Russia (capital Moscow); on Asia/Yekaterinburg (YEKT, UTC+05:00); working languages: Russian; currency: RUB (₽).
Distance from central Ufa: 21 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for UFA.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Ufa International Airport (UFA / UWUU)
Ufa International Airport · Airport in Russia
Known label 1
Международный аэропорт Уфа
Alternate airport-name cue retained for UFA, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
UWUU · UWUU · RU-BA
airportufa.ru · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Ufa International Airport is the primary airport serving Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for UFA; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Ufa
ufa · 21 km from UFA
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 1,120,547 · city coordinates 54.7431, 55.9678
2. Chishmy
chishmy · 32 km from UFA
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 22,000 · city coordinates 54.5902, 55.3820
3. Blagoveshchensk
blagoveshchensk · 54 km from UFA
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 34,238 · city coordinates 55.0352, 55.9770
4. Davlekanovo
davlekanovo · 66 km from UFA
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 23,952 · city coordinates 54.2176, 55.0306
5. Rayevskiy
rayevskiy · 82 km from UFA
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 20,060 · city coordinates 54.0640, 54.9338
6. Birsk
birsk · 98 km from UFA
Russia · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · population 41,014 · city coordinates 55.4202, 55.5421
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. CEK USCC
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Chelyabinsk
369 km from UFA · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · elevation 769 ft (234 m) · airport coordinates 55.3031, 61.5049
2. KUF UWWW
Kurumoch International Airport · Samara
391 km from UFA · Europe/Samara · -1h · elevation 477 ft (145 m) · airport coordinates 53.5049, 50.1643
3. SVX USSS
Koltsovo Airport · Yekaterinburg
393 km from UFA · Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h · elevation 764 ft (233 m) · airport coordinates 56.7431, 60.8027
Route-time reference set
1. UFA-CEK
Chelyabinsk · 369 km · 1h 18m
Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h from UFA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. UFA-KUF
Samara · 391 km · 1h 20m
Europe/Samara · -1h from UFA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. UFA-SVX
Yekaterinburg · 393 km · 1h 20m
Asia/Yekaterinburg · +0h from UFA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 12,339 ft / 3,761 m. 1 lighted runway in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete, GRE
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for UFA.
Runway identifiers
14/32 · 14R/32L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. CEK USCC
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Chelyabinsk · 369 km from UFA
large airport · Asia/Yekaterinburg · russia · 769 ft (234 m) · 55.3031, 61.5049
2. KUF UWWW
Kurumoch International Airport · Samara · 391 km from UFA
large airport · Europe/Samara · russia · 477 ft (145 m) · 53.5049, 50.1643
3. SVX USSS
Koltsovo Airport · Yekaterinburg · 393 km from UFA
large airport · Asia/Yekaterinburg · russia · 764 ft (233 m) · 56.7431, 60.8027
4. KZN UWKD
Kazan International Airport · Kazan · 436 km from UFA
large airport · Europe/Moscow · russia · 411 ft (125 m) · 55.6062, 49.2787
5. GOJ UWGG
Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Nizhny Novgorod · 785 km from UFA
large airport · Europe/Moscow · russia · 256 ft (78 m) · 56.2274, 43.7852
6. OMS UNOO
Omsk Central Airport · Omsk · 1117 km from UFA
large airport · Asia/Omsk · russia · 311 ft (95 m) · 54.9631, 73.3124
Country and authority
UFA 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.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Russian. Currency context: RUB (₽). UFA is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
UFA is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Международный аэропорт Уфа. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport in 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.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Ufa International Airport is the primary airport serving Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q911 · Ufa. Owner / owning body: Bashkortostan. Administrative area: Ufa Urban Okrug · Bashkortostan. Named after: Ufa · Mustai Karim
Field and clock profile
Ufa International Airport is a low-elevation field at 449 ft (137 m), positioned at 54.5575° N, 55.8744° E in the Northern high mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 12,339 ft / 3,761 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.
City and airport alternatives
Ufa is the closest retained city-time anchor at 21 km. CEK Chelyabinsk is the closest retained airport alternative at 369 km.
Country airport peers
UFA is compared with CEK Chelyabinsk at 369 km, KUF Samara at 391 km, SVX Yekaterinburg at 393 km, KZN Kazan at 436 km, GOJ Nizhny Novgorod at 785 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.
Route geometry
UFA-CEK Chelyabinsk: 369 km, about 1h 18m, +0h. UFA-KUF Samara: 391 km, about 1h 20m, -1h. UFA-SVX Yekaterinburg: 393 km, about 1h 20m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident UWUU backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. airportufa.ru is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 12,339 ft / 3,761 m
Runway identifiers
14/32, 14R/32L
OurAirports classifies UFA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Ufa.
UFA (UWUU) is a low-elevation field at 449 ft (137 m) in the high mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
UFA sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
UFA's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 12,339 ft / 3,761 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete, GRE.
A specific operator or management record for UFA is not currently in our source set, so this page leans on regulator and country context rather than inventing one.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at airportufa.ru, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for UFA
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.
When the clock matters
UFA uses Asia/Yekaterinburg (YEKT, UTC+05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Ufa International Airport is about 21 km from central Ufa; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
CEK Chelyabinsk is the closest retained alternate at 369 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
airportufa.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.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place UFA inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
UFA ranks #12 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.
Same-zone airport cohort
UFA shares Asia/Yekaterinburg with CEK Chelyabinsk RU · SVX Yekaterinburg RU. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
UFA is 449 ft (137 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include HRB 457 ft (139 m) (8 ft delta) · YYT 461 ft (141 m) (12 ft delta) · BTS 436 ft (133 m) (13 ft delta) · ELS 435 ft (133 m) (14 ft delta) · RDU 435 ft (133 m) (14 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
UFA's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are CEK 369 km +0h · KUF 391 km -1h · SVX 393 km +0h.
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelyabinsk | CEK | 369 km | 1h 18m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Samara | KUF | 391 km | 1h 20m | -1h | --:--:-- |
| Yekaterinburg | SVX | 393 km | 1h 20m | +0h | --:--:-- |
UFA to CEK
Chelyabinsk
Distance 369 km; estimated travel window 1h 18m; destination zone Asia/Yekaterinburg is +0h from UFA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
UFA to KUF
Samara
Distance 391 km; estimated travel window 1h 20m; destination zone Europe/Samara is -1h from UFA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
UFA to SVX
Yekaterinburg
Distance 393 km; estimated travel window 1h 20m; destination zone Asia/Yekaterinburg is +0h from UFA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
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.
Ufa 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.
Ufa 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.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from UFA, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Ufa
ufa · 21 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Chishmy
chishmy · 32 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Blagoveshchensk
blagoveshchensk · 54 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Davlekanovo
davlekanovo · 66 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rayevskiy
rayevskiy · 82 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Birsk
birsk · 98 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Asha
asha · 101 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sterlitamak
sterlitamak · 102 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dyurtyuli
dyurtyuli · 122 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ishimbay
ishimbay · 124 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Belebey
belebey · 124 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sim
sim · 127 km · Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Ufa International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Chelyabinsk (CEK), Samara (KUF), Yekaterinburg (SVX). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 12,339 ft / 3,761 m; identifiers 14/32, 14R/32L.
- Runway surfaces: concrete, GRE; 1 lighted runway in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1963.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from UFA. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportCEK
Chelyabinsk · large airport
- Distance
- 369 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 769 ft (234 m)
Compare against CEK when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Kurumoch International AirportKUF
Samara · large airport
- Distance
- 391 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h
- Elevation
- 477 ft (145 m)
Compare against KUF when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Koltsovo AirportSVX
Yekaterinburg · large airport
- Distance
- 393 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 764 ft (233 m)
Compare against SVX when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Ufa International Airport (UFA) in?▾
Ufa International Airport is in the Asia/Yekaterinburg timezone (UTC+05:00, YEKT).
What are the codes for Ufa International Airport?▾
Ufa International Airport uses IATA code UFA and ICAO code UWUU.
Where is Ufa International Airport located?▾
Ufa International Airport is located in Ufa, Russia at coordinates 54.5575° N, 55.8744° E, with an elevation of 449 ft (137 m) (low-elevation field in the high mid-latitudes).
How far is Ufa International Airport from central Ufa?▾
Ufa International Airport sits roughly 21 km from the nearest mapped city center for Ufa.
Which route reference is most useful from UFA?▾
Chelyabinsk (CEK) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 18m, destination timezone Asia/Yekaterinburg, and a +0h difference from UFA.
What other airports in Russia are close peers to UFA?▾
UFA's curated peers in Russia on this site include CEK Chelyabinsk, KUF Samara, SVX Yekaterinburg, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Ufa International Airport have?▾
Ufa International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 12,339 ft / 3,761 m; identifiers include 14/32, 14R/32L.