AER — Sochi International Airport
Large airport in Sochi, Russia.
- IATA code
- AER
- ICAO code
- URSS
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 12,500,000
- 2025 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 2
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Europe/Moscow
- Elevation
- 27 m
- 89 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 2,895 m
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About AER
Sochi International Airport is a large airport serving Sochi, Russia. It opened in 1945 and is run by Basel.Aero. 12,500,000 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from AER.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from AER
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| AER → IST | 955 km | 386,681 |
| AER → AYT | 1,065 km | 308,641 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SUI | Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport | 116 km |
| KRR | Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport | 187 km |
| GDZ | Gelendzhik Airport | 200 km |
| BUS | Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport | 245 km |
| KUT | David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport | 250 km |
Distance from AER to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,895 m | 45 m | Concrete |
| 02/20 | 2,500 m | 49 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia · 43.4499, 39.9566
Questions
Sochi International Airport has the IATA code AER and the ICAO code URSS. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
AER is a large airport in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, at 43.4499, 39.9566, 27 m above sea level.
AER is in the Europe/Moscow time zone, UTC+3.
12,500,000 passengers in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Sochi International Airport opened in 1945.
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