Where is SVO airport?

SVO is a large airport in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia, at 55.9775, 37.3867, 190 m above sea level.

Which other airports serve Moscow?

Moscow has 4 airports: SVO, DME, VKO, ZIA. The city code MOW stands for all of them on tickets and in flight searches.

What time zone is SVO in?

SVO is in the Europe/Moscow time zone, UTC+3.

How many passengers use SVO?

43,130,000 passengers in 2025, according to Wikidata.

Sheremetyevo International Airport opened in 1961.

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Large airport in Moscow, Russia.

IATA code: SVO
ICAO code: UUEE
City code: MOW; All Moscow airports
Passengers: 43,130,000; 2025 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes: 6; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+3; Europe/Moscow
Elevation: 190 m; 623 ft
Runways: 3; Longest 3,700 m

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More codes: airport codes starting with S

About SVO

Sheremetyevo International Airport is a large airport serving Moscow, Russia. It opened in 1961 and is run by Sheremetyevo International Airport. 43,130,000 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 6 nonstop routes from SVO. On tickets, the city code MOW covers it together with the other Moscow airports.

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Busiest nonstop routes from SVO

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
SVO → AYT	Antalya, Turkey	2,178 km	1,373,168
SVO → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	1,752 km	681,561
SVO → BEG	Belgrade, Serbia	1,727 km	266,464
SVO → DLM	Dalaman, Turkey	2,237 km	110,798
SVO → BJV	Bodrum, Turkey	2,206 km	80,031
SVO → COV	Tarsus, Turkey	2,129 km	23,294

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.

Other airports in Moscow

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
DME	Domodedovo International Airport	Moscow	71 km
VKO	Vnukovo International Airport	Moscow	44 km
ZIA	Zhukovsky International Airport	Moscow	67 km

All Moscow airports and the distances between them →

Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
IWA	Ivanovo South Airport	Ivanovo, Russia	243 km
IAR	Golden Ring Yaroslavl International Airport	Yaroslavl, Russia	244 km
KMW	Kostroma Sokerkino Airport	Kostroma, Russia	299 km
CEE	Cherepovets Airport	Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery, Russia	368 km
GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	398 km

Distance from SVO to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
SVO → LHR	London, United Kingdom	2,515 km	—
SVO → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3,711 km	—
SVO → CDG	Paris, France	2,459 km	—
SVO → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	2,028 km	—
SVO → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	1,752 km	681,561
SVO → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2,150 km	—
SVO → JFK	New York, United States	7,500 km	—
SVO → ATL	Atlanta, United States	8,657 km	—
SVO → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,780 km	—
SVO → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	8,448 km	—
SVO → HND	Tokyo, Japan	7,514 km	—
SVO → DOH	Doha, Qatar	3,600 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
06R/24L	3,700 m	60 m	Concrete	Yes
06C/24C	3,550 m	60 m	Concrete	Yes
06L/24R	3,200 m	60 m	Concrete	Yes

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Location

Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia · 55.9775, 37.3867

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Questions

Sheremetyevo International Airport has the IATA code SVO and the ICAO code UUEE. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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