Where is VKO airport?

VKO is a large airport in Moscow, Moscow (city), Russia, at 55.5915, 37.2615, 209 m above sea level.

Which other airports serve Moscow?

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

What time zone is VKO in?

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

How many passengers use VKO?

16,400,000 passengers in 2025, according to Wikidata.

Vnukovo International Airport opened in 1941.

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Large airport in Moscow, Russia.

IATA code: VKO
ICAO code: UUWW
City code: MOW; All Moscow airports
Passengers: 16,400,000; 2025 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes: 7; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+3; Europe/Moscow
Elevation: 209 m; 686 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 3,500 m

Local time now: —

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About VKO

Vnukovo International Airport is a large airport serving Moscow, Russia. It opened in 1941. 16,400,000 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 7 nonstop routes from VKO. On tickets, the city code MOW covers it together with the other Moscow airports.

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Busiest nonstop routes from VKO

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
VKO → AYT	Antalya, Turkey	2,134 km	1,547,990
VKO → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	1,709 km	1,235,902
VKO → SAW	Istanbul, Turkey	1,735 km	256,606
VKO → DLM	Dalaman, Turkey	2,194 km	227,668
VKO → BJV	Bodrum, Turkey	2,163 km	158,790
VKO → GZP	Gazipaşa, Turkey	2,177 km	112,163
VKO → ESB	Ankara, Turkey	1,748 km	76,225

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
SVO	Sheremetyevo International Airport	Moscow	44 km
DME	Domodedovo International Airport	Moscow	46 km
ZIA	Zhukovsky International Airport	Moscow	56 km

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Nearest airports

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
IWA	Ivanovo South Airport	Ivanovo, Russia	272 km
IAR	Golden Ring Yaroslavl International Airport	Yaroslavl, Russia	282 km
KMW	Kostroma Sokerkino Airport	Kostroma, Russia	336 km
CEE	Cherepovets Airport	Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery, Russia	412 km
GOJ	Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	413 km

Distance from VKO to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
VKO → LHR	London, United Kingdom	2,511 km	—
VKO → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3,678 km	—
VKO → CDG	Paris, France	2,449 km	—
VKO → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	2,015 km	—
VKO → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	1,709 km	1,235,902
VKO → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2,144 km	—
VKO → JFK	New York, United States	7,522 km	—
VKO → ATL	Atlanta, United States	8,681 km	—
VKO → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,818 km	—
VKO → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	8,442 km	—
VKO → HND	Tokyo, Japan	7,543 km	—
VKO → DOH	Doha, Qatar	3,564 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
06/24	3,500 m	60 m	Asphalt	Yes
01/19	3,060 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes

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Location

Moscow, Moscow (city), Russia · 55.5915, 37.2615

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Questions

Vnukovo International Airport has the IATA code VKO and the ICAO code UUWW. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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