Ignatyevo Airport BQS / UHBB

Officially 'Ignatyevo Airport named after Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky' since a 2018-19 national renaming vote, this is Amur Oblast's primary scheduled-service gateway, sited about 20 km northwest of Blagoveshchensk, the regional capital that sits directly across the Amur River from Heihe, China — giving the region a land-border-adjacent gateway role distinct from most Russian regional fields. A second, 3,000 m parallel runway rated for wide-body types opened 25 Dec 2023, and 2025 was the airport's first year over 1 million passengers (1.051M, +13% y/y from 928k in 2024); a single source reported it as the country's fastest-growing airport that year, which should be confirmed via Rosaviatsiya before publication. A new 1,000 pax/hour combined domestic/international terminal followed on 28 March 2026. As with other Russian civil airports since February 2022, Western fuel majors, handlers, caterers and MRO providers have exited and sanctions constrain the Western-built fleet serving it — verify current ground-service coverage and any EU/UK/US-linked restrictions before planning a diversion here.