AviatDataElista Airport ESL / URWI
Elista, Republic of Kalmykia · Russia · AO 'Aeroport Elista' (registered 2005, OGRN 1050866798190; owned since 2021 via the 'Airports of a Big Country' joint venture between Novaport (Roman Trotsenko) and Aeroporty Regionov (Viktor Vekselberg), reported as an equal-share structure between the two groups, not a minority Novaport stake)
60kpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAURWI / ESL
OperatorAO 'Aeroport Elista' (registered 2005, OGRN 1050866798190; owned since 2021 via the 'Airports of a Big Country' joint venture between Novaport (Roman Trotsenko) and Aeroporty Regionov (Viktor Vekselberg), reported as an equal-share structure between the two groups, not a minority Novaport stake)
Coordinates46.3739°N, 44.3308°E
Elevation501 ft · 153 m
Time zoneMSK (UTC+3, no DST)
Passengers / yr60,292 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceURWI - Russia AIP (Rosaviatsia/CAI); published approaches are VOR/DME and NDB only, no ILS
Operating hoursPublished hours approx. 08:00-17:00 MSK daily; not H24 - confirm slot/PPR requirements with the operator for off-hours or charter movements.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal
Runways (1)
- 09/27 · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt concrete
Airport contact
Closed from 24 February 2022 to 3 May 2024 under the wartime airspace restrictions covering southern Russia; Elista was the first of the eleven affected airports to reopen, and scheduled service resumed with Aeroflot (Moscow) and Red Wings (Sochi, Yekaterinburg, seasonal Antalya charters). 2025 was the first full calendar year of post-reopening operation, with confirmed full-year traffic (57,484 domestic + 2,808 international = 60,292, per operator/Interfax reporting for January-December 2025) still well below the roughly 97,500 carried in 2021 before the closure; treat near-term schedules as recovering and confirm with the operator given the region's continued airspace-restriction risk. No ILS is published for either runway direction - only VOR/DME and NDB approaches - so low-visibility ops should not be assumed.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
Airport operator self-handles ramp and passenger handling for all scheduled carriers (Aeroflot, Azimuth) — the airport's own official site (aero-elista.ru), "Партнёрам / Авиакомпаниям" page, publishes a standard aviation-and-ground-service contract (Типовая форма договора на авиационное и наземное обслуживание ВС Элиста, June 2024) between АО «Аэропорт Элиста» and operating airlines; no separate third-party handling agent found.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
No dedicated jet-fuel/avgas supplier or ТЗК operator identified; the Novaport group's fuel subsidiary АО «Новапорт-ГСМ» lists only Novosibirsk, Stavropol and Belokurikha as serviced fields, not Elista (this despite Elista itself being part of the Novaport-linked "Аэропорты Большой Страны" holding since 2021). The airport's public 223-FZ procurement history (170+ listed tenders) shows only recurring road-vehicle petrol/diesel purchases (АИ-92/95, seasonal diesel, e.g. "Поставка топлива на 2022 год", 1,902,000 RUB) for its own fleet, not aviation kerosene — into-plane fuelling arrangement for scheduled B-737/regional-jet flights could not be confirmed from public sources.
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De-icing
Seasonal
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
Airport procures aircraft de-icing/anti-icing fluid directly ("Поставка ПОЖ (противообледенительной жидкости)", 223-FZ sole-source tender, 8 Oct 2021, 310,980 RUB — verified exact figure) plus recurring solid and liquid pavement/runway anti-icing reagent via 223-FZ tenders (certified liquid pavement reagent, joint multi-customer electronic auction 17 Jun 2024, lot value ~91.7M RUB; certified solid pavement reagent, Jun-Jul 2024 tender; earlier 2018/2019/2021 solid- and liquid-reagent purchases) — self-performed winter operations, no separate de-icing contractor identified; genuinely needed given sub-zero Kalmykia (continental steppe) winters.
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Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
No independently contracted aircraft cabin-cleaning company was identified in public records; cabin/cleaning servicing is understood to be bundled into the airport's own standard ground-handling agreement with carriers, consistent with full self-handling at a field of this size — unconfirmed as a stand-alone service line.
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Ground support equipment
Available
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
Airport owns and procures its own ground support equipment via public tender: an aircraft ground power unit ("Поставка источника электропитания воздушного судна", published 26 Jul 2024, 7,000,000 RUB — verified exact figure, described on the airport's own news page as a mobile 115/200V 400Hz unit for all aircraft types), a runway friction-test trailer with coefficient-of-friction measurement unit ("Поставка аэродромной тормозной тележки в комплекте с блоком регистрации и измерения значений коэффициента сцепления", 223-FZ, 3,600,000 RUB), and a combined snow/road-maintenance vehicle ("Поставка комбинированной дорожной машины", 223-FZ, published 7 Aug 2024) — self-operated, no third-party GSE company found on-field.
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Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
No dedicated cargo terminal or freight-handling operator found; the field carries very low freight volumes handled as belly cargo by the airport's own passenger/ramp handling staff — no separate cargo agent identified.
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Aviation security
Available
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
Airport's own Aviation Security Service (Служба авиационной безопасности, САБ) runs pre-flight and post-flight passenger/baggage screening per the airport's published commercial-activity rules (Правила ведения коммерческой деятельности); physical guarding of transport-security zones is contracted out separately ("Охрана (защита) зон транспортной безопасности аэропорта", 223-FZ sole-source tender, 26 Aug 2021, 14,865,500 RUB — verified exact figure), though the named subcontractor is redacted in the public listing.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
АО «Аэропорт Элиста» (JSC Airport Elista)
Airport organises and pays for specialised hydrometeorological briefing information supplied to its own ground services ("Оказание услуг по предоставлению специализированной гидрометеорологической информации наземным службам аэропорта Элисты", 223-FZ sole-source tender, 15 Dec 2023, 487,068.72 RUB — verified exact figure), acting as the flight-ops/met-briefing point of contact for operating carriers at ESL; no separate FBO or trip-support company found based on-field.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed