Sulambek Oskanov Magas International Airport IGT / URMS

Sole civil airport of the Republic of Ingushetia, about 30 km from Magas and serving both the capital and the larger city of Nazran; built on a former Soviet military airfield, opened as 'Ingushetia' airport in 1993, renamed Magas in 1999, and granted international status on 18 December 2021. The single runway 09/27 (3,000 x 46 m Portland cement concrete, PCN 39/R/B/W/T) has no confirmed ILS; a small terminal (150 pax/hour, 100 t cargo/hour) handles both domestic and still-limited international traffic, with a dedicated new international-flights terminal announced under Russia's federal 'Transport' national-project modernization program but not yet built or dated. Traffic reached 157,500 passengers in 2024 (+8.2% year on year, per Interfax/RBC Kavkaz), well below a pre-2022 peak of about 333,700 in 2019; no audited full-year 2025 figure was located as of this record. Scheduled service centres on Moscow - UTair and Pobeda from Vnukovo, Aeroflot from Sheremetyevo - plus Azimuth to Sochi and a new weekly UVT Aero link to Kazan launched 7 October; the route map changes materially year to year and should be confirmed directly. In September 2025 the Government of Ingushetia sold its 100% stake to Apr-City/TVD, part of the Wildberries and Russ group, for RUB 425 million, ending republic ownership dating to a 22 June 2009 presidential transfer of the shares from federal ownership. As at other North Caucasus airports (Vladikavkaz, Grozny), Rosaviatsia has repeatedly imposed and lifted 'temporary restrictions on the receipt and dispatch of aircraft' at Magas for flight-safety reasons since 2022, most recently imposed 7 June 2026 and confirmed lifted by an independent status check on 4 August 2026 - operators should confirm current NOTAM status before scheduling irregular flights. Western fuel majors and most Western carriers have been absent since February 2022; only domestic TS-1 kerosene is confirmed available on site.