AviatDataNorilsk Airport (Alykel), named after Nikolay Urvantsev NSK / UOOO
Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai · Russia · LLC 'Aeroport Norilsk' (OOO 'Aeroport Norilsk'); financially backed by mining group Nornickel (MMC Norilsk Nickel), which co-funded the 2016-2018 runway rebuild and is funding the 2025 terminal reconstruction — the exact parent-holding chain above the operating LLC is not independently confirmed
883kpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationTS-1
ICAO / IATAUOOO / NSK
OperatorLLC 'Aeroport Norilsk' (OOO 'Aeroport Norilsk'); financially backed by mining group Nornickel (MMC Norilsk Nickel), which co-funded the 2016-2018 runway rebuild and is funding the 2025 terminal reconstruction — the exact parent-holding chain above the operating LLC is not independently confirmed
Coordinates69.3111°N, 87.3322°E
Elevation574 ft · 175 m
Time zoneKRAT (UTC+7, no DST)
Passengers / yr883,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelTS-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceUOOO — Russia AIP (FSUE State ATM Corporation of Russia, under Rosaviatsia oversight)
Operating hoursH24 flight operations year-round; the border-control/customs desk that supports the airport's international status keeps more limited hours: Mon-Sat 0600-2100, Sun 0600-1200 (local, KRAT) — confirm before scheduling international movements.
Terminals1 passenger terminal complex (third building, with arrivals hall/baggage claim and two jet bridges, added 2008); a full rebuild into a new terminal began in 2025, with temporary modular passenger pavilions erected from October 2025 to keep the airport operating during construction, targeting 13 check-in counters in the finished building
Runways (2)
- 01 · 2,821 m / 9,255 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT I
- 19 · 2,821 m / 9,255 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT II
Airport contact
Sole scheduled air gateway to the closed city of Norilsk (Yenisei River and the Northern Sea Route are the only alternatives); Norilsk remains a closed administrative zone and foreign nationals still need an FSB-issued permit to enter even though the airport itself gained formal international status on 28 January 2023, so scheduled international service stays limited in practice. The single runway (2,821 m concrete, 01/19, rebuilt 2016-2018 with Nornickel co-funding — the pre-rebuild runway was 3,430 m; ILS CAT I on 01, upgraded to CAT II on 19 in August 2024) and the terminal are both mid-reconstruction as of a program launched in 2025, which may affect stand and check-in capacity into 2026-27; 2024 traffic of 883,000 passengers is the latest confirmed full-year figure (no full-year 2025 total located as of), and NordStar (Nornickel-owned) is the dominant carrier and hub operator, confirmed still operating scheduled passenger service as of August 2025.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
Sole aerodrome operator at Norilsk (Alykel); self-provides passenger, ramp and aircraft ground handling for all scheduled carriers using the field (NordStar's home hub, plus S7, KrasAvia, RedWings, IrAero) under its own current 'Услуга наземного обслуживания' ground-handling tariff (Тариф № 3.02-2026, part of an unbroken series back to 2022), and holds an aerodrome certificate of conformity per its published certificates page. No competing handler is documented at this single-operator field.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
Publishes its own current aviation-fuel tariff, 'Топливно-смазочные материалы ВС' (Тариф № 2.02-2026, part of an unbroken tariff series back to 2022), indicating the operator itself sells and dispenses aircraft fuel at this remote Arctic field with no alternative on-site supplier documented. A fuel-specific quality-laboratory certification could not be confirmed on the operator's published certificates page (only a generic testing-laboratory accreditation is listed, not tied explicitly to fuel), so treat that detail as unconfirmed while the fuel-supply service itself is well evidenced by the live tariff.
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De-icing
Seasonal
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
Norilsk lies just south of the Arctic Circle with a long, severe winter, making aircraft anti-icing a practical operational necessity at this field. The operator's tariff index includes a frequently-revised 'Прочая деятельность' (other-activity) category — 14 versions published in 2026 alone (Тариф № 5.01 through № 5.14-2026) — which at a single-operator Russian aerodrome commonly bundles non-core ramp services including anti-icing treatment, but a text search of the published tariff index found no explicit anti-icing/'противогололедные' line item, and the individual price-list PDFs are scanned images, not machine-readable. Treat the specific tariff line as unconfirmed while the service itself is effectively certain given the climate.
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Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
No distinct aircraft-technical-servicing/maintenance tariff line ('техническое обслуживание ВС') or licence entry was found on the operator's published tariff index (which runs: passenger service, fuel, ground handling, auxiliary service, other activity, third-party ground handling, premises rental, water supply) or on its certificates page. NordStar, the Norilsk-based hub carrier, may maintain its own technical base at its home airport, but no distinct on-field maintenance provider — operator or otherwise — could be confirmed, so this is unconfirmed rather than assumed.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
No distinct aircraft-cabin-cleaning contractor was identified; cabin/lavatory/water servicing at this single-operator regional airport is presumed bundled into the operator's 'Услуга наземного обслуживания' ground-handling tariff or its 'Услуга вспомогательного обслуживания' auxiliary-service tariff, but no dedicated line item or contractor could be confirmed from the available (scanned, non-OCR-able) published price lists.
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Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
Ground-support equipment appears operator-owned and operator-run as part of its own ground-handling fleet, consistent with its self-provision of ground handling for every scheduled carrier at the field; no distinct GSE-rental line item or separate GSE contractor was confirmed on the operator's published tariff or certificates pages.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
ООО «Норильск-ТАВС» (cargo terminal operator; group now trades as N TRAVEL / ООО «Н ТРЭВЕЛ», Nornickel group)
Named directly, and currently, on the airport operator's own 'Перевозка грузов' (cargo transport) page as the company that organises air-cargo handling within the territory of Norilsk airport's cargo complex; contact given there as ••• доб. 4025/5057 and •••, matching this entry. The norilsk-tavs.ru domain itself now 301-redirects to ntravel.su, the Nornickel-affiliated corporate travel/logistics brand 'N TRAVEL' (ООО «Н ТРЭВЕЛ»), whose site lists air-cargo delivery among its services and hosts a dedicated Nornickel-employee portal — consistent with a rebrand of the same cargo-handling entity into a broader group logistics brand rather than a change of the airport's cargo handler. The airport's own current page still cites the original Норильск-ТАВС name and contact details as the live point of contact.
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Aviation security
Available
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
As certified operator of a Russian aerodrome with scheduled commercial passenger service, the company is legally required to run an aviation-security regime (screening, access control); the operator's own site features a dedicated pass-issuance ('Оформление пропусков') function consistent with controlled terminal/airside access. A specific line-item aviation-security licence could not be independently confirmed verbatim on the operator's published certificates page, so treat that citation as unconfirmed while the underlying service is a structural certainty at a certified Russian commercial aerodrome.
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Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
ООО «Аэропорт «Норильск»» (Airport Norilsk LLC)
No distinct airside crew-shuttle or apron-bus contractor separate from the airport operator itself was identified. The operator does run a landside terminal-to-Norilsk-city public bus link ('Городские автобусы'), but that is passenger transport to town rather than airside passenger/crew transport, so it does not itself confirm this category; any apron bus or stair service is presumed bundled into the general ground-handling tariff, unconfirmed as a separate line item.
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed