Vladivostok International Airport named after Vladimir Arsenyev VVO / UHWW

Primorsky Krai's main gateway, serving more than 40 destinations on 20-plus Russian and foreign carriers (Aurora and S7 are the resident hubs; scheduled international service includes China, e.g. Chengdu Airlines' Hohhot route launched 29 July 2026), consistent with on-site customs and immigration. Runway: the operator's own technical-characteristics page for airlines describes a single active runway, internally labelled ИВПП-1, 3,502m x 60m on magnetic headings 251/071 — corroborated independently by SkyVector and OurAirports, both of which give the current ICAO designation of the sole active strip as 07R/25L at the same 3,502m x 60m dimensions, with the parallel 07L/25R strip shown closed by both; this supersedes an older reading of two active parallel runways and is used here in place of the operator's own unsuffixed public label '07/25'. Two short former secondary strips (06/24, roughly 973-1000m; 16/34, roughly 600-602m; both asphalt) appear only in older references and are not treated as currently active for scheduled operations. ILS capability is direction-specific per the operator's site: CAT II (30x350m lighting pattern) on the 251-degree (RWY 25L) approach, CAT I (60x550m) on the 071-degree (RWY 07R) approach — plan approaches accordingly; SkyVector's own data does not list an ILS at all, so the CAT II/CAT I claim is sourced to the operator only, pending a direct AIP chart. Surface material is given only as 'artificial paved surface' by the operator; Wikipedia's infobox states concrete (used here) while OurAirports lists the currently active strip as asphalt, so treat surface type as not fully confirmed pending a direct AIP chart. Elevation of 46ft/14m is confirmed by both English and Russian Wikipedia infoboxes; OurAirports and SkyVector instead list 59ft/18m, an unconfirmed alternate not adopted here pending a direct AIP chart. Pax: 2024 full-year total of 2,971,000 (+17.0% y/y) is confirmed by both English and Russian Wikipedia traffic tables and matches the operator's own 'approximately 3 million passengers annually' description; this replaces an earlier, unsupported 3,300,000 figure that does not correspond to any confirmed year (2019's pre-COVID peak was 3.08 million). A direct check against Rosaviatsia's own published statistics was attempted for but its site could not be reached, so the contested 2025 figures — avia-adv's 3.3M vs. expert.ru's internally-inconsistent '2.97M to 3.57M, +10%' claim (3.57M is actually +20%, not +10% — likely a transcription error) — remain unreconciled against a primary source; neither is adopted, and 2,971,000/2024 is retained as the latest verified annual figure. H1 2026 traffic was reported up 10% y/y (per an August 2026 operator release covering the first seven months), suggesting 2025 and 2026 totals may run above the 2024 figure, but no confirmed full-year 2025 total was found. The airport won 'Best airport, 2-6 million passengers' category honors at Russia's 'Air Gates of Russia' national prize in both 2024 and 2025 per its own site. As a Russian Far East field distant from the Ukraine conflict zone, VVO carries no closure or conflict-proximity status, but standard post-February-2022 sanctions context still applies system-wide: Western fuel majors, ground handlers, caterers and MRO providers have largely exited the Russian market, and EU/UK/US airspace bans constrain onward routing for Western-flagged or Western-leased aircraft regardless of this airport's own operating status. Fuel listed here as TS-1 (standard Russian jet fuel) by convention rather than direct confirmation; Jet A-1 availability for foreign-registered carriers is plausible given the international traffic mix but unconfirmed.