UWKD
Kazan International Airport
LIFR
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Name
Kazan International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
UWKD / KZN / UWKD
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
10:06 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
Kazan
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Coordinates
55° 36′ 22″ N 49° 16′ 43″ E
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Elevation
410 ft (125 m MSL)
About Kazan International Airport
Kazan International Airport (Tatar: Казан Халыкара Аэропорты, romanized: Qazan Xalıqara Aeroportı, Russian: Международный аэропорт Казань; IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is an international airport in Russia, around 25 km southeast of Kazan. It is the largest airport in Tatarstan and one of the busiest airports in Russia as well as in Post-Soviet States. Kazan International Airport served more than 5 million passengers in 2023. In 2019 Airport was renamed to commemorate a Volga Tatar poet, critic, publisher, and towering figure of Tatar literature Ğabdulla Tuqay.