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Medium airport · Russia

Nizhny Novgorod International Airport

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia · #530 world#27 of 34 in country

GOJIATA code
UWGGICAO code
1.4Mpassengers in 2025
2,805 mlongest of 2 runways
78 melevation · 256 ft
1936opened
Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ)
Photo: Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ/UWGG) is an airport in Russia serving Nizhny Novgorod.

It handled 1,400,000 passengers in 2025, making it number 530 in our world ranking and number 27 of 34 ranked airports in Russia.

It has 2 runways, the longest 2,805 m, at an elevation of 78 m.

Passengers per year

2011–2025
461.4K747.2K917.4K1.1M952.1K779.7K966K1.1M574.3K1.5M1.2M1.4M1.5M1.4M
2011’112012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25
Identification
IATA
GOJ
ICAO
UWGG
Wikidata
Q1432178
Location
Country
Russia
City served
Nizhny Novgorod
Located in
Nizhny Novgorod
Coordinates
56.2300, 43.7867
Elevation
78 m (256 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, airport
Opened
1936-01-01
Operator
Airports of Regions
Named after
Valery Chkalov
Runways
18R/36L
2,805 m · 9,203 ftconcrete
18L/36R
2,509 m · 8,232 ftrock asphalt