Sochi International Airport
Sochi International Airport Международный Аэропорт Сочи | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Oleg Deripaska through Basic Element | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Sochi International Airport, JSC | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 27 m / 89 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°27′00″N 39°57′24″E / 43.45000°N 39.95667°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | aer.aero | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics) | |||||||||||||||
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Sochi International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Сочи; IATA: AER, ICAO: URSS) is an international airport located in the Adler District of the resort city of Sochi, on the coast of the Black Sea in the federal subject of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Sochi International Airport is among the ten largest Russian airports, with an annual passenger turnover of 5.2 million.
The airport is run by an international joint venture of Basic Element group, Sberbank and Changi Airports International. The airport has been recognized as the best regional airport at the 3rd annual forum "Development of Russia and CIS airports – 2013", held by Adam Smith Conference. Sochi International Airport was the main gateway during the 2014 Winter Olympics. It served over 350,000 passengers on February 1–28, 2014. Over 2,800 tons of luggage was handled during the Olympic period.
As of 2024 it is the 5th busiest airport in Russia and Post-Soviet states.