Gelendzhik Airport
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Gelendzhik Airport Аэропорт Геленджик | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Gelendzhik, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 131 ft / 40 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°34′21″N 38°00′34″E / 44.57250°N 38.00944°E | ||||||||||
| Website | GelAero.ru/ | ||||||||||
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.svg)  GDZ Location of airport in Krasnodar Krai | |||||||||||
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Gelendzhik Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Геленджик, romanized: Aeroport Gelendzhik) (IATA: GDZ, ICAO: URKG) is an airport in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It serves the resort town of Gelendzhik and the much larger nearby city of Novorossiysk. The airport opened to passengers on 5 June 2010.
The building of a new terminal of the Gelendzhik Airport was completed in December 2021.[1]
On February 24, 2022, following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all civilian flights to and from the airport were indefinitely suspended.[2]
Federal Air Transport Agency announced the airport's reopening on July 10, 2025, for regular passenger flights with some restrictions.[3][4] Commercial flights formally resumed on July 18 with the arrival of an Aeroflot passenger flight from Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow.[5]
Airlines and destinations
As of July 2025 Gelendzhik Airport is going to serve following destinations:[6]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo[4] |
| Nordstar Airlines | Seasonal: Krasnoyarsk (resumes 25 June 2026),[6] Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 7 June 2026)[6] |
| Red Wings Airlines | Seasonal: Kazan,[7] Samara[7] |
| Rossiya Airlines | Saint Petersburg[8] |
| Smartavia | Seasonal: Saint Petersburg[9] |
| Ural Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo,[10] Yekaterinburg[10] |
| Utair | Moscow–Vnukovo,[11] Saint Petersburg[12] Srasonal: Surgut,[7] Tyumen,[7] Ufa[7] |
