Tolmachevo Airport

Tolmachevo Airport (IATA code: OVB, ICAO code: UNNT), also known as Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport, is the busiest airport in Siberia and the sixth-busiest airport in Russia. It is also the busiest regional transit airport in Russia after Moscow MOW and also serves a diversion airport on Polar route 1. It is situated in the town of Ob, 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of the center of Novosibirsk, an industrial and scientific center in Siberia and Russia's third-largest city.

The airport has a passenger terminal with two connected sections: Section A and Section B. Section A is for domestic flights and is capable of handling 1,800 passengers per hour. It covers 25,000 square metres (270,000 square feet) with 18 check-in desks and 2 jet bridges. Section B is for international flights and can handle1,300 passengers per hour. Covering an area of 27,000 square metres (290,000 square feet), it has 14 check-in desks and 3 jet bridges. The airport also has 2 cargo terminals and 61 aircraft stands. On 15 September 2020 the airport commenced construction works of a new terminal. The total area of the airport terminal will amount to more than 100,000 square meters.

The airport celebrated its four-millionth annual passenger on December 21, 2016. In the last hours of 2017, another milestone was reached: on December 31, 2017, the airport handled its five-millionth annual passenger. On December 18, 2019, the airport celebrated its first 6.5-millionth annual passenger. In 2020, the airport handled 4,634,166 passengers, representing a decrease of 31.3% and 34,158 tons of cargo, featuring an increase of 0.05%, with a total of 30,770 aircraft movements.