NALURMN

Nalchik Airport

Nalchik, Russia · Europe

Europe Europe/Moscow

8direct destinations

6airlines

1runway

2,200 mLongest runway

1945opened

Nalchik International Airport (Kabardian: ??????? ???????? ??? ???????? ????????, Karachay-Balkar: ????????? ?? ???? ????????, Russian: ????????????? ???????? ???????) (IATA: NAL, ICAO: URMN) is a small airport in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, located 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of Nalchik. It handles small airliners; the terminal area has space for 12 jets and 6 small aircraft and supports 24-hour operations. The airport has had a minor military presence with the 368 OSAZ (368th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment) which flew Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft. The airport is currently home to the Nalchik Mountain range Test Centre of the 929th State Flight Test Centre named for V. P. Chkalov as part of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Location

43.513°N, 43.637°E · 445 m s. n. m. (1.461 ft)

General data

CountryRussia

CityNalchik

IATA codeNAL

ICAO codeURMN

Coordinates43.513°N, 43.637°E

Elevation445 m s. n. m. (1.461 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Moscow

Runways1

Longest runway2,200 m

OperatorElbrus-Avia

Opened1945

Direct destinations8

Official website

Runways · 1

06/24

Length2,200 m7,218 ft

Width42 m138 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.300

Approach

126.900

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 6

Other airlines with direct routes

Pobeda UVT Aero Yakutia Airlines Azimuth Jazeera Airwayscharter Red Wings Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Nalchik Airport (NAL). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAL

MLA

“Nalchik Airport (NAL).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAL. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_nal,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Nalchik Airport (NAL)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAL},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/NAL}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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