Airports / Russia / AER
Sochi International Airport
URSS / AERSochi, RussiaELEV 89 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
34 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gudauta Air Base (UG0U).
Overview
Sochi International Airport, listed as URSS / AER, is a large commercial airport in Sochi, Russia. The field lies at an elevation of 89 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
AER has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Gudauta Air Base (UG0U, 34 nm), Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport (SUI, 62 nm), and Khanskaya Air Base (RU-10062, 74 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AER vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Adler Airport and Black Sea. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AER, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
URSS
IATA
AER
FAA / Local
URSS
Elevation
89 ft
Coordinates
43.4499° N · 39.9566° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Russia fields
state range -66–2,812 ft
At 89 ft, AER sits lower than 86% of the 249 Russia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 34nmUG0UGudauta Air BaseGudauta
- 62nmSUIVladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International AirportSukhumi
- 74nmRU-10062Khanskaya Air BaseMaykop
- 101nmKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportKrasnodar
- 107nmRU-0090Krasnodar Central Air BaseKrasnodar
- 108nmGDZGelendzhik AirportGelendzhik
Location
Open the full mapURSS · Sochi International Airport · Sochi, Russia