Airports / Russia / ESL
Elista Airport
URWI / ESLElista, RussiaELEV 501 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
94 nm
To the nearest alternate
Budyonnovsk Air Base (RU-0128).
Overview
Elista Airport (URWI / ESL) sits in Elista, Russia, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 501 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list ESL as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Budyonnovsk Air Base (RU-0128, 94 nm), Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport (STW, 120 nm), and Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV, 139 nm).
Trip costs from ESL are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from ESL to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
URWI
IATA
ESL
FAA / Local
URWI
Elevation
501 ft
Coordinates
46.3739° N · 44.3309° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Russia fields
state range -66–2,812 ft
At 501 ft, ESL sits higher than 59% 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.
- 94nmRU-0128Budyonnovsk Air BaseBudyonnovsk
- 120nmSTWStavropol Shpakovskoye AirportStavropol
- 139nmMRVMineralnye Vody AirportMineralnyye Vody
- 140nmRU-0380Akhtubinsk Air BaseAkhtubinsk
- 145nmVOGVolgograd International AirportVolgograd
- 147nmRU-0303Privolzhskiy Air BaseAstrakhan
Location
Open the full mapURWI · Elista Airport · Elista, Russia