Airports / Russia / JOK
Yoshkar-Ola Airport
UWKJ / JOKYoshkar-Ola, RussiaELEV 348 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
5 nm
To the nearest alternate
Danilovo Air Base (RU-4421) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Yoshkar-Ola Airport, listed as UWKJ / JOK, is a mid-sized airport in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia. Field elevation is 348 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list JOK as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Danilovo Air Base (RU-4421, 5 nm), Cheboksary Airport (CSY, 41 nm), and Borisoglebskoye Airport (UWKG, 65 nm).
Trip costs from JOK are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as Аэропорт Йошкар-Ола. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from JOK to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
UWKJ
IATA
JOK
FAA / Local
UWKJ
Elevation
348 ft
Coordinates
56.7006° N · 47.9047° 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
No
Elevation vs Russia fields
state range -66–2,812 ft
At 348 ft, JOK sits lower than 56% 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.
- 5nmRU-4421Danilovo Air BaseYoshkar Ola
- 41nmCSYCheboksary AirportCheboksary
- 65nmUWKGBorisoglebskoye AirportKazan
- 80nmKZNKazan International AirportKazan
- 118nmKVXPobedilovo AirportKirov
- 138nmRU-0217Sormovo AirfieldNizhniy Novgorod
Location
Open the full mapUWKJ · Yoshkar-Ola Airport · Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
