Uzbekistan flag Samarkand Airport (SKD)

Country Uzbekistan | Asia | Tourism Airport | IATA: SKD | ICAO: UTSS | Elevation 2224 ft · 678 m | Local time —

Destinations
22
Flights / day
29
Busiest route
Moscow
Top airline
Uzbekistan Airways

Samarkand Airport averages 29 flights per day to 22 destinations, with one domestic route and 21 international routes. A total of 20 airlines operate at SKD, led by Uzbekistan Airways. This airport provides direct service to eight countries across three continents, with Russian Federation representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Samarkand connects to Xianyang, with a typical flight time of 5 hr 25 mins. Updated: October 19, 2026

Route Network

Samarkand Airport connects 22 destinations worldwide, with Moscow standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to İzmir, and the shortest flight is to Tashkent.

Russian Federation flag Moscow (VKO) – Russian Federation 4 airlines
4 hr 45 mins
1,743 mi · 2,806 km
5
per day
Uzbekistan flag Tashkent (TAS) – Uzbekistan 4 airlines
1 hr 10 mins
162 mi · 260 km
4
per day
Türkiye flag Istanbul (IST) – Türkiye 2 airlines
5 hr 15 mins
1,996 mi · 3,212 km
3
per day
Russian Federation flag Saint-Petersburg (LED) – Russian Federation 5 airlines
5 hr 25 mins
2,102 mi · 3,383 km
2
per day
Russian Federation flag Moscow (DME) – Russian Federation 3 airlines
4 hr 40 mins
1,715 mi · 2,760 km
2
per day
Israel flag Tel Aviv (TLV) – Israel 3 airlines
5 hr 0 mins
1,863 mi · 2,998 km
2
per day
Russian Federation flag Moscow (SVO) – Russian Federation 1 airline
4 hr 45 mins
1,750 mi · 2,816 km
1
per day
China flag Xianyang (XIY) – China 1 airline
5 hr 25 mins
2,310 mi · 3,717 km
1
per day
Kazakhstan flag Astana (NQZ) – Kazakhstan 1 airline
2 hr 40 mins
812 mi · 1,306 km
1
per day
Russian Federation flag Ekaterinburg (SVX) – Russian Federation 1 airline
3 hr 35 mins
1,210 mi · 1,948 km
1
per day
Türkiye flag İzmir (ADB) – Türkiye 1 airline
5 hr 30 mins
2,123 mi · 3,417 km
1
per day
Russian Federation flag Kazan (KZN) – Russian Federation 2 airlines
4 hr 0 mins
1,365 mi · 2,197 km
1
per day
Kazakhstan flag Almaty (ALA) – Kazakhstan 1 airline
2 hr 5 mins
578 mi · 930 km
5
per week
Azerbaijan flag Baku (GYD) – Azerbaijan 1 airline
3 hr 10 mins
896 mi · 1,441 km
5
per week
Saudi Arabia flag Medina (MED) – Saudi Arabia 2 airlines
5 hr 5 mins
1,896 mi · 3,052 km
5
per week
Saudi Arabia flag Jeddah (JED) – Saudi Arabia 2 airlines
5 hr 20 mins
2,055 mi · 3,307 km
4
per week
Russian Federation flag Mineralnyye Vody (MRV) – Russian Federation 1 airline
3 hr 55 mins
1,262 mi · 2,031 km
4
per week
Russian Federation flag Novosibirsk (OVB) – Russian Federation 1 airline
3 hr 35 mins
1,281 mi · 2,061 km
4
per week
Russian Federation flag Sochi (AER) – Russian Federation 1 airline
4 hr 10 mins
1,414 mi · 2,276 km
4
per week
Russian Federation flag Ufa (UFA) – Russian Federation 1 airline
3 hr 30 mins
1,149 mi · 1,848 km
4
per week
Russian Federation flag Krasnodar (KRR) – Russian Federation 1 airline
4 hr 15 mins
1,459 mi · 2,348 km
2
per week
Russian Federation flag Samara (KUF) – Russian Federation 1 airline
3 hr 45 mins
1,237 mi · 1,992 km
1
per week

Route and destination data updated October 19, 2026.

Samarkand Airport is served by 20 airlines, with Uzbekistan Airways in the lead at 15% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 38% of routes. 13 carriers operate only one route each. A total of 19 airlines operate international routes, compared with four airlines serving domestic routes. Sun Express is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to İzmir with a flight time of 5 hrs 30 mins.

Uzbekistan Airways (6 routes)
Centrum Air (5 routes)
S7 Airlines (4 routes)
Azimuth Airlines (4 routes)
UTAir (3 routes)
Taban Airlines (3 routes)
Ural Airlines (2 routes)
Pobeda (1 routes)
AtlasGlobal UA (1 routes)
Turkish Airlines (1 routes)
Rossiya Airlines (1 routes)
Aeroflot (1 routes)
Loong Air (1 routes)
Qazaq Air (1 routes)
Sun Express (1 routes)
Nordwind Airlines (1 routes)
Fly Arystan (1 routes)
AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (1 routes)
Sun d'Or (1 routes)
flyadeal (1 routes)

Samarkand Airport provides direct service to eight countries across three continents. The route network is 5% domestic and 95% international. Russian Federation is the primary international destination.

Russian Federation - 15/day
Uzbekistan - 4/day
Türkiye - 4/day
Israel - 2/day
Kazakhstan - 2/day
China - 1/day
Azerbaijan - 1/day
Saudi Arabia - 1/day

Delays

Global  Delays
Delay Performance (24 hour average)
Departures
8 min late
38 min (-82.2%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Arrivals
16 min late
6 min (+66.1%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (24 hour total)

Oct 20

2026

06:00 - 07:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

05:00 - 06:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

04:00 - 05:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

02:00 - 03:00

Departure
1 hr 57 min late
Arrival
1 hr 7 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

01:00 - 02:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 hr 57 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 20

2026

00:00 - 01:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

23:00 - 00:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

22:00 - 23:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

21:00 - 22:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

19:00 - 20:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

18:00 - 19:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

16:00 - 17:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

14:00 - 15:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

13:00 - 14:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

12:00 - 13:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

11:00 - 12:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

10:00 - 11:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

09:00 - 10:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 19

2026

08:00 - 09:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (7 day average)
Departures
38 min late
9 min (+30.5%) vs last week
7d trend
Arrivals
28 min late
14 min (+100.2%) vs last week
7d trend
Cancelled Departures
4 flights (7 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
15 min late
Arrival
9 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
1 hr 9 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
44 min late
Arrival
1 hr 19 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
1 hr 1 min late
Arrival
38 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
19 min late
Arrival
7 min late
Cancelled
2

Oct 14

2026

Departure
40 min late
Arrival
45 min late
Cancelled
2

Oct 13

2026

Departure
15 min late
Arrival
13 min late
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (30 day average)
Departures
19 min late
1 min (+100.4%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Arrivals
14 min late
6 min (+81.5%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Cancelled Departures
16 flights (30 day total)

Oct 19

2026

Departure
15 min late
Arrival
9 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

Departure
1 hr 9 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

Departure
44 min late
Arrival
1 hr 19 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
1 hr 1 min late
Arrival
38 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
19 min late
Arrival
7 min late
Cancelled
2

Oct 14

2026

Departure
40 min late
Arrival
45 min late
Cancelled
2

Oct 13

2026

Departure
15 min late
Arrival
13 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 12

2026

Departure
32 min late
Arrival
14 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 11

2026

Departure
15 min late
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 10

2026

Departure
1 hr 14 min late
Arrival
1 hr 9 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 9

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 8

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
2

Oct 7

2026

Departure
54 min late
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 6

2026

Departure
17 min late
Arrival
7 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 5

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 4

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
1 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 3

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
7 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 2

2026

Departure
26 min late
Arrival
37 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 1

2026

Departure
9 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
4

Sep 30

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
3 min late
Cancelled
4

Sep 29

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
8 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 28

2026

Departure
3 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 27

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 26

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 25

2026

Departure
9 min late
Arrival
18 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 24

2026

Departure
25 min late
Arrival
12 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 23

2026

Departure
5 min late
Arrival
12 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 22

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 21

2026

Departure
12 min late
Arrival
7 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 20

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
2

Global Rankings

Worldwide Position

Flights per day

#601 (29 flights/day)
Top 100 Busiest Airports in the World
Worldwide Position

Most destinations

#696 (22 destinations)
Top 100 Airports with Most Destinations

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
10,197 ft 3,108 m 161 ft 49 m Asphalt
10,197 ft 3,108 m 161 ft 49 m Asphalt

Runway Length

17 aircraft cannot operate at Samarkand Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 10,197 ft (3,108 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.

Aircraft Takeoff Landing
Airbus A340 Private Jet 10,256 ft 3,126 m 8,999 ft 2,743 m
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 10,299 ft 3,139 m 6,949 ft 2,118 m
Airbus A340-600 10,302 ft 3,140 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Boeing BBJ 787-9 10,397 ft 3,169 m 5,699 ft 1,737 m
VC-25A Air Force One 10,466 ft 3,190 m 7,999 ft 2,438 m
Boeing 747-8 10,466 ft 3,190 m 8,793 ft 2,680 m
Airbus A340-500 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,299 ft 1,920 m
Boeing 747-200 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,234 ft 1,900 m
Boeing 777-300 10,597 ft 3,230 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Boeing 747-100 10,650 ft 3,246 m 6,168 ft 1,880 m
Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-8 Freighter 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-300 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,919 ft 2,109 m
Boeing 747-400F 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,890 ft 2,100 m
Boeing 747-400ER 10,892 ft 3,320 m 7,136 ft 2,175 m
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 11,250 ft 3,429 m 7,218 ft 2,200 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 11,499 ft 3,505 m 5,909 ft 1,801 m

Operational Context

Samarkand (IATA: SKD) operates around 29 flights per day to 22 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 1 domestic and 21 international routes, with Uzbekistan Airways as the leading carrier and Moscow currently the busiest connection. From SKD, passengers can reach 8 countries across 3 continents, and the longest runway measures 3,108 m (10,197 ft).

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