Why go
- City in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
- Served by Koltsovo International Airport (SVX).
History
Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism, behind Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Restaurants & places to go
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Airports
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 29 airlines, 65 direct destinations
- Ural Airlines U6 (A320, A321) · 27 routes: Baku, Beijing, Bishkek, Dubai, Dubai, Dushanbe, Harbin, Karlovy Vary, Khudzhand, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Larnaca, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Munich, Namangan, Norilsk, Novosibirsk, Osh, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Tashkent, Tel-aviv, Yerevan
- Svyaz Rossiya 7R (CRJ-200, EM2) · 9 routes: Kurgan, Magnetiogorsk, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Samara, Syktyvkar, Ufa, Ulyanovsk, Uraj
- Ciel Canadien YC (CRJ-200) · 7 routes: Kogalym, Krasnoyarsk, Nadym, Novosibirsk, Noyabrsk, Nyagan, Salekhard
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A319, A320, A321) · 6 routes: Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Rostov, Sochi, St. Petersburg
- Transaero Airlines UN (737-800, 767-300, 735, 737-700) · 6 routes: Bangkok, Hurghada, Moscow, Moscow, Phuket, Sharm El Sheikh
- UTair-Express UR (ATR 72) · 6 routes: Beloyarsky, Khanty-Mansiysk, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Surgut
- Aerocondor 2B (CRJ-200) · 5 routes: Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy
- S7 Airlines S7 (A319, A320, 735) · 4 routes: Beijing, Helsinki, Kiev, Moscow
- NordStar Airlines Y7 (737-800, ATR 42) · 3 routes: Mineralnye Vody, Norilsk, Novosibirsk
- Comores Airlines KR (A320) · 2 routes: Bishkek, Osh
- Cyprus Turkish Airlines YK (146) · 2 routes: Bishkek, Osh
- Japan Asia Airways EG (A320) · 2 routes: Kulyab, Kurgan Tyube
- Salzburg arrows SZ (737) · 2 routes: Dushanbe, Khudzhand
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (A320, 757) · 2 routes: Namangan, Tashkent
- Air Arabia G9 (A320) · 1 route: Sharjah
- Air Armenia QN (735) · 1 route: Yerevan
- Air Astana KC (Embraer 190) · 1 route: Tselinograd
- Air Florida QH (735) · 1 route: Bishkek
- Azerbaijan Airlines J2 (A320) · 1 route: Baku
- Belavia Belarusian Airlines B2 (CRJ) · 1 route: Minsk 2
- Czech Airlines OK (A320) · 1 route: Prague
- Finnair AY (A319) · 1 route: Helsinki
- Fly Dubai FZ (737-800) · 1 route: Dubai
- Gazpromavia 4G (YK4) · 1 route: Sovetskiy
- IzAvia I8 (AN4) · 1 route: Izhevsk
- Saratov Aviation Division 6W (YK2) · 1 route: Saratov
- Tajik Air 7J (735) · 1 route: Dushanbe
- Turkish Airlines TK (A321) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Ukraine International Airlines PS (737-700, 73N) · 1 route: Kiev
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Where things are
Photographs
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When to go
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Koltsovo International Airport (SVX); 5 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: SVX has direct flights to 65 destinations on 29 airlines (incl. Novosibirsk, Bishkek, Dushanbe, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow…).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.