Domodedovo International Airport

Domodedovo International Airport (DME) is one of three major airports serving Moscow and historically the largest airport in Russia by passenger throughput, having peaked above 30 million passengers before Sheremetyevo retook first place. Opened in 1964 and privately operated by the East Line / DME Group, it was the first Moscow airport to offer simultaneous domestic and international processing under one roof and for two decades set the pace for Russian aviation infrastructure. Despite a sharp contraction in international traffic since 2022 sanctions, DME remains one of the ten busiest airports in the Commonwealth of Independent States. DME sits in Domodedovsky District of Moscow Oblast, about 42 km (26 mi) south-southeast of central Moscow, at an elevation of 588 ft (179 m). Two parallel concrete runways — 14R/32L at 11,483 ft (3,500 m) and 14C/32C at 7,776 ft (2,370 m), widened to 197 ft (60 m) — support simultaneous independent operations by all widebody types including the Ilyushin Il-96, Boeing 747 and Airbus A380. A single, unusually large integrated passenger terminal of roughly 278,000 m² combines all traffic flows; a long-delayed Terminal 2 remains in staged construction. Twenty-five airlines link DME to 79 destinations. Russian flag and private carriers including S7 Airlines (whose primary hub is at DME), Ural Airlines, Red Wings, NordStar and Azimuth anchor the domestic trunk network to St Petersburg, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok, while international service is now dominated by Turkish, Emirates, Qatar Airways, FlyDubai and Azerbaijan Airlines serving Istanbul, the Gulf, Tehran and Central Asia. DME's historical role as Aeroflot's long-haul Siberian gateway gives it a uniquely deep domestic route map (2025).