Yekaterinburg is a traffic hub east of the Ural Mountains, the city in the district of Sverdlovsk Oblast has 1.5 million inhabitants and is the largest city in Russia after Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk. The airport is home to Ural Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Russia. An excellent accommodation right next to the airport is Angelo Airport Hotel Ekaterinburg.

Koltsovo International Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Кольцово) (IATA: SVX, ICAO: USSS) is the international airport serving