AirportsIturup Airport is a small airport serving Kurilsk, in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ITU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ITU
- ICAO code
- UHSI
- City
- Kurilsk
- State or region
- Sakhalin Oblast
- Country
- Russia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 45.2564° N, 147.9555° E
- Elevation
- 118 m (387 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,300 m (7,546 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ITU means Iturup Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: UHSI. ICAO codes that begin with U belong to Russia and neighbouring states. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 45.2564° N, 147.9555° E. It stands 118 metres (387 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Iturup Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,300 metres (7,546 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 136 airports of Russia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 97.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,300 m 7,546 ft | 42 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo AirportYuzhno-Kurilsk | DEE | 230 km |
| Nakashibetsu AirportNakashibetsu, Japan | SHB | 302 km |
| Memanbetsu AirportŌzora, Japan | MMB | 337 km |
| Monbetsu AirportMonbetsu, Japan | MBE | 374 km |
| Kushiro AirportKushiro, Japan | KUH | 388 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,356 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,362 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,238 km | 10 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,841 km | 11 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,600 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,664 km | 9 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,499 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,280 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,813 km | 11 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.