The international airport “Chelyabinsk” (till 2008 - “Balandino”) is located in the northeastern part of the city, about 18 km from the center. It is equipped with one of the best runways in Russia (which makes possible landing of all types of planes). The airport connects Chelyabinsk with the largest Russian cities (Orenburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Krasnodar, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Perm, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tyumen, Ufa) and several foreign cities (Bishkek, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Yerevan, Munich, Tashkent).
