Ignatyevo Airport — Blagoveschensk, Russia

Ignatyevo Airport, coded BQS, serves Blagoveshchensk, a city in Russia's Amur Oblast that sits directly across the Amur River from Heihe, China. Sitting at 638 feet above sea level, just one runway is on the field. Given the city's position on the border, BQS supports both domestic Russian routes and a role in cross-border trade and travel with northeastern China. Flights connect Blagoveshchensk to Moscow, Vladivostok, and other cities in Russia's Far East, serving a regional population that otherwise faces long overland journeys through sparsely settled territory.