Kurgan Airport — Kurgan, Russia

Kurgan Airport serves the city of Kurgan in southwestern Siberia, capital of Kurgan Oblast on the Tobol River in Russia. At an elevation of about 240 feet, it has a single concrete runway near 8,530 feet, linking this regional center to Moscow and other Russian cities across the wide plains of the region. Kurgan sits in an agricultural and industrial area of the Ural-Siberian borderland, where the flat terrain stretches for great distances. The airport complements the Trans-Siberian rail links that also pass through the region. The KRO code identifies this field, providing air access for a provincial capital set on the routes between the Urals and Siberia proper.