Being the largest airport in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Koltsovo also serves nearby towns such as Aramil, Sysert, and Polevskoy.

[4] In 2013, it handled 4,293,002 passengers and 27,800 tonnes of cargo, representing a +13.5% increase compared to the previous year.

Construction began the next day and the runway was completed in three months, a record breaking time for the 1940s.

[8] On 15 May 1942, USSR's first jet engine plane, the BI-1, completed its maiden flight from Koltsovo airport.

A 1:1 scale replica of the BI-1 jet plane was recreated in the front square of the airport in honour of the BI-1 and Grigory.

In December 1943, on the way back from Tehran, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stayed overnight at the Koltsovo airport.

During World War II the airport acted as a joint in the classified route between Fairbanks, Alaska and Moscow, Russia, in which C-47 aircraft were imported into the USSR.

By January 1944, Koltsovo owned four aircraft, granted by the USSR Ministry of Civil Aviation for the purpose of domestic flights: two LI-2 and two Junkers.

After the surrender of Nazi Germany, Koltsovo was used as joint for the relocation of military aircraft to the Pacific Front for the combating of the Japanese Empire.

Between 1943 and 1945, despite the extremely high traffic rates for an airport of such size, no airplane crashes were recorded.

The Russian Imperial-Modern style and the large spire made this terminal a prominent symbol of Yekaterinburg and all of Sverdlovsk.

In 2003, an implement of the airport development as a hub Program was started with the support of Russian Federation Ministry of Transport, Sverdlovsk Oblast Government and the Renova Group.

On 14 June 2009, Koltsovo received its first ever jumbo jet: the Air China Boeing 747 with the Chinese delegates.

[11] Additionally in 2009, the 4-star Angelo hotel, new control tower, and a fixed runway were put into exploitation.

The opening ceremony was attended by the governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Yevgeny Kuyvashev and Mayor of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Jacob.

The ground floor contains check-in desks, baggage claim areas (with carousels), currency exchange centers, a staff room, and several coffee shops.

The second floor has several restaurants, including Grenki Pub, a children's nursery room, and the domestic business lounge which opened on 13 June 2013.

renovations to the domestic terminal were made as early as of 18 February 2014, with the stylistic and congestion reductional changes.

The business terminal offers separate check-in desks, passport and custom controls.

Both runways are also equipped with OVI-1 lighting facilities and are capable of handling aircraft of any size in any type of weather.