Kurumoch International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт "Курумоч") (IATA: KUF, ICAO: UWWW) is the international airport serving the city of Samara, Russia, located 35 km (22 mi) north of the city.

The name of the airport originated from the closest village of Kurumoch 7 km (4 mi) southwest.

On December 19, 1957, in accordance with a decree of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, the construction of Kurumoch Airport commenced.

[3] Construction continued between 1965 and 1970, with a new maintenance hangar, baggage claim facility, 5-story hotel, a second runway, and new oil storage bunkers added to the airport's infrastructure.

The facility demanded a large quantity of electricity for the freezers and conveyor belts, thus a much stronger transmission tower cable system was run to the airport.

On 19 February 1993, the airport created an Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Samara Airlines.

[3] In 2011, as was demanded by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, OJSC "International Airport Samara" was to auction 50.99% of its shares to capitalist investors.

The contract stated that in Phase I of construction, Airports of Regions was to build a new terminal no less than 35,000 m2 in size, and the facility was to be exploited no later than 31 December 2014.

[4][citation needed] Most of the contract clauses regarding Phase I of the development project were met.

[citation needed] Phase II is set between 2015 and 2018, and is aimed at increasing the area of the then existing terminal (an additional 25,000 m2, creating a facility with 60,000 m2 total surface), the construction of a new 4-star hotel, a business center, a multi-storey parking area, and an Aeroexpress/train station.

Since the 1970s, Kurumoch International Airport has sponsored FC Polet, which it co-created with USSR theater performer Alexander Komissarov.

In November 2014, Kurumoch International Airport, decided to relocate all matches played by FC Polet in the next season to the Metallurg Stadium in Samara.

Floor 2 has a variety of air company offices, the international departure zone and staff rooms.

The business terminal offers private check-in desks and a lounge area with standard entertainment systems.

Kurumoch also offers all business class personnel a ride to their aircraft by separate buses.

The main terminal did not have any definite arrival section until the late 1990s and today's Domestic and International Baggage claim is not equipped to handle such a flow of passengers.

Airports of Regions finished developing their complete plan on the construction of multiple new facilities in the spring of 2012.

Phase II is said to be completed by the spring of 2018; before the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in which Samara is an official host city.

The very first floor will have the check-in desks, baggage wrapping, commercial stores such as Good Trip, and Zdorovye Lyudi (Здоровые Люди).

The third floor will contain security desks, passport control and the departure zone, as well as the duty-free shops and the VIP Lounge.

Phase II will include the construction of a business center and hotel connected to or near Terminal B, a train system from Kurumoch International Airport to Samara and a levelled parking lot.