Platov International Airport

Platov International Airport (IATA: ROV, ICAO: URRP) (Russian: Международный аэропорт Платов) is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on-Don.

It was originally planned that the airport would open in November 2017, with passenger navigation starting on 1 December 2017.

[8] Therefore, on 20 January 2017, Government of Russian Federation officially named the airport "Platov International Airport",[9] in honor of Matvei Platov, a Russian general commanding the Don Cossacks.

The old airport will close, due to development issues, caused by the location inside town.

[10] On 18 November, the first aircraft Airbus A319 of Rossiya Airlines and Sukhoi Superjet 100 of Azimuth landed at the airport.

[26] The following airlines operated from Platov International before the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 to the following destinations:[27] Currently, the airport is connected to the city center by M4 highway, which was reconstructed before the airport construction finished.

[54] In perspective, the Aeroexpress is also planned for the route to city center, but only in case of annual passenger flow of 6 million.

[55][56] Currently, the government of Rostov, are planning to construct a railway line that, apart from Rostov-on-Don, will serve other big habitations, located nearby the airport.

Check-in area
Arrivals hall