Sheremetyevo International Airport
Moscow · Russia · Europe/Moscow
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Airport HistoryEst. 1960
Sheremetyevo began life as a Soviet military airbase northwest of Moscow, ordered built in 1953 and opened for military use in 1957, before being converted for civil aviation and formally inaugurated as an international airport on 2 June 1960 with a flight to East Berlin. For decades it served as the primary gateway to the Soviet Union and later Russia, growing through the addition of Terminal 2 (1980, for the Moscow Olympics), and a wave of new terminals (C, D, E) between 2007 and 2010 ahead of increased traffic. It is the historic hub of Aeroflot and, in 2018, was formally named after the poet Alexander Pushkin. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sheremetyevo's international operations have been sharply curtailed by Western sanctions, airspace closures, and Ukrainian drone strikes that have periodically disrupted flights — a fluid situation still evolving as of 2026, so passenger and route figures from before 2022 should not be assumed to still hold.
Sheremetyevo opened on 7 November 1957 as a Soviet military airbase, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the October Revolution.
The airfield was converted for civilian use and formally opened as an international airport on 2 June 1960, with its first international flight to Berlin.
A new international Terminal 2 became operational in time for the 1980 Summer Olympics, handling several hundred thousand international visitors to the Games.
Terminal C opened in 2007, followed in 2008 by the Aeroexpress high-speed rail link connecting the airport directly to central Moscow.
Sheremetyevo overtook Domodedovo as Russia's busiest airport by passenger traffic and served as the official airport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup; later that year it was officially named after poet Alexander Pushkin.
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western sanctions, aircraft leasing disputes, and closed airspace sharply reduced Sheremetyevo's international connections, and the airport has periodically suspended operations during reported drone incidents.
Editorial content based on public records and industry sources (Wikipedia, Airport Technology, Simple Flying); post-2022 operational and traffic details are fluid due to ongoing sanctions and the war in Ukraine, and should be treated as time-sensitive rather than fixed facts.