Yekaterinburg-based Koltsovo International Airport serviced 914,841 passengers in the first half of 2009, which is 20.9% less than a year earlier. Besides, the passenger turnover dropped by 20.2% on domestic flights, with the figure coming to 572,974 people, and by 23.2% on international flights, with the figure coming to 273,951 people. Then, the number of passengers flying within the CIS decreased by 17.9% and only reached 67,916 people.

The number of sorties went down by 19.1% compared with the first six months of 2008 and came to 6,450. Then, the airport processed 5,576.8 tons of mail, which was 29.1% less than a year earlier.