"Southern hub" is based on Bataisk airfield.

Project Development Rostov airport "South", known as "Southern Hub, moved in 2010, after the commission of the Ministry of Transport of Russia to prepare proposals for funding design work for this year. In general, the development of the project provided some 700 million rubles from the federal budget, and the total amount of funding "hub of the South" is 24.9 billion rubles.

When creating a new airport in Rostov to use the infrastructure scheme of the Moscow Domodedovo airport.

airfield with two runways of a length of 4,2 km each will be able to accept all types of modern ships, including aircraft, more "heavy" classes. Now Rostov Airport is located within the city. "Southern hub" will be arranged in Bataisk, 12 km from the current airport.

expected that the new Rostov airport will take more passengers than all the airports and SFD SKFO together.