Fly into Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO), the closest airport, located 16.7 mi (27 km) from the city centre. If you can't find a flight that works for your travel itinerary, you can also fly into Moscow (VKO-Vnukovo Intl.), which is 16.9 mi (27.2 km) away.
You can get around Kitay-Gorod by jumping on the metro at Kitay-gorod Station (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line), Lubyanka Station or Ploshchad Revolyutsii Station.