| En Name: | Plotava |
| Ru Name: | Плотава |
| Coordinates: | 51.5353°N 35.9181°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Oktyabrsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Selsoviet |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Plotavsky |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Plotavsky Selsoviet |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
| Inhabloc Type: | Village |
| Mun Data As Of: | December 2014 |
| Mun District Jur: | Oktyabrsky Municipal District |
| Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
| Rural Settlement Jur: | Plotavsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Plotavsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 249 |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Postal Codes: | 307206 |
| Postal Codes Ref: | [2] [3] [4] |
| Dialing Codes: | 47142 |
| Dialing Codes Ref: | [5] |
| Website: | http://plotavss.ru |
| Date: | March 2022 |
Plotava (Russian: links=no|Плотава) is a rural locality and the administrative center of Plotavsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Oktyabrsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:
The village is located on the Vorobzha River (a left tributary of the Seym River), 64 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 25 km south-west of Kursk, 13 km south of the district center – the urban-type settlement Pryamitsyno.[6]
Plotava is located 9.5 km from the federal route Crimea Highway (a part of the European route), 3.5 km from the road of regional importance ("Crimea Highway" – Ivanino, part of the European route), 6 km from the road (Dyakonovo – Sudzha – border with Ukraine), on the road of intermunicipal significance (38K-004 – Plotava),[7] 12 km from the nearest railway halt 439 km[8] (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).
The rural locality is situated 35 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 108 km from Belgorod International Airport and 231 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.