Astana International Airport

Astana International Airport
Халықаралық Астана Әуежайы
Международный аэропорт Астана
IATA: TSEICAO: UACC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator JSC Astana International Airport
Serves Astana, Kazakhstan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 355 m / 1,165 ft
Coordinates 51°01′19″N 071°28′01″E / 51.02194°N 71.46694°E / 51.02194; 71.46694Coordinates: 51°01′19″N 071°28′01″E / 51.02194°N 71.46694°E / 51.02194; 71.46694
Website www.astanaairport.kz
Map
UACC
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,500 11,483 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 3,366,560
Sources: Airport Statistics
AIP Kazakhstan[1]

Astana International Airport (Kazakh: Халықаралық Астана Әуежайы, Xalıqaralıq Astana Äwejayı, حالىقارالىق استانا أۋەجايى; Russian: Международный Аэропорт Астана) (IATA: TSE, ICAO: UACC) is an international airport in Kazakhstan located 16.7 km (10.4 mi) southeast of the capital Astana.[1]

History

Astana's first airfield was built in 1931 on the outskirts of the town and was developed further after World War II. However, a new airport, which became Astana international Airport, was built 11 miles to the south of the city and opened in November 1963. It was largely used by Aeroflot and its local directorate. Following the transfer of the capital from Almaty to Astana in December 1997, the airport underwent a series of major reconstructions which brought it up to international standards, including the current 11,484 ft (3,500m) runway. A new passenger terminal designed by the late Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa was opened in February 2005.[2]

During 2015, traffic increased to 3,366,560 passengers.

Terminals

There is one terminal which is divided into two sectors – A and B. A is for international flights and B is for domestic. No need to be confused with the check-in counter sectors (B – for Air Astana flights only, A – for other carriers).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsSector
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo International
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya Airlines
St Petersburg International
Air Arabia Sharjah International
Air Astana Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Kostanay, Kyzylorda, Oral, Oskemen, Pavlodar, Shymkent, Taraz[3] Domestic
Air Astana Baku, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Bishkek, Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Istanbul–Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil (resumes 1 June 2017),[4] London–Heathrow, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, St Petersburg, Seoul–Incheon, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Ürümqi, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Antalya,[5]
International
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon International
AtlasGlobal Seasonal: Antalya International
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna (resumes 25 March 2017)[6] International
Belavia Minsk International
Bek Air Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Kyzylorda, Oral, Pavlodar, Shymkent, Zhezkazgan Domestic
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi International
BH Air Seasonal charter: Burgas[7] International
Ellinair Seasonal: Thessaloniki[8] International
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi International
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki (begins 20 June 2017, ends 11 August 2017)[9] International
flydubai Dubai–International[10] International
KLM Amsterdam International
Lufthansa Frankfurt International
Qazaq Air Almaty, Semey (begins 1 December 2016), Taldykorgan Domestic
SCAT Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Oral, Oskemen, Pavlodar,[11] Petropavl, Semey,[12] Shymkent, Taraz Domestic
SCAT Kazan[13] International
SkyBus Seasonal charter: Batumi[14] International
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk International
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil International
Ural Airlines Moscow-Zhukovsky[15] International
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent International
Zhetysu Taldykorgan Domestic

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Kalitta Air Hong Kong
Turkish Airlines Cargo Istanbul–Atatürk

See also

References

  1. 1 2 AIP Kazakhstan
  2. "Astana Kazakh Gem". Airliner World: 64–67. March 2015.
  3. ""Эйр Астана" возобновляет рейсы между Астаной и Таразом". airastana.com. Air Astana. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. Liu, Jim (31 August 2016). "Air Astana resumes Astana – Kiev route in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. http://airastana.com/Portals/2/Timetable/Summer2015.pdf
  6. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268074/austrian-suspends-astana-service-from-aug-2016/
  7. http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2885686
  8. "Ταξιδιωτικό γραφείο Mouzenidis Travel". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. "Finnair". 3 November 2016.
  10. http://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/flydubai-adds-astana-its-growing-network-734718
  11. L, J (20 February 2015). "SCAT Adds New Domestic Routes in Feb 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  12. "Авиакомпания "SCAT" начала осуществлять авиарейсы из Астаны в Семей". Информационная служба ZAKON.KZ. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  13. "SCAT открывает рейс из Астаны в Казань". LS — ФИНАНСОВОЕ АГЕНТСТВО. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  14. "SkyBus International Airlines". Skybus.kz. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  15. Liu, Jim (4 October 2016). "Ural Airlines schedules Zhukovsky launch in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

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