Astana International Airport
| Astana International Airport Халықаралық Астана Әуежайы Xalyqaralyq Astana Äuezhaýi |
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IATA: TSE – ICAO: UACC
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | JSC International Astana Airport | ||
| Serves | Astana, Kazakhstan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,165 ft / 355 m | ||
| Coordinates | 51°01′20″N 071°28′01″E / 51.02222°N 71.46694°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 11,484 | 3,500 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Passengers | 1,776,000 | ||
| Source: Airport Statistics | |||
Astana International Airport (IATA: TSE, ICAO: UACC) is an international airport in Kazakhstan located 14 km (9 mi) outside of the capital Astana.
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[edit] History
The airport traces its history to 1931 when Astana's first airfield was constructed. Airport infrastructure has been continuously upgraded, making it possible to accept heavy aircraft by 1948, and starting 24-hour operation in 1956.
Following the transfer of the country capital to Astana in 1997, the airport underwent a series of major reconstructions which brought it up to international standards. A new passenger terminal designed by the late Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa was officially opened in February 2005.
Currently Astana Airport accepts all types of aircraft without limitation of take-off weight. It handled 834,299 passengers and 2,587 metric tonnes of cargo in 2006. During 2007, traffic increased 40 percent to 1,170,919 passengers.
[edit] Terminals
There are two terminals at the airport, one for domestic flights and the other for international flights.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal |
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| Aerosvit Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil | International |
| Air Astana | Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Kostanay, Kyzylorda, Oral, Oskemen, Pavlodar, Petropavl, Semey, Zhezkazgan | Domestic |
| Air Astana | Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk, Urumqi, Yekaterinburg[1] | International |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna | International |
| Avia Traffic Company | Bishkek | International |
| Belavia | Minsk | International |
| Bek Air | Uralsk (starts february 2012) | Domestic |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi | International |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | International |
| Rossiya | St Petersburg | International |
| SCAT | Aktau, Aktobe, Oral, Shymkent, Taraz | Domestic |
| SCAT | Kazan, Minsk, Tbilisi, Yekaterinburg | International |
| Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | International |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | International |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil | International |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | International |
| Wind Rose Aviation | Kiev-Boryspil | International |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Domestic |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Astana International Airport (official site)
- Accident history for TSE at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for UACC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Current weather for UACC at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for UACC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
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