Aktobe International Airport

Aliya Moldagulova International Airport Äliia Moldağūlova halyqaralyq äuejaiy
Aktobe Airport
IATA: AKX ICAO: UATT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	«Aliya Moldagulova International Airport» JSC (the State Institution «Department of Finance of Aktobe region»)
Serves	Aktobe
Location	1.5 km (0.93 mi) SW of Aktobe
Elevation AMSL	225 m / 738 ft
Coordinates	50°14′45″N 57°12′24″E
Maps
UATT Location in Kazakhstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 3,203 10,509 Concrete
Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1]

Aliya Moldagulova International Airport (Kazakh: Äliia Moldağūlova halyqaralyq äuejaiy) (IATA: AKX, ICAO: UATT) is an airport in Kazakhstan located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south-west of Aktobe.[1] It has a small terminal with five airliner parking spots. It has serviced the Ilyushin Il-86. In 2023 Airport served more than 900,000 passengers.[2] On 28 April 2021 airport was officially renamed in order to commemorate Aliya Moldagulova - Kazakh woman, Hero of the Soviet Union and sniper of the Red Army famous for eliminating over 30 Nazi soldiers during World War II.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Astana	Almaty, Astana
Air Cairo	Seasonal: Sharm El Sheikh[4]
FlyArystan	Almaty, Antalya, Aqtau,[5] Astana, Atyrau,[6] Doha,[7] Dubai–International,[8] Şymkent[9] Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh[10]
Qazaq Air	Astana, Atyrau, Türkıstan
SCAT Airlines	Almaty,[11] Astana, Istanbul[12]
Sunday Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya,[13] Sharm El Sheikh[13]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
MNG Airlines	Hong Kong, Istanbul, Navoiy

References

1. AIP Kazakhstan
2. "Аэропорт Актобе увеличил количество рейсов в Астану и Алматы". gurk.kz (in Russian). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
3. "Вечная память: Международному аэропорту Актобе присвоено имя Алии Молдагуловой". almaty.tv (in Russian). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. Liu, Jim (10 July 2024). "Air Cairo Adds Sharm el Sheikh – Aqtobe Service From July 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. Liu, Jim. "FlyArystan adds Aqtau – Aqtobe service from mid-Oct 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
6. Liu, Jim. "FlyArystan expands domestic network in July/August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
7. "FlyArystan Preliminary NW23 Qatar Operations". AeroRoutes. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
8. "FLYARYSTAN EXPANDS DUBAI NETWORK IN NW22". AeroRoutes. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
9. Liu, Jim. "FlyArystan March/April 2020 network expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
10. Liu, Jim (31 October 2024). "FlyArystan Expands Sharm el Sheikh Network in 4Q24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
11. Liu, Jim. "SCAT Aircompany resumes Almaty – Aktobe service in late-August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
12. "Kazakhstan Launches Flights to Qatar, Increases Air Travel to Russia, Turkey, UAE". 10 September 2021.
13. "Timetable". www.tez-tour.com.

External links

• Accident history for AKX at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for UATT at NOAA/NWS