Semey Airport

Semey International Airport (Kazakh: Semei Halyqaralyq Äuejaiy) (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS), formerly New Semey (Kazakh: Jañasemei) and named after Abai Qunanbaiuly, is an airport in Semey, Kazakhstan, located 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west[1] of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A 400 m (1,300 ft) overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26.

Semey International Airport

Semei Halyqaralyq Äuejaiy (Kazakh)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorJSC "Semey International Airport"
ServesSemey
Location10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Semey
Elevation AMSL232 m / 761 ft
Coordinates50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E
Websiteairportsemey.kz
Map
PLX/UASS is located in Kazakhstan
PLX/UASS
PLX/UASS
Location in Kazakhstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,096 10,157 Concrete
Statistics
Passengers49,900
Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1]

Established in 1929, it is Kazakhstan's oldest international airport.

Declassified CIA documents indicate that in the late 1960s, during the height of the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviet Union used this airfield as a bomber staging base for Chinese targets, and at times the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder was identified here.

The Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31 were also based here at various times.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
FlyArystan Almaty,[3] Astana[4]

See also

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