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) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | JSC "Semey International Airport" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Semey | ||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Semey | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 232 m / 761 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E | ||||||||||
| Website | airportsemey.kz | ||||||||||
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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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| FlyArystan | Almaty,[3] Astana[4] |
References
- AIP Kazakhstan Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today
- "356th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- "FlyArystan adds Almaty – Semey service from Dec 2019". Routesonline.
- "FlyArystan expands Nur-Sultan operations from Oct 2019". Routesonline.