Semey Airport
Semey International Airport Halyqaralyq Semeı Áýejaıy | |||||||||||
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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 / 50.35139°N 80.23444°ECoordinates: 50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E / 50.35139°N 80.23444°E | ||||||||||
Website | airportsemey.kz/ | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() PLX/UASS Location in Kazakhstan | |||||||||||
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Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1] |
Semey International Airport (Kazakh: Halyqaralyq Semeı Áýejaıy) (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS) 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.
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.[citation needed]
The Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31 were also based here at various times.
Airlines and destinations[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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FlyArystan | Almaty,[2] Nur-Sultan[3] |
SCAT Airlines | Turkistan |
See also[]
- Transport in Kazakhstan
- List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b AIP Kazakhstan Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today
- ^ "FlyArystan adds Almaty – Semey service from Dec 2019". Routesonline.
- ^ "FlyArystan expands Nur-Sultan operations from Oct 2019". Routesonline.
Categories:
- Soviet Air Force bases
- Soviet Air Defence Force bases
- Airports built in the Soviet Union
- Airports in Kazakhstan
- Kazakh Air Defense Forces
- Kazakhstan geography stubs
- Asian airport stubs
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