Semey Airport

Semey International Airport Halyqaralyq Semeı Áýejaıy
IATA: PLX ICAO: UASS
Summary
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°E / 50.35139; 80.23444Coordinates: 50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E / 50.35139°N 80.23444°E / 50.35139; 80.23444
Website	airportsemey.kz/
Map
PLX/UASS Location in Kazakhstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,096 10,157 Concrete
Statistics
Passengers 49,900
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.

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See also[]

• Transport in Kazakhstan
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

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