Shymkent International Airport

Shymkent International Airport

Halyqaralyq Shymkent Áýejaıy
Shymkent International Airport; Halyqaralyq Shymkent Áýejaıy
	IATA: CIT; ICAO: UAII;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	JSC "Shymkent International Airport"
Serves	Shymkent
Location	12.6 km (7.8 mi) NW of Shymkent Railway Station, Kazakhstan
Hub for	SCAT Airlines;
Elevation AMSL	422 m / 1,385 ft
Coordinates	42°21′54″N 069°28′34″E / 42.36500°N 69.47611°ECoordinates: 42°21′54″N 069°28′34″E / 42.36500°N 69.47611°E
Website	www.airserver.kz
Map
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Runways
	Source: AIP Kazakhstan

Shymkent International Airport (Kazakh: Halyqaralyq Shymkent Áýejaıy, Халықаралық Шымкент Әуежайы); (IATA: CIT, ICAO: UAII) is an airport serving Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

The airport features single passenger terminal and one runway. It serves as a hub for SCAT Airlines.

History[]

The basis for the airport was an agricultural airbase built in 1932. From 1933, it started handling passengers and cargo traffic. In 1963, the airport was relocated to its current location; construction of both the runway and the passenger terminal was finished in 1967.

After a protocol signed in November 2012 by the governments of Kazakhstan and France, French forces withdrawing from Afghanistan received authorization to use Shymkent Airport. Military hardware arriving on French aircraft will then be transported by rail to Europe. France has to fund the creation of the infrastructure necessary for the temporary bond storage and the area needed for higher customs control to ensure the trans-shipment operations in Shymkent Airport. It will also finance the acquisition or the rent of loading vehicles to accelerate wagon loading, construction of 400 m (1,300 ft)^{[clarification needed]} of hard surface road, protection of freight in temporary storage and en route on Kazakhstan's railroad.^[2]

In 2014, passenger traffic in this airport reached 440,000 passengers; in 2017, it reached 520,000.

Airlines and destinations[]

Passenger[]

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Astana	Almaty, Nur-Sultan
FlyArystan	Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Karagandy, Kostanay, Nur-Sultan, Oskemen, Pavlodar, Kutaisi
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Qazaq Air	Almaty, Atyrau
SCAT Airlines	Aktau, Almaty, Istanbul, Moscow–Vnukovo, Nur-Sultan, Petropavl, Ras Al Khaimah^[3]
S7 Airlines^[4]	Seasonal: Novosibirsk^[4]
Sunday Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Phuket, Sharm El Sheikh
Ural Airlines	Saint Petersburg

Cargo[]

Airlines	Destinations
Atlas Air	Reykjavík-Keflavik^{[citation needed]}

Accidents and Incidents[]

1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision: On November 12, 1996, Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an IL-76TD which took off from Shymkent International Airport collided with Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747 which took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport, in the air over Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India. All 289 passengers and 23 crew on Flight 763, and all 27 passengers and 10 crew on Flight 1907 were killed. A total of 349 people died, making it the deadliest ever mid-air collision involving two aircraft.