Ashgabat Airport
| Ashgabat Airport Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky halkara aeroporty |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | UTAA |
| IATA code | ASB |
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| Height above MSL | 211 m (692 ft ) |
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| opening | 1994 |
| operator | Ministry of Transport of Turkmenistan |
| Runways | |
| 12L / 30R | 3800 m × 46 m concrete |
| 12R / 30L | 3800 m × 60 m concrete |
Ashgabat Airport, which opened in 1994 ( IATA code : ASB ; ICAO code : UTAA ; official Turkmen name: Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky halkara aeroporty , in German Airport of the Turkmen leader Saparmyrat ) is one of the three international airports in the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan .
It is located about ten kilometers northwest of the capital Ashgabat on the outskirts and has only one check-in hall. There are two runways , each 3800 meters long, both of which are equipped with the instrument landing system (ILS). In addition, a VOR / DME approach using the "Ashgabat" radio beacon (identification ASB, frequency 114.5 MHz) and an NDB approach (GH, frequency 320 kHz) are available for runways 12L / 30R .
The airport is the home base of the national airline Turkmenistan Airlines . It was named after the Turkmen head of state Saparmyrat Nyýazow , who died in 2006 .
Airlines and Destinations
The airport is connected by several airlines with numerous, mainly European destinations. The largest local airline is Turkmenistan Airlines , which is based here and offers connections to Kiev , London , Moscow and Bangkok , for example . Aşgabat was served by Lufthansa (via Baku) from German-speaking countries until October 25, 2019 ; a connection to Frankfurt was discontinued in 2019 after Turkmenistan Airlines was added to the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark: The 11 most exciting 5th Freedom flights in the world and how to book them with miles ... In: meilenoptimieren.com. January 31, 2019, accessed on February 17, 2019 (German).
- ↑ br: Turkmenistan Airlines loses EASA approval. In: airliners.de. February 4, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 .