Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
| "Nursultan Nazarbayev" airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | UACC |
| IATA code | NQZ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 355 m (1165 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 17 km south of Nursultan |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1931 |
| operator | Airport Management Group |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 4,294,145 (2017) |
| Air freight | 12,400 t (2017) |
| Flight movements |
57,030 (2017) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 04/22 | 3500 m × 45 m asphalt |
The airport "Nursultan Nazarbayev" ( Kazakh Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев Халықаралық Әуежайы Nursultan Nazarbayev Chalyqaralyq Äujeschajy , Russian Международный аэропорт "Нурсултан Назарбаев" Meschdunarodnyj Aeroport "Nursultan Nazarbayev" ) ( IATA : NQZ , ICAO : UACC ) is an international airport, the Kazakh capital Only -Sultan (formerly Astana) served.
With 4.3 million passengers in 2017, it is the second largest airport in Kazakhstan after the airport in the former capital, Almaty . It has a national and an international terminal .
history
The airport's history dates back to 1931 when the city's first airfield opened. In 2005, the airport buildings were replaced by a new building to meet international airport standards.
The airport is a so-called "Silent Airport". There are no announcements, all announcements are only displayed on monitors.
aims
The airport is one of the two hubs of the national Kazakh airline Air Astana , which flies from here to 14 national destinations, including Almaty or Karagandy and several cities in Europe and Asia . The most important destination from Nursultan Airport is Almaty with 135 flights a week. In the German-speaking area, Frankfurt is served by Air Astana. Lufthansa also offers the same route. Other important European destinations are Paris-Charles de Gaulle (Air Astana), London-Heathrow (Air Astana) and Istanbul (Air Astana and Turkish Airlines ).
Nursultan was a Lufthansa Cargo hub for flights to all of Asia.
See also
Web links
- Airport website (English, Kazakh and Russian)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passenger Traffic , accessed on January 26, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Cargo Traffic , accessed on January 26, 2019 (English).
- ↑ airport website: About Airport (english)
- ↑ Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
