Aktau International Airport

The night boarding scene shows passengers climbing the stairs to a FlyArystan aircraft, its red livery picked out by the lights. The airport serves Aktau, Kazakhstan, at an elevation of about 22 m, with a 3,052 m runway; the 2014 snapshot records 16 destinations, 6 domestic and 10 international, from Makhachkala at 301 km to Almaty at 2,082 km.

Airport photos

Boarding at night — passengers climbing the stairs to a FlyArystan aircraft, its red livery sharp under the apron lights.

The photos come from public web sources and remain the copyright of their photographers; full credits and source links sit in the photo gallery on this page.

Airport at a glance

Runways

1 runway, the longest 3,052 m.

Non-stop routes

16 non-stop destinations, nearest first (OpenFlights route snapshot compiled in 2014 — confirm with the airline or airport):

The carrier column comes from the same snapshot and includes codeshare and interline services; treat it as an indication of how busy the route is and check the airline for who actually flies it.

Nearby airports to compare

If the fares are close, these are the nearest airports of the same class (large airport) — straight-line distance, with their own non-stop counts from the same dataset:

Before you fly

• Allow 2–3 hours for an international departure; winter crosswinds on the Caspian can affect flights.
• The 16 destinations are a 2014 snapshot, and Scat and Air Astana have expanded since; check current schedules.

About the data

Runways, elevation and coordinates come from OurAirports open data. Routes and carriers come from the June 2014 OpenFlights snapshot and include codeshares and interline services; they indicate network shape and scale, not current schedules.

References

• OurAirports airport record — UATE
• Wikipedia article
• OpenFlights route data
• Country page: Kazakhstan