Nativename: | Ысык-Көл эл аралык аэропорту |
Location: | Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan |
Hub: | Kyrgyzstan Air Company |
Elevation-M: | 1,653 |
Coordinates: | 42.5856°N 76.7069°W |
Pushpin Label: | IKU |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Issyk-Kul International Airport | |
Pushpin Map: | Kyrgyzstan |
Iata: | IKU (ИКУ) |
Icao: | UCFL |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | Tamchy |
Elevation-F: | 5,426 |
R1-Number: | 07/25 |
R1-Length-M: | 3,800 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Issyk-Kul International Airport (Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл эл аралык аэропорту, Isıq-Köl el aralıq aeroportu, ىسىق-كۅل ەل ارالىق اەروپورتۇ; Russian: Международный аэропорт «Иссык-Куль», Meždunarodnyj aeroport «Issyk-Kulj») is an international airport near Tamchy, a village in Issyk Kul District of Issyk Kul Region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. The Russian IATA code for Issyk-Kul International Airport is ИКУ.[2]
Formerly known as Tamchy Airport, Issyk-Kul International Airport started its operations in 1975 as a reserve airport for the nearby Cholpon-Ata Airport. The current runway and terminal were built in 2003. In the same year, the Kyrgyz Government renamed Tamchy Airport to Issyk-Kul International Airport. It is a class 4D airport with CAT I instrument landing facilities and lighting on both the runway and stands for night operation.
Issyk-Kul International Airport has customs and border control checks and serves both domestic and international flights. There are plans to extend the runway by a further 500 m.
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