Kanysh-Kiya Airport Explained

Kanysh-Kiya Airport
Nativename:Каныш-Кыя аэропорту
Pushpin Map:Kyrgyzstan
Pushpin Label:КШЯ
Iata:none (КШЯ)
Type:Public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Kanysh-Kiya
Location:Chatkal District, Jalal-Abad Province
Elevation-F:6,102
Elevation-M:1,860
Coordinates:41.7553°N 71.0506°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Length-M:1,500
R1-Length-F:4,921
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Kanysh-Kiya Airport (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Каныш-Кыя аэропорту, Russian: Каныш-Кийский аэропорт) is an airport outside Kanysh-Kiya, a village in Chatkal District of Jalal-Abad Province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. The Russian IATA code for Kanysh-Kiya Airport is КШЯ.[1]

Kanysh-Kiya Airport started its operations in the 1970s to serve the transportation needs of the miners in Kanysh-Kiya as well as the nearby Terek-Say and Sumsar. The current runway was built in the 1970s. The airport has no terminal as such, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours.

Kanysh-Kiya Airport is currently not in use. However, there are plans to renovate it. Kyrgyz Then-Prime Minister Jantörö Satybaldiyev in October 2012 said: "We should resume operations of the airport so that small planes would be able to fly here."[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Справка по расписанию и тарифам на линиях СНГ - Украинский Авиационный Портал . Aviation.com.ua . 2012-09-30.
  2. Web site: One should resume operations of Chatkal Airport in Dzhalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Prime Minister . CAAN.asia . 2012-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812021056/http://caan.asia/en/show-one_should_resume_operations_of_chatkal_airport_in_dzhalalabad_region_of_kyrgyzstan__kyrgyz_prime_minister.html. 2014-08-12. dead.