Kerben Airport Explained

Kerben Airport
Nativename:Кербен аэропорту
Pushpin Map:Kyrgyzstan
Pushpin Label:UAFE
Iata:none (КРФ)
Icao:UAFE
Type:Public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Kerben
Location:Kerben, Aksy District
Hub:TezJet Airlines
Elevation-F:4,199
Elevation-M:1,280
Coordinates:41.4844°N 71.7336°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-M:1,740
R1-Length-F:5,708
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:[1]

Kerben Airport (Kyrgyz: Кербен аэропорту, Russian: Кербенский аэропорт) is an airport serving Kerben, a town in Aksy District of Jalal-Abad Region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. Until 1992, Kerben Airport was called Karavan (Caravan) Airport. The Russian IATA code for Kerben Airport is КРФ.[2]

Operations

Kerben Airport started its operations in 1950s as a landing strip in the then Karavan. The current runway and terminal were built in 1982. It is a regional class 3C airport. The runway has a weight limit of 22 tonnes, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours.

Although, Kerben Airport is near the border with Uzbekistan, it has no customs and border control checks and serves only flights within Kyrgyzstan. Up until 2010, the airport had year-round links with Jalal-Abad, Bishkek and Osh. Flights to the capital city Bishkek and the provincial centre Jalal-Abad resumed on 1 March 2013.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Аэропорт "Кербен". CivilAviation.kg. 2012-10-28. 2012-10-28.
  2. Web site: Коды городов всех стран. G-Avia.ru. 2012-10-28. 2012-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108062817/http://g-avia.ru/kody_gorodov_vseh_stran_. 2018-11-08. dead.
  3. Web site: Bishkek - Kerben - Jalal-Abad flight to resume on March 1, 2013. Central Asia Aero News. 2013-02-20. 2013-02-20.