Kostanay Airport Explained

Kostanay International Airport
Iata:KSN
Icao:UAUU
Type:Public
Operator:JSC "Kostanay International Airport"
City-Served:Kostanay
Location:Kostanay, Kazakhstan
Elevation-M:183
Coordinates:53.2069°N 63.5503°W
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label:UAUU
Pushpin Label Position:right
Metric-Elev:Y
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-M:2,514
R1-Surface:Asphalt/concrete
Footnotes:Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes

Kostanay Airport (Kazakh: Qostanai Halyqaralyq Äuejaiy) is an airport located 2km (01miles) south-west[1] of Kostanay, Kazakhstan. Runways of the airport were changed over 5 months and the airport was reopened on 10 October 2019. Année runway was built. Since the work has been over, there is only flight to the capital Nur-Sultan. Different companies are planning to fly to international destinations or intern destinations.

In February 1975 the 45th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, 6 TBAK, relocated from Migalovo airfield near Tver to Kostanay, where it was reorganized into the 45th Training Aviation Regiment, Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation Red Banner School of Navigators, now the Chelyabinsk Red Banner Military Aviation Institute of Navigators.[2]

June 28, 2022 — by the decree of the Government of Kazakhstan, Kostanay International Airport was named after Akhmet Baitursynuly.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://goszakup.ans.kz/AIP/AIRAC_AMDT_01_13/AIP/html/UA-frameset-en-KZ.html AIP Kazakhstan
  2. Web site: Holm. Michael. 56th Breslavlskaya Heavy Bomber Aviation Division. Soviet Armed Forces Organisation. 2019-11-23. 2019-11-23. En.
  3. Web site: Имя Ахмета Байтурсынулы присвоили аэропорту Костаная. www.zakon.kz. 2022-06-28.