Sary-Arka Airport Explained

Sary-Arka Airport
Nativename:Kazakh: italic=no|Saryarqa äuejaiy
Image2-Width:250
Iata:KGF
Icao:UAKK
Type:Public
Owner:Sky Service LLP
Operator:JSC “Sary-Arka International Airport”
City-Served:Qarağandy
Location:24km (15miles) SE of Qarağandy, Kazakhstan
Hub:Asia Wings (defunct)
Focus City:
Elevation-M:538
Coordinates:49.6714°N 73.3364°W
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label:KGF
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kazakhstan
Website:www.kgf.aero
Metric-Elev:Y
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-M:3,602
R1-Surface:Reinforced Concrete
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:301 784
Footnotes:Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes

Sary-Arka Airport (Kazakh: Saryarqa äuejaiy) is an International airport which serves the city Qarağandy and its satellite town in Kazakhstan. It is located 24km (15miles) southeast[1] of the city.

History

The initial airport was built in 1934, on a site at the edge of the city centre, and moved further out to its current location in 1944. The old terminal building on Shturman Street still stands, now occupied as a bus terminal and a market for car parts.

In 1980 it underwent major reconstructions, including the construction of a new terminal building and the modernization of the runway. This made the landing of heavier aircraft possible, which allowed a gateway to many new destinations in the Soviet Union.

In 1992, the airport was granted international status. It has become an independent joint stock company after the separation from JSC "Karagandaavia" in 1997. It is not related to Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan on the World Heritage List.

Sary-Akra Airport is home to the 610th Air Base of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of four fast jet bases in the country[2] with MiG-31s, Su-27s and Su-25s.

The airport is usually used as a staging area, from which the returning crewmembers of the International Space Station are flown to their respective home bases at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, the Johnson Space Center or the European Astronaut Centre following a traditional welcome ceremony upon landing in their Soyuz (spacecraft) capsule.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://goszakup.ans.kz/AIP/index/Start_en.htm AIP Kazakhstan
  2. Web site: World Air Forces 2015 pg. 21. Flightglobal Insight . 2015 . 20 July 2015.