Taldykorgan Airport Explained

Taldykorgan Airport
Iata:TDK
Icao:UAAT
Type:Public/Military
Owner-Oper:JSC “Zhetysu Aircompany”
City-Served:Taldykorgan Kazakhstan
Location:12km (07miles) NE of Taldykorgan City
Elevation-M:592.5
Coordinates:45.1225°N 78.4428°W
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label:UAAT
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kazakhstan
Metric-Rwy:Y
Metric-Elev:Y
R1-Number:02/20
R1-Length-M:3,001
R1-Surface:Concrete
Footnotes:Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes

Taldykorgan Airport is classified as a national aerodrome in the latest AIP.[1] It has a single runway with a length of 3001mx50mm (9,846feetx160feetm).

The Airport houses the 604th Air Base of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of four fast jet facilities in the country operating mainly MiG-27s and Su-27s (previously the 129th Fighter-Bomber Regiment).[2]

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.