Tamga Airport | |
Nativename: | Тамга аэропорту |
Pushpin Map: | Kyrgyzstan |
Pushpin Label: | UAFA |
Iata: | none (ТМГ) |
Icao: | UAFA |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | Jeti-Ögüz District |
Location: | Jeti-Ögüz District, Issyk-Kul Region |
Hub: | Golden Rule Airlines |
Elevation-F: | 5,655 |
Elevation-M: | 1,724 |
Coordinates: | 42.1531°N 77.5639°W |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 18/36 |
R1-Length-M: | 850 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,788 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Tamga Airport (Kyrgyz: Тамга аэропорту, Russian: Тамгинский аэропорт) is a small airport serving Jeti-Ögüz District in Issyk-Kul Region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. The Russian IATA code for the airport is ТМГ.[2]
Tamga Airport started its operations in the 1930s as a reserve landing strip on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake. The current runway and terminal were built in the 1960s. The runway can only accept AN-2 and AN-28 planes and their analogues, has no instrument landing facilities, and operates only during daylight hours.[3]
The airport is currently used for agricultural purposes, although there are plans to renovate it as the number of tourists to the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake is set to increase. Until 1990, Tamga had regular links with Bishkek, Osh, and Jalal-Abad.