Shymkent International Airport
Shymkent International Airport (Kazakh: Halyqaralyq Shymkent Áýejaıy, Халықаралық Шымкент Әуежайы); (IATA: CIT, ICAO: UAII) is an airport serving Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
Shymkent International Airport Halyqaralyq Shymkent Áýejaıy | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | JSC "Shymkent International Airport" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Shymkent | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 12.6 km (7.8 mi) NW of Shymkent Railway Station, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 422 m / 1,385 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°21′54″N 069°28′34″E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.airserver.kz | ||||||||||||||||||
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  CIT/UAII Location in Kazakhstan  CIT/UAII CIT/UAII (West and Central Asia) | |||||||||||||||||||
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The airport features single passenger terminal and one runway. It serves as a hub for SCAT Airlines.
History
The basis for the airport was an agricultural airbase built in 1932. From 1933, it started handling passengers and cargo traffic. In 1963, the airport was relocated to its current location; construction of both the runway and the passenger terminal were finished in 1967.
After a protocol signed in November 2012 by the governments of Kazakhstan and France, French forces withdrawing from Afghanistan received authorization to use Shymkent Airport. Military hardware arriving on French aircraft will then be transported by rail to Europe. France has to fund the creation of the infrastructure necessary for the temporary bond storage and the area needed for higher customs control to ensure the trans-shipment operations in Shymkent Airport. It will also finance the acquisition or the rent of loading vehicles to accelerate wagon loading, construction of 400 m (1,300 ft) of hard surface road, protection of freight in temporary storage and en route on Kazakhstan's railroad.[2]
In 2014, passenger traffic in this airport reached 440,000 passengers; in 2017, it reached 520,000.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aeroflot | Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
| Air Astana | Almaty, Nur-Sultan |
| FlyArystan | Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Atyrau, Karagandy, Kostanay, Nur-Sultan, Oskemen, Pavlodar |
| Qazaq Air | Almaty, Atyrau |
| SCAT Airlines | Aktau, Almaty, Istanbul, Moscow–Vnukovo, Nur-Sultan, Petropavl |
| S7 Airlines[3] | Seasonal: Novosibirsk (begins 1 November 2021)[3] |
| Sunday Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya, Phuket, Sharm El Sheikh |
| Ural Airlines | Saint Petersburg |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Atlas Air | Reykjavík-Keflavik |
References
- AIP Kazakhstan Archived 16 June 2013 at Archive.today
- "French Forces Withdrawing from Afghanistan Authorized to Land in Kazakhstan". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 30 December 2012.
- "S7 Airlines flight schedule". www.s7.ru. S7 Airlines.