Osh Airport

Osh International Airport
Ош эл аралык аэропорту
IATA: OSS (ОШШ) – ICAO: UCFO
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves Osh
Location

Osh, Kyrgyzstan

Elevation AMSL 2,927 ft / 892 m
Coordinates 40°36′32″N 072°47′35″E / 40.60889°N 72.79306°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,614 8,576 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Marshrutka outside terminal

Osh International Airport (Kyrgyz: Ош эл аралык аэропорту, Russian: Международный аэропорт "Ош" (IATA: OSS, ICAO: UCFO) is an airport serving Osh, a city in the Osh province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan.

The airport in 1974.

International arrivals with questions concerning their entry into the country may call the border service's Southern Regional Administration at (0 3222) 7-25-25; 2-34-6 or border unit #2011 at (0 3222) 5-55-09; 3-89-38.

In 2012, 835.900 passengers passed through the airport, an increase of 18% over the previous year.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya		St. Petersburg
Air BishkekBishkek, Irkutsk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk[3]
Avia Traffic CompanyBishkek, Irkutsk,[4] Kazan, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Ürümqi, Yekaterinburg
China Southern AirlinesÜrümqi
Kyrgyzstan Air CompanyBishkek, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Irkutsk, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Air Manas operating as
Pegasus Asia 		Bishkek, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Moscow-Domodedovo [5]
S7 AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
Sky BishkekBishkek,[6]
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk
Ural AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo, Samara, Yekaterinburg
VIM AirlinesMoscow-Domodedovo

Ground transportation

Marshrutka route No. 107 serves the airport.

Accident

On 28 December 2011, Kyrgyzstan Tupolev TU-134A, registration EX-020, operating flight QH3 from Bishkek to Osh, Kyrgyzstan, with 73 passengers and 6 crew suffered a hard landing on Osh's runway 12 resulting in the collapse of the right main gear, right wing separation and the aircraft rolling on its back in fog and low visibility. The aircraft came to a stop on soft ground about 10 meters off the right runway edge. A fuel leak from the left wing led to a fire erupting which was quickly extinguished by airport emergency services. One passenger received serious injuries and 24 people received minor injuries (concussions, bruises), of which 16 were taken to local hospitals.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for UAFO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for OSS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. ↑ Winter 2014-15 flights, http://www.airbishkek.kg/en/passengers-2/airports/istanbul-turkey-ataturk-international-airport.html
  4. ↑ "Новый рейс Ош-Иркутск-Ош". Avia Traffic Company. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Full flight list of Pegasus Asia".
  6. ↑ "Sky Bishkek's inaugural flight departs on December 1, 2012". Manas International Airport. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

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