Almaty International Airport

Almaty International Airport
Халықаралық Алматы Әуежайы
Международный Аэропорт Алматы
IATA: ALA – ICAO: UAAA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner JSC Almaty International Airport
Serves Almaty
Location 15 km NE of Almaty, Kazakhstan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 681 m / 2,234 ft
Coordinates 43°21′19″N 077°02′41″E / 43.35528°N 77.04472°E / 43.35528; 77.04472Coordinates: 43°21′19″N 077°02′41″E / 43.35528°N 77.04472°E / 43.35528; 77.04472
Website alaport.com
Map
UAAA

Location in Kazakhstan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05R/23L 4,400 14,436 Concrete
05L/23R 4,500 14,764 Concrete
Statistics (2012)
Passengers[1] 4,003,004
Source: AIP Kazakhstan[2]

Almaty International Airport (Kazakh: Xalıqaralıq Almatı Äwejayı/Халықаралық Алматы Әуежайы, Russian: Международный Аэропорт Алматы) (IATA: ALA, ICAO: UAAA) is the largest international airport in Kazakhstan. It is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Almaty,[2] the country's largest city and commercial capital. Almaty airport accounts for half of passenger traffic and 68% of cargo traffic to Kazakhstan.[3] In 2012, the airport handled 4,003,004 passengers, including 1,997,570 arriving passengers, and 2,005,434 departing passengers.

History

The airport was built in 1935, for all small civil/military flying ships. Up to 1990 it was the part of Kazakh Department of Civil Aviation, and then reorganized into "Alma-Ata Airport" in 1991. Since 1993 it has run as an independent business unit. In 1994 it was reorganized into OJSC "Almaty Airport" and later renamed to JSC Almaty International Airport.

The supersonic transport (SST) Tupolev Tu-144 went into service on 26 December 1975, flying mail and freight between Moscow and Alma-Ata in preparation for passenger services, which commenced in November 1977. The Aeroflot flight on 1 June 1978 was the Tu-144's 55th and last scheduled passenger service.

Following a runway reconstruction in 1998, Almaty airport was awarded II category and status of an International Airport.

On 9 July 1999 a fire started in the shashlik kitchen of the airport restaurant. The whole terminal building burned down in just a few hours, fortunately without major injuries. Construction of a new terminal was completed in 2004.

On 30 September 2008 a second runway was opened with a first departure of a BMI flight bound for London Heathrow. The new runway has also been given an ICAO certificate for CAT III landings which will significantly reduce the number of planes diverting to nearby airfields due to low visibility, especially during the winter months. This runway is the longest in central Asia. The new runway can accept all types of aircraft without limitation of take-off weight and operations frequency.

Growth in connectivity is in danger of being compromised by airport infrastructure that is comparatively expensive and not keeping pace with demand growth. IATA is urging the Kazakhstan government to follow ICAO principles and eliminate differential ANSP charges between domestic and international carriers. Currently (2012), it is 18% more expensive to turn around an Airbus A320 in Almaty than at similarly-sized airports in Europe. The differential rises to 43% for a Boeing 767.[4]

There are plans to build a new passenger terminal for international flights with six loading bridges and capacity up to 2,500 passengers per hour in the near future. A developed infrastructure complex consisting of a Marriott Hotel, conference halls, business center, shopping center and cinemas will be located within the territory of this terminal. The new terminal will be located along Kuldja Road in order to help reduce traffic on the way to the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Air Astana Boeing 757-200 taxing at Almaty International Airport.
Uzbekistan Airways Boeing 757-200 at Almaty International Airport.

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo[5]
Aeroflot
operated by Rossiya		 St Petersburg
Air Arabia Sharjah
Air Astana Aktau, Aktobe, Astana, Atyrau, Baku, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Bishkek, Delhi, Dubai-International, Dushanbe, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Karagandy, Kiev-Boryspil, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kyzylorda, London-Heathrow, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Oral,[6] Oskemen, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pavlodar, St Petersburg, Seoul-Incheon, Taraz (begins 1 June 2016),[7] Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran Imam-Khomeini (begins 2 June 2016),[8] Ürümqi
Asiana Airlines Seoul-Incheon
Bek Air Aktau,[9] Aktobe, Astana, Atyrau, Kostanay,[10] Oral
Belavia Minsk-National[11]
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi
Czech Airlines Seasonal: Prague[12]
Ellinair Seasonal: Thessaloniki[13]
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
flydubai Dubai-International[14]
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Mahan Air Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen
Qazaq Air Astana, Pavlodar, Shymkent, Kostanay, Taldykorgan
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk
SCAT Aktau, Aktobe, Astana, Atyrau, Karagandy, Kokshetau, Kostanay, Mineralnye Vody, Oral, Oskemen, Petropavl, Sanya, Semey, Shymkent, Taraz, Urdjar, Xi'an (begins 10 March 2016),[15] Zhezkazgan
Somon Air Dushanbe, Khudzhand
Tajik Air Dushanbe
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspil
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
AirBridgeCargo Airlines Hong Kong
Cargolux Budapest, Hong Kong, Luxembourg
Cargolux Italia Hong Kong, Milan-Milpensa
Etihad Crystal Cargo Abu Dhabi, Beijing-Capital
FedEx Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Delhi
Lufthansa Cargo Hong Kong, Tashkent
Martinair CargoAmsterdam, Hong Kong
MNG Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Silk Way Airlines Baku
Turkish Airlines Cargo Astana, Bishkek, Guangzhou, Istanbul-Atatürk, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong
UPS Cologne/Bonn, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Almaty Airport's work results for 2011". en.alaport.com.
  2. 1 2 http://goszakup.ans.kz/AIP/AIRAC_AMDT_01_13/AIP/html/UA-frameset-en-KZ.html
  3. ↑ "ISI Intellinews". euromoney.com.
  4. ↑ "Building the "Silk Road in the Sky" via Kazakhstan". The Gazette of Central Asia (Satrapia). 16 September 2012.
  5. ↑ L, J (26 October 2015). "AEROFLOT Assumes Transaero Kazakhstan Operation from late-Oct 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  6. ↑ L, J (23 January 2015). "Air Astana Adds Almaty – Uralsk Service from Jan 2015". Airline Route. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/09/01/kc-aladmb-jun16/
  8. ↑ http://www.aviationiran.com/2016/02/13/air-astana-introduces-new-route-to-tehran/
  9. ↑ "Bek Air. Новое направление полетов Алматы-Актау-Алматы". International Travel plus. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Bek Air. Новое направление полетов Алматы-Костанай-Алматы". International Travel plus. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Belavia Adds New Almaty Service from late-April 2015". Airline Route. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  12. ↑ L, J (16 September 2015). "CSA Czech Airlines Almaty Service Changes Oct 2015 – Mar 2016". Airline Route. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ellinair destinations". 27 January 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  14. ↑ L, J (21 July 2014). "flydubai to Start Kazakhstan Service from mid-Sep 2014". airlineroute.net/. Airline Route. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "SCAT запускает рейс в китайский Сиань". Tengrinews. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  16. ↑ Harro Ranter (30 August 1983). "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65129 Alma-Ata".

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