Semey Airport
Semey International Airport (Kazakh: Halyqaralyq Semeı Áýejaıy) (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS) is an airport in Semey, Kazakhstan, located 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west[1] of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A 400 m (1,300 ft) overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | JSC "Semey International Airport" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Semey | ||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Semey | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 232 m / 761 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E | ||||||||||
| Website | airportsemey.kz/ | ||||||||||
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Established in 1929, it is the Kazakhstan's oldest international airport.
Declassified CIA documents indicated that in the late 1960s, during the height of the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviet Union used this airfield as a bomber staging base for Chinese targets, and at times the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder was identified here.
The Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31 were also based here at various times.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| FlyArystan | Almaty,[2] Nur-Sultan[3] |
| S7 Airlines[4] | Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo[5] Novosibirsk (begins 2 May 2021)[4] |
References
- AIP Kazakhstan Archived 2013-06-16 at Archive.today
- https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/287694/flyarystan-adds-almaty-semey-service-from-dec-2019/
- https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/286717/flyarystan-expands-nur-sultan-operations-from-oct-2019/
- "S7 Airlines flight schedule". www.s7.ru. S7 Airlines.
- Liu, Jim (20 December 2018). "S7 Airlines S19 Regional / International service changes as of 04JAN19". Routesonline. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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