# Balkanabat International Airport (BKN / UTAN)

**Balkanabat International Airport** (IATA: BKN, ICAO: UTAN) is a medium airport in Balkanabat, Balkan Region, Turkmenistan. It opened on 2 May 2025. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/tm-0002

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKN / UTAN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Balkanabat, Balkan Region, Turkmenistan
- Opened: 2 May 2025 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: -8 m / -26 ft
- Coordinates: 39.6811, 54.2060
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Ashgabat
- Website: https://jebairport.gov.tm/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkanabat_International_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110319429
- Weather station: UTAN
- Ident: TM-0002

## Timeline

- 2 May 2025: Balkanabat International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | #6 in TM |
| Elevation | -8 m / -26 ft | #43,369 of 43,403 | #3,238 in Asia | #15 in TM |
| Age | Opened 2025 | =14,775 of 15,079 | =856 in Asia | #4 in TM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =4 in TM |

## Nearby airports

- [UT1F](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut1f.md) Yangadzha Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [UT1J](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut1j.md) Cheleken East Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [KRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utak.md) Turkmenbaşy International Airport · 111 km / 69 mi

## In collections

- [Below sea level](https://dromopedia.com/collections/below-sea-level) #35

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Balkanabat International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balkanabat_International_Airport&oldid=1362862822), revision of 6 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/tm-0002/data