Almaty International Airport

ICAO UAAA43.3543°N 77.0428°E681 m / 2,234 ftLarge airport

Almaty International Airport (IATA: ALA, ICAO: UAAA) is a large airport in Almaty, Almaty City, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1935. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,500 m (14,764 ft). It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2024 it handled 11.4 million passengers.

Timeline

9 events · 1935–2019

1935

OpenedAlmaty International Airport opens.

04 JAN 1965

DisasterAeroflot Flight 20/101.64 killed

22 NOV 1966

DisasterIl-18 Accident.3 killed

24 MAR 1969

DisasterQ16488132.4 killed

13 JAN 1977

DisasterAeroflot Flight 3843.90 killed

08 JUL 1980

DisasterAeroflot Flight 4225.166 killed

30 AUG 1983

DisasterAeroflot Flight 5463.90 killed

29 JAN 2013

DisasterSCAT Airlines Flight 760.21 killed

27 DEC 2019

DisasterBek Air Flight 2100.12 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

05L/23R · LIT

LENGTH4,500 m14,764 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

05R/23L056° / 236° · LIT

LENGTH4,400 m14,436 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

4.3M

4.6M

4.9M

5.6M

5.7M

6.4M

3.7M

6.1M

7.2M

9.5M

11.4M

131415161718192021222324

Routes

93 destinations · 35 countries

Year-round78

Seasonal7

IKUIssyk-Kul International AirportKyrgyzstan · FlyArystan90 km56 mi MCTMuscat International AirportOman · SalamAir2,788 km1,732 mi BUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · FlyArystan2,891 km1,796 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Air Astana3,817 km2,372 mi GZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · FlyArystan3,853 km2,394 mi DADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Air Astana4,228 km2,627 mi PUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Eastar Jet4,485 km2,787 mi

Seasonal charter10

Cargo10

TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · My Freighter Airlines679 km422 mi GYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Silk Way West Airlines2,246 km1,396 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai2,814 km1,749 mi CKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Atlas Air3,026 km1,880 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways3,060 km1,901 mi CGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Atlas Air3,301 km2,051 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Silk Way West Airlines, Qatar Airways4,113 km2,556 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Atlas Air5,256 km3,266 mi LGGLiège AirportBelgium · Atlas Air5,275 km3,278 mi ZAZZaragoza AirportSpain · Atlas Air6,155 km3,825 mi

Most destinationsAir Astana 37SCAT Airlines 24FlyArystan 22Atlas Air 5VietJet Air 3Centrum Air 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ALA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Almaty International Airport” (revision of 17 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers11.4M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#186of 3,974 · #58 Asia · #1 KZ Longest runway4,500 m14,764 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=27of 29,823 · =6 Asia · #2 KZ Elevation681 m2,234 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=7,854of 43,341 · #632 Asia · #13 KZ AgeOpened 19352026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=593of 15,079 · =71 Asia · #5 KZ Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =1 KZ

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels

APPAPP131.600

ATISATIS129.800

GCARADAR120.800

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR119.400