# Balkhash Airport (BXH / UAAH)

**Balkhash Airport** (IATA: BXH, ICAO: UAAH) is a medium airport in Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It has one runway, 2,502 m (8,208 ft) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaah

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BXH / UAAH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
- Elevation: 441 m / 1,446 ft
- Coordinates: 46.8942, 75.0045
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,502 m / 8,208 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
- Website: http://www.zhezair.kz/eng
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkhash_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2393266
- Weather station: UAAH
- Ident: UAAH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,502 m / 8,208 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Concrete | 053° / 233° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 527 km / 327 mi · Qazaq Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BXH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- IQ [Qazaq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qazaq-air) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,502 m / 8,208 ft | =2,301 of 29,858 | =728 in Asia | #21 in KZ |
| Elevation | 441 m / 1,446 ft | =12,493 of 43,403 | #904 in Asia | #36 in KZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =5 in KZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 128.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [KZ-0083](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0083.md) Akchatau Airport · 132 km / 82 mi

## 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: “Balkhash Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balkhash_Airport&oldid=1363015996), revision of 7 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/uaah/data