# Usharal Airport (USJ / UAAL)

**Usharal Airport** (IATA: USJ, ICAO: UAAL) is a small airport in Usharal, Jetisu Region, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1970. It has one runway, 2,300 m (7,546 ft) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: USJ / UAAL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Usharal, Jetisu Region, Kazakhstan
- Opened: 1970
- Elevation: 393 m / 1,288 ft
- Coordinates: 46.1908, 80.8309
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,300 m / 7,546 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usharal_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4479287
- Ident: UAAL

## Timeline

- 1970: Usharal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | 44 m / 144 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (2)

- [TDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaat.md) Taldykorgan Airport · Kazakhstan · 220 km / 137 mi · Zhetysu
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 872 km / 542 mi · Qazaq Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,300 m / 7,546 ft | =3,042 of 29,858 | =942 in Asia | #25 in KZ |
| Elevation | 393 m / 1,288 ft | =14,010 of 43,403 | #964 in Asia | #42 in KZ |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =336 in Asia | =9 in KZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =5 in KZ |

## Nearby airports

- [KZ-0116](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0116.md) Kabanbay Airport · 43 km / 26 mi
- [KZ-0066](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0066.md) Aktogay Air Base · 108 km / 67 mi
- [UZR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uzr.md) Urzhar Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [KZ-0132](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0132.md) Lepsy Airfield · 119 km / 74 mi
- [ZEZ4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zez4.md) Urzhar East Airport · 123 km / 76 mi
- [KZ-0133](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0133.md) Dzhaksy Dzhartasskiy Airport · 128 km / 80 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Usharal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Usharal_Airport&oldid=1363084913), 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/uaal/data