# Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ / UACC)

**Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport** (IATA: NQZ, ICAO: UACC) is a large airport in Astana, Astana City, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1931. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,484 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 8.3 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NQZ / UACC
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Astana, Astana City, Kazakhstan
- Opened: 1931
- Elevation: 355 m / 1,165 ft
- Coordinates: 51.0270, 71.4671
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,484 ft
- Passengers: 8,315,108 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
- Website: https://nn-airport.kz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev_International_Airport (38 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174233
- Weather station: UACC · WMO 35188
- Ident: UACC

## Timeline

- 1931: Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,500 m / 11,484 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 2,609,431 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,960,181 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,367,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,452,714 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,294,145 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 4,545,373 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 5,099,391 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,059,714 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 4,837,464 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 6,001,471 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 7,546,391 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 8,315,108 | Wikidata |

## Routes

73 destinations in 29 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (49)

- [PWQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uasp.md) Pavlodar International Airport · Kazakhstan · 408 km / 254 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [PPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacp.md) Petropavl International Airport · Kazakhstan · 444 km / 276 mi · Qazaq Air
- [OMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unoo.md) Omsk Central Airport · Russia · 455 km / 283 mi · Qazaq Air
- [DZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uakd.md) Zhezkazgan National Airport · Kazakhstan · 457 km / 284 mi · Qazaq Air
- [KSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uauu.md) Kostanay International Airport · Kazakhstan · 592 km / 368 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan
- [PLX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uass.md) Semei International Airport · Kazakhstan · 622 km / 386 mi · FlyArystan
- [UKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uask.md) Oskemen International Airport · Kazakhstan · 787 km / 489 mi · Qazaq Air, Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [KZO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaoo.md) Korkyt Ata International Airport · Kazakhstan · 828 km / 514 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan
- [TDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaat.md) Taldykorgan Airport · Kazakhstan · 836 km / 519 mi · Qazaq Air
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 867 km / 539 mi · Qazaq Air, S7 Airlines
- [HSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uait.md) Hazrat Sultan International Airport · Kazakhstan · 886 km / 551 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan
- [DMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uadd.md) Taraz International Airport · Kazakhstan · 909 km / 565 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [BSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafm.md) Manas International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 914 km / 568 mi · Qazaq Air
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 943 km / 586 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 951 km / 591 mi · Qazaq Air, Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 975 km / 606 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [AKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatt.md) Aktobe International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,008 km / 626 mi · Qazaq Air, Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [YIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyn.md) Ili Yining International Airport · China · 1,079 km / 670 mi · FlyArystan
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,099 km / 683 mi · Centrum Air, FlyArystan
- [SKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utss.md) Samarkand International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,307 km / 812 mi · Qazaq Air
- [URA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uarr.md) Manshuk Mametova International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,387 km / 862 mi · Air Astana, FlyArystan
- [DYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdd.md) Dushanbe International Airport · Tajikistan · 1,403 km / 872 mi · Somon Air
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 1,435 km / 892 mi · FlyArystan
- [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,490 km / 926 mi · Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 1,551 km / 964 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,719 km / 1,068 mi · Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 2,022 km / 1,256 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 2,241 km / 1,392 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 2,295 km / 1,426 mi · Aeroflot
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 2,303 km / 1,431 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · Georgia · 2,403 km / 1,493 mi · FlyArystan
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · Armenia · 2,409 km / 1,497 mi · Shirak Avia
- [UBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zmck.md) Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International Airport · Mongolia · 2,564 km / 1,593 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 2,724 km / 1,693 mi · SCAT Airlines, Rossiya
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 2,913 km / 1,810 mi · Belavia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,177 km / 1,974 mi · flydubai, Air Astana
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 3,186 km / 1,980 mi · AJet
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 3,394 km / 2,109 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,411 km / 2,119 mi · Air Astana, Turkish Airlines
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 3,419 km / 2,124 mi · LOT Polish Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 3,506 km / 2,179 mi · Air China
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 3,555 km / 2,209 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 3,653 km / 2,270 mi · Air Astana, Air China
- [BEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lybe.md) Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · Serbia · 3,795 km / 2,358 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 3,938 km / 2,447 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,310 km / 2,678 mi · Air Astana, Lufthansa
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 4,513 km / 2,804 mi · Air Astana
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 4,712 km / 2,928 mi · Air Astana
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 5,371 km / 3,337 mi · Air Astana

### Seasonal (16)

- [BXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaah.md) Balkhash Airport · Kazakhstan · 527 km / 327 mi · Qazaq Air
- [KSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uauu.md) Kostanay International Airport · Kazakhstan · 592 km / 368 mi · Air Astana
- [USJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaal.md) Usharal Airport · Kazakhstan · 872 km / 542 mi · Qazaq Air, SCAT Airlines
- [BSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafm.md) Manas International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 914 km / 568 mi · FlyArystan
- [IKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ucfl.md) Issyk-Kul International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 1,019 km / 633 mi · FlyArystan
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,099 km / 683 mi · Air Astana
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 2,268 km / 1,409 mi · Air Astana
- [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · Georgia · 2,499 km / 1,553 mi · FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 3,510 km / 2,181 mi · Air Astana
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 3,555 km / 2,209 mi · Air Astana
- [BJV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfe.md) Milas Bodrum International Airport · Türkiye · 3,748 km / 2,329 mi · Air Astana
- [TGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lypg.md) Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase · Montenegro · 4,008 km / 2,490 mi · Air Astana
- [UTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbu.md) U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport · Thailand · 5,027 km / 3,124 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 5,074 km / 3,153 mi · Air Astana
- [PQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvpq.md) Phú Quốc International Airport · Vietnam · 5,422 km / 3,369 mi · Air Astana
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 5,516 km / 3,427 mi · Air Astana

### Seasonal charter (12)

- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,325 km / 2,066 mi · Air Astana
- [GZP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfg.md) Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport · Türkiye · 3,495 km / 2,172 mi · FlyArystan
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 3,555 km / 2,209 mi · Mavi Gök Airlines, Turkish Airlines, SCAT Airlines
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 3,929 km / 2,441 mi · FlyArystan
- [GOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vogo.md) Goa Dabolim International Airport · India · 3,969 km / 2,466 mi · FlyArystan
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 4,015 km / 2,495 mi · Air Cairo, Air Djibouti, SCAT Airlines
- [DBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heal.md) El Alamein International Airport · Egypt · 4,162 km / 2,586 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 4,932 km / 3,065 mi · Air Astana, SCAT Airlines
- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 5,074 km / 3,153 mi · SCAT Airlines, VietJet Air
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 5,211 km / 3,238 mi · Air Astana
- [PQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvpq.md) Phú Quốc International Airport · Vietnam · 5,422 km / 3,369 mi · VietJet Air
- [CXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvcr.md) Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base · Vietnam · 5,516 km / 3,427 mi · SCAT Airlines, VietJet Air

### Cargo (5)

- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,099 km / 683 mi · My Freighter Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 3,560 km / 2,212 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 3,732 km / 2,319 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 4,480 km / 2,784 mi · Cargolux
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 4,845 km / 3,011 mi · Cathay Pacific

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- KC [Air Astana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astana) · 26
- KUY [Kaz Air Trans](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kaz-air-trans)

### Passenger (23)

- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 22
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 21
- IQ [Qazaq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qazaq-air) · 16
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 3
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 3 · seasonal charter
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 2
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 2
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 2
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- SM [Air Cairo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cairo) · 1 · seasonal charter
- DJ [Air Djibouti](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-djibouti) · 1 · seasonal charter
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- LO [LOT Polish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lot-polish-airlines) · 1
- LH [Lufthansa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufthansa) · 1
- Mavi Gök Airlines · 1 · seasonal charter
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 1
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1
- 5G [Shirak Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shirak-avia) · 1
- SZ [Somon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/somon-air) · 1

### Cargo (4)

- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 2
- CV [Cargolux](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cargolux) · 1
- CX [Cathay Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cathay-pacific) · 1
- C6 [My Freighter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/my-freighter-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8.3M (2024) | #250 of 3,974 | #80 in Asia | #2 in KZ |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,484 ft | =485 of 29,858 | #148 in Asia | #3 in KZ |
| Elevation | 355 m / 1,165 ft | =15,441 of 43,403 | =1,014 in Asia | #50 in KZ |
| Age | Opened 1931 | =452 of 15,079 | =41 in Asia | #1 in KZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =5 in KZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.300 |
| RDR | RADAR | 120.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

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- [KZ-0110](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0110.md) Zholaman Airfield · 30 km / 19 mi
- [KZ-0111](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0111.md) Stolichny Airfield · 33 km / 21 mi
- [KZ-0064](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0064.md) Volskoye Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [UACS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacs.md) Stepnogorsk Airport · 147 km / 91 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: “Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nursultan_Nazarbayev_International_Airport&oldid=1375198258), revision of 16 Sep 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/uacc/data