# Kokshetau International Airport (KOV / UACK)

**Kokshetau International Airport** (IATA: KOV, ICAO: UACK) is a large airport in Kokshetau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1945. It has one runway, 2,538 m (8,325 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Air Kokshetau. In 2021 it handled 17 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KOV / UACK
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Air Kokshetau
- Serves: Kokshetau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan
- Opened: 1945
- Elevation: 274 m / 900 ft
- Coordinates: 53.3291, 69.5946
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,538 m / 8,325 ft
- Passengers: 17,000 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
- Website: https://airport-kokshetau.kz
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokshetau_Airport (34 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635747
- Weather station: UACK
- Ident: UACK

## Timeline

- 1945: Kokshetau International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,538 m / 8,325 ft | 38 m / 125 ft | Asphalt | 032° / 212° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 2,353 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,572 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,064 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 17,497 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 14,213 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 22,031 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 21,427 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 21,683 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 11,877 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 17,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,219 km / 757 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,237 km / 769 mi · Qazaq Air, SCAT Airlines
- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,712 km / 1,064 mi · SCAT Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 3
- IQ [Qazaq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qazaq-air) · 1

Former hub of [Air Kokshetau](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-kokshetau).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 17K (2021) | #2,505 of 3,974 | #766 in Asia | #18 in KZ |
| Longest runway | 2,538 m / 8,325 ft | #2,228 of 29,858 | #711 in Asia | #19 in KZ |
| Elevation | 274 m / 900 ft | =19,419 of 43,403 | =1,165 in Asia | #64 in KZ |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =161 in Asia | #6 in KZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =5 in KZ |

## Nearby airports

- [KZ-0040](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0040.md) Kokshetau Old Airport · 15 km / 9.3 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: “Kokshetau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kokshetau_Airport&oldid=1363049839), 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/uack/data