# Shymkent International Airport (CIT / UAII) **Shymkent International Airport** (IATA: CIT, ICAO: UAII) is a large airport in Shymkent, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1933. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. In 2019 it handled 955 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: CIT / UAII - Type: Large airport - Serves: Shymkent, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan - Opened: 1933 - Elevation: 422 m / 1,385 ft - Coordinates: 42.3650, 69.4756 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft - Passengers: 955,412 (2019) - Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty - Website: http://www.airserver.kz - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eymkent_International_Airport (24 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27315 - Weather station: UAII · WMO 38328 - Ident: UAII ## Timeline - 1933: Shymkent International Airport opens. - 25 Dec 2012: 2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash. 27 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 10/28 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 44 m / 144 ft | Concrete | 107° / 287° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2012 | 186,266 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 264,690 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 442,645 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 550,873 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 621,380 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 811,114 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 817,073 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 955,412 | Wikidata | ## Routes 14 destinations in 8 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (9) - [DZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uakd.md) Zhezkazgan National Airport · Kazakhstan · 610 km / 379 mi · Qazaq Air - [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 626 km / 389 mi · Qazaq Air, Air Astana, FlyArystan - [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 975 km / 606 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan - [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,487 km / 924 mi · FlyArystan - [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,498 km / 931 mi · FlyArystan - [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 1,700 km / 1,056 mi · S7 Airlines - [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,300 km / 1,429 mi · flydubai - [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 2,743 km / 1,704 mi · Aeroflot - [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,635 km / 2,259 mi · Air Astana ### Seasonal (2) - [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · Georgia · 2,211 km / 1,374 mi · FlyArystan - [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · Georgia · 2,295 km / 1,426 mi · FlyArystan ### Seasonal charter (3) - [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 2,506 km / 1,557 mi · Air Astana - [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 3,338 km / 2,074 mi · SCAT Airlines - [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 3,533 km / 2,195 mi · SCAT Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CIT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 2 · seasonal charter ### Passenger (6) - FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 6 - KC [Air Astana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astana) · 3 - IQ [Qazaq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qazaq-air) · 3 - SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1 - FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1 - S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 955K (2019) | #837 of 3,974 | #262 in Asia | #4 in KZ | | Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =458 in Asia | #15 in KZ | | Elevation | 422 m / 1,385 ft | =12,992 of 43,403 | =924 in Asia | #37 in KZ | | Age | Opened 1933 | =521 of 15,079 | =56 in Asia | =2 in KZ | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =5 in KZ | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | TWR | TWR | 118.700 | ## Nearby airports - [TVT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttp.md) Tashkent-Khumo International Airport · 117 km / 73 mi - [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · 124 km / 77 mi - [HSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uait.md) Hazrat Sultan International Airport · 129 km / 80 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: “Şymkent International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Şymkent_International_Airport&oldid=1374488465), revision of 12 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/uaii/data