KGF

Sary-Arka Airport

ICAO UAKK49.6708°N 73.3344°E538 m / 1,765 ftLarge airport
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Sary-Arka Airport (IATA: KGF, ICAO: UAKK) is a large airport in Karaganda, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1934. It has one runway, 3,301 m (10,831 ft) long, concrete. In 2018 it handled 271 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1934–1950
1934
OpenedSary-Arka Airport opens.
30 JUL 1950
Disaster1950 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Сары-Арқа әуежайы
05/23058° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH3,301 m10,831 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2012–2018
172K
196K
267K
282K
222K
255K
271K
12131415161718

Routes

13 destinations · 7 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miDZN · Zhezkazgan National Airport · 465 km / 289 miPLX · Semei International Airport · 499 km / 310 miUKK · Oskemen International Airport · 658 km / 409 miALA · Almaty International Airport · 757 km / 470 miOVB · Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · 866 km / 538 miURA · Manshuk Mametova International Airport · 1,547 km / 961 miSCO · Aktau International Airport · 1,805 km / 1,122 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 2,482 km / 1,542 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 3,665 km / 2,277 miTAS · Tashkent International Airport · 987 km / 613 miYNT · Yantai Penglai International Airport · 3,982 km / 2,474 miHKG · Hong Kong International Airport · 4,661 km / 2,896 miLGG · Liège Airport · 4,663 km / 2,897 miLGGHKGYNTAYTSVOSCOURATASOVBALAUKKDZNPLXKGF
Most destinationsSCAT Airlines 6SF Airlines 2MSC Air Cargo 2FlyArystan 1S7 Airlines 1Aeroflot 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KGF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Sary-Arka Airport” (revision of 11 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers271K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,394of 3,974 · #456 Asia · #9 KZLongest runway3,301 m10,831 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=710of 29,823 · #214 Asia · #4 KZElevation538 m1,765 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=10,133of 43,341 · #776 Asia · #28 KZAgeOpened 19342026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=552of 15,079 · =64 Asia · #4 KZRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =5 KZ
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPAPP122.000
TWRTWR118.300