# Korkyt Ata International Airport (KZO / UAOO)

**Korkyt Ata International Airport** (IATA: KZO, ICAO: UAOO) is a large airport in Kyzylorda, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1987. It has one runway, 2,700 m (8,858 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 203 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KZO / UAOO
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Kyzylorda, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
- Opened: 1987
- Elevation: 132 m / 433 ft
- Coordinates: 44.7069, 65.5925
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 m / 8,858 ft
- Passengers: 203,386 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Qyzylorda
- Website: http://aeroport.kz/city/kyzylorda
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyzylorda_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2636259
- Weather station: UAOO · WMO 38062
- Ident: UAOO

## Timeline

- 1987: Korkyt Ata International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 72,261 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 75,028 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 152,375 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 226,962 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 197,788 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 211,951 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 203,386 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 828 km / 514 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 927 km / 576 mi · Qazaq Air, Air Astana, FlyArystan

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 2
- IQ [Qazaq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qazaq-air) · 2
- KC [Air Astana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astana) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 203K (2018) | #1,529 of 3,974 | #501 in Asia | #10 in KZ |
| Longest runway | 2,700 m / 8,858 ft | =1,894 of 29,858 | =590 in Asia | #17 in KZ |
| Elevation | 132 m / 433 ft | =28,375 of 43,403 | =1,560 in Asia | #82 in KZ |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =435 in Asia | #12 in KZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =5 in KZ |

## Nearby airports

- [KZ-0070](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0070.md) Zhosaly Airport · 149 km / 92 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: “Kyzylorda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyzylorda_Airport&oldid=1368838225), revision of 11 Aug 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/uaoo/data