# Semei International Airport (PLX / UASS)

**Semei International Airport** (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS) is a large airport in Semey, Abai Region, Kazakhstan. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,097 m (10,159 ft). In 2018 it handled 27 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PLX / UASS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Semey, Abai Region, Kazakhstan
- Elevation: 232 m / 761 ft
- Coordinates: 50.3513, 80.2344
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,097 m / 10,159 ft
- Passengers: 27,098 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Almaty
- Website: http://www.semeyairport.kz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semey_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432481
- Weather station: UASS
- Ident: UASS

## Timeline

- 28 Feb 1973: Aeroflot Flight X-167. 32 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,097 m / 10,159 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Concrete | 084° / 264° | yes |
| 02/20 | 997 m / 3,270 ft | 77 m / 253 ft | Concrete | 024° / 204° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 23,086 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 25,179 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 61,857 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 66,190 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 66,235 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 50,958 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 27,098 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [KGF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uakk.md) Sary-Arka Airport · Kazakhstan · 499 km / 310 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 622 km / 386 mi · Qazaq Air, FlyArystan
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 815 km / 506 mi · FlyArystan
- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,210 km / 752 mi · FlyArystan

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

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

Former hub of [Semeyavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/semeyavia).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 27K (2018) | #2,328 of 3,974 | #721 in Asia | #16 in KZ |
| Longest runway | 3,097 m / 10,159 ft | #960 of 29,858 | #293 in Asia | #8 in KZ |
| Elevation | 232 m / 761 ft | =22,137 of 43,403 | =1,269 in Asia | #67 in KZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =1 in KZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 128.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [KZ-7470](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-7470.md) Dolon Air Base · 76 km / 48 mi
- [KZ-0068](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0068.md) Kurchatov Airfield · 127 km / 79 mi
- [KZ-0069](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz-0069.md) Zhangiztobe Air Base · 148 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: “Semey Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Semey_Airport&oldid=1370845069), revision of 23 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/uass/data