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Aktau International Airport

ICAO UATE43.8601°N 51.0909°E22 m / 73 ftLarge airport
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Aktau Airport
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Aktau International Airport (IATA: SCO, ICAO: UATE) is a large airport in Aktau, Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1983. It has one runway, 3,052 m (10,013 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 1.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1983–1983
1983
OpenedAktau International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Международный аэропорт Актау
12/30123° / 303° · LIT
LENGTH3,052 m10,013 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2019
474K
450K
585K
623K
708K
778K
814K
846K
866K
1.1M
1.0M
1.0M
080910111213141516171819

Routes

15 destinations · 8 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miGUW · Atyrau International Airport · 367 km / 228 miGYD · Heydar Aliyev International Airport · 386 km / 240 miNCU · Nukus International Airport · 708 km / 440 miKUT · David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · 724 km / 450 miURA · Manshuk Mametova International Airport · 812 km / 505 miAKX · Aktobe International Airport · 847 km / 526 miCIT · Shymkent International Airport · 1,498 km / 931 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 1,659 km / 1,031 miNQZ · Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · 1,719 km / 1,068 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 1,814 km / 1,127 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,848 km / 1,148 miALA · Almaty International Airport · 2,082 km / 1,294 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,105 km / 1,308 miURC · Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · 2,892 km / 1,797 miBUS · Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · 814 km / 506 miURCDXBALAISTNQZSVOCITAKXBUSURANCUGYDGUWSAWKUTSCO
Year-round14
GUWAtyrau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan367 km228 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · FlyArystan386 km240 miNCUNukus International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air708 km440 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · FlyArystan724 km450 miURAManshuk Mametova International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan812 km505 miAKXAktobe International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan847 km526 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan1,498 km931 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot1,659 km1,031 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, FlyArystan1,719 km1,068 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,814 km1,127 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · FlyArystan1,848 km1,148 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, FlyArystan2,082 km1,294 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · FlyArystan2,105 km1,308 miURCÜrümqi Tianshan International AirportChina · FlyArystan2,892 km1,797 mi
Most destinationsFlyArystan 12Air Astana 2Centrum Air 1Aeroflot 1Pegasus Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SCO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Aktau International Airport” (revision of 19 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.0M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#813of 3,974 · #254 Asia · #3 KZLongest runway3,052 m10,013 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=992of 29,823 · #301 Asia · #9 KZElevation22 m73 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,990of 43,341 · =2,456 Asia · #92 KZAgeOpened 19832026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,564of 15,079 · =411 Asia · #11 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

3 channels
A/GAktau Transit (Ground handling service)131.900
FISAktau Region124.200
TWRAktau Tower120.700