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Atyrau International Airport

ICAO UATG47.1213°N 51.8203°E-22 m / -72 ftLarge airport
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Atyrau International Airport (IATA: GUW, ICAO: UATG) is a large airport in Atyrau, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 937 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

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Международный аэропорт Атырау имени Хиуаз ДоспановойEuro-Asia Air
14/32150° / 330° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH44 m144 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2019
549K
553K
565K
609K
625K
779K
834K
937K
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Routes

18 destinations · 10 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miSCO · Aktau International Airport · 367 km / 228 miURA · Manshuk Mametova International Airport · 449 km / 279 miAKX · Aktobe International Airport · 526 km / 327 miGYD · Heydar Aliyev International Airport · 753 km / 468 miNCU · Nukus International Airport · 802 km / 498 miKUT · David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · 920 km / 572 miAER · Sochi International Airport · 1,013 km / 629 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 1,396 km / 867 miCIT · Shymkent International Airport · 1,487 km / 924 miNQZ · Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · 1,490 km / 926 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,943 km / 1,207 miALA · Almaty International Airport · 2,010 km / 1,249 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 2,452 km / 1,524 miSSH · Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · 2,612 km / 1,623 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 3,268 km / 2,031 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 3,370 km / 2,094 miTBS · Tbilisi International Airport · 815 km / 506 miBUS · Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · 1,016 km / 631 miAMSMXPSSHDXBALAISTNQZCITSVOBUSAERNCUGYDAKXURASCOTBSKUTGUW
Year-round16
SCOAktau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan367 km228 miURAManshuk Mametova International AirportKazakhstan · Qazaq Air449 km279 miAKXAktobe International AirportKazakhstan · Qazaq Air526 km327 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines, Air Astana753 km468 miNCUNukus International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air802 km498 miKUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · FlyArystan920 km572 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,013 km629 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot1,396 km867 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan1,487 km924 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, FlyArystan1,490 km926 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Air Astana1,943 km1,207 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, FlyArystan2,010 km1,249 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Astana2,452 km1,524 miSSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Air Cairo2,612 km1,623 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos3,268 km2,031 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Air Astana3,370 km2,094 mi
Most destinationsAir Astana 7FlyArystan 6Qazaq Air 2Azerbaijan Airlines 1Centrum Air 1Azimuth 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GUW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Atyrau Airport” (revision of 18 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers937K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#848of 3,974 · #268 Asia · #5 KZLongest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =390 Asia · #12 KZElevation-22 m-72 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=43,323of 43,341 · =3,249 Asia · #97 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
APPAPP123.700
TWRTWR118.100