Ashgabat International Airport

ICAO UTAA37.9868°N 58.3610°E211 m / 692 ftLarge airport

Ashgabat International Airport (IATA: ASB, ICAO: UTAA) is a large airport in Ashgabat, Ashgabat (city), Turkmenistan. It opened in 1994. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,800 m (12,467 ft). It is operated by Turkmenistan Airlines. In 2018 it handled 2.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1963–1994

05 MAR 1963

DisasterAeroflot Flight 191.12 killed

1994

OpenedAshgabat International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

11R/29L119° / 299° · LIT

LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

11L/29R119° / 299° · LIT

LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

1965–2018

241K

473K

666K

825K

1.5M

2.5M

6570758013151718

Routes

8 destinations · 8 countries

Year-round3

DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai1,444 km897 mi DMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · S7 Airlines2,468 km1,534 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,551 km1,585 mi

Cargo5

BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Cargolux3,323 km2,065 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux4,285 km2,663 mi BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Air Belgium (2016-2025)4,402 km2,735 mi STNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Cargolux4,689 km2,914 mi TPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Cargolux6,016 km3,738 mi

Most destinationsCargolux 4flydubai 1S7 Airlines 1Turkish Airlines 1Air Belgium (2016-2025) 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ASB. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ashgabat International Airport” (revision of 22 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers2.5M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#519of 3,974 · #157 Asia Longest runway3,800 m12,467 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=204of 29,823 · =50 Asia · =1 TM Elevation211 m692 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=23,543of 43,341 · =1,329 Asia · #8 TM AgeOpened 19942026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,394of 15,079 · =487 Asia · #3 TM Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =1 TM

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

4 channels

APPAPP123.500

GCAAPP118.700

GNDGND121.700

TWRTWR120.000