KRW

Turkmenbaşy International Airport

ICAO UTAK40.0628°N 53.0051°E85 m / 279 ftMedium airport
On the map

Turkmenbaşy International Airport (IATA: KRW, ICAO: UTAK) is a medium airport in Turkmenbaşy, Balkan Region, Turkmenistan. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 m (11,483 ft).

Timeline

2 events · 1975–1988
15 AUG 1975
DisasterAeroflot Flight A-53.23 killed
18 JAN 1988
DisasterAeroflot Flight 699.11 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Turkmenbashy Air Cargo TerminalTurkmenbashy Airport Passenger TerminalTurkmenbashy VIP Air Terminal
16R/34L167° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
16L/34R167° / 347° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

5 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsTurkmenistan Airlines 3Belavia 1Fly Pro 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KRW. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Türkmenbaşy International Airport” (revision of 28 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,500 m11,483 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=489of 29,823 · =150 Asia · #5 TMElevation85 m279 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,822of 43,341 · =1,807 Asia · #12 TMRunways21 · 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
APPAPP120.000
GNDGND121.700
MISCTRANSIT131.900
TWRTWR124.000