# Turkmenbaşy International Airport (KRW / UTAK)

**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).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KRW / UTAK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Turkmenbaşy, Balkan Region, Turkmenistan
- Elevation: 85 m / 279 ft
- Coordinates: 40.0628, 53.0051
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Ashgabat
- Website: https://turkmenbashiairport.gov.tm/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmenba%C5%9Fy_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856152
- Weather station: UTAK
- Ident: UTAK

## Timeline

- 15 Aug 1975: Aeroflot Flight A-53. 23 killed.
- 18 Jan 1988: Aeroflot Flight 699. 11 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16R/34L | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 167° | yes |
| 16L/34R | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 167° / 347° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ASB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utaa.md) Ashgabat International Airport · Turkmenistan · 517 km / 321 mi · Turkmenistan Airlines
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 2,417 km / 1,502 mi · Belavia

### Cargo (4)

- [ASB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utaa.md) Ashgabat International Airport · Turkmenistan · 517 km / 321 mi · Turkmenistan Airlines
- [TAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utat.md) Dashoguz International Airport · Turkmenistan · 604 km / 375 mi · Turkmenistan Airlines
- [MYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utam.md) Mary International Airport · Turkmenistan · 816 km / 507 mi · Turkmenistan Airlines
- [ZAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lezg.md) Zaragoza Airport · Spain · 4,472 km / 2,779 mi · Fly Pro

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- T5 [Turkmenistan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkmenistan-airlines) · 3
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- [Fly Pro](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-pro) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =149 in Asia | #5 in TM |
| Elevation | 85 m / 279 ft | =31,870 of 43,403 | =1,805 in Asia | #12 in TM |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =1 in TM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| MISC | TRANSIT | 131.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [UT1F](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut1f.md) Yangadzha Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [UT1J](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut1j.md) Cheleken East Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [BKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tm-0002.md) Balkanabat International Airport · 111 km / 69 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: “Türkmenbaşy International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Türkmenbaşy_International_Airport&oldid=1366474610), revision of 28 Jul 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/utak/data