# Nukus International Airport (NCU / UZNN)

**Nukus International Airport** (IATA: NCU, ICAO: UZNN) is a large airport in Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,007 m (9,865 ft). It is operated by Uzbekistan Airways. In 2019 it handled 170 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NCU / UZNN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Uzbekistan Airways
- Serves: Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
- Elevation: 75 m / 246 ft
- Coordinates: 42.4884, 59.6233
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,007 m / 9,865 ft
- Passengers: 170,000 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Samarkand
- Website: http://uzairways.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukus_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976276
- Weather station: UZNN
- Ident: UTNN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,007 m / 9,865 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 155° / 335° |  |
| 07/25 | 605 m / 1,985 ft | 20 m / 65 ft | Asphalt | 076° / 256° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 708 km / 440 mi · Centrum Air, SCAT Airlines
- [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 802 km / 498 mi · Centrum Air
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 811 km / 504 mi · Silk Avia, Centrum Air
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,419 km / 882 mi · Centrum Air, FlyArystan
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 2,169 km / 1,348 mi · Pobeda

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 4
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 1
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 1
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1
- US [Silk Avia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/silk-avia) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 170K (2019) | #1,609 of 3,974 | #525 in Asia | #7 in UZ |
| Longest runway | 3,007 m / 9,865 ft | =1,155 of 29,858 | #328 in Asia | #7 in UZ |
| Elevation | 75 m / 246 ft | =32,751 of 43,403 | =1,870 in Asia | #55 in UZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =1 in UZ |

## Nearby airports

- [UZ-0035](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0035.md) Nukus South Airport · 16 km / 10 mi
- [UZ-0126](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0126.md) Shamenay Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [TAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utat.md) Dashoguz International Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [UZ-UT77](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-ut77.md) Kungirot Airport · 89 km / 56 mi
- [UZ-0012](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0012.md) Kunkhodzha Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [UZ-0147](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uz-0147.md) Tomar Ozek Airport · 129 km / 80 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: “Nukus Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nukus_Airport&oldid=1366249251), revision of 27 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/utnn/data