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Samarkand International Airport

ICAO UZSS39.7018°N 66.9815°E678 m / 2,224 ftLarge airport
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Samarkand International Airport (IATA: SKD, ICAO: UZSS) is a large airport in Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan. It opened in 1967. It has one runway, 3,105 m (10,187 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Uzbekistan Airways. In 2019 it handled 500 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1967–1978
1967
OpenedSamarkand International Airport opens.
19 DEC 1978
DisasterQ16662355.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
SamarkandGovernment terminal
09/27097° / 277° · LIT
LENGTH3,105 m10,187 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

28 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miDYU · Dushanbe International Airport · 204 km / 127 miBHK · Bukhara International Airport · 214 km / 133 miTAS · Tashkent International Airport · 260 km / 162 miNMA · Namangan International Airport · 413 km / 257 miHSA · Hazrat Sultan International Airport · 422 km / 262 miUGC · Urgench International Airport · 574 km / 357 miALA · Almaty International Airport · 930 km / 578 miNQZ · Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · 1,307 km / 812 miGYD · Heydar Aliyev International Airport · 1,441 km / 895 miUFA · Ufa International Airport · 1,848 km / 1,148 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 1,937 km / 1,204 miSVX · Koltsovo Airport · 1,947 km / 1,210 miOVB · Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · 2,061 km / 1,281 miKZN · Kazan International Airport · 2,197 km / 1,365 miAER · Sochi International Airport · 2,276 km / 1,414 miKRR · Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · 2,347 km / 1,458 miKJA · Krasnoyarsk International Airport · 2,611 km / 1,622 miZIA · Zhukovsky International Airport · 2,754 km / 1,711 miDME · Domodedovo International Airport · 2,760 km / 1,715 miVKO · Vnukovo International Airport · 2,805 km / 1,743 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 2,817 km / 1,750 miTLV · Ben Gurion International Airport · 2,998 km / 1,863 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 3,213 km / 1,996 miLED · Pulkovo Airport · 3,383 km / 2,102 miADB · Adnan Menderes International Airport · 3,417 km / 2,123 miXIY · Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · 3,719 km / 2,311 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 4,688 km / 2,913 miKHV · Khabarovsk Novy Airport · 5,349 km / 3,324 miKHVCANXIYADBLEDTLVSVOKJAKRRKZNOVBSVXDXBGYDNQZALAUGCHSADYUISTAERUFANMABHKDMETASVKOSKD
Year-round28
DYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Centrum Air204 km127 miBHKBukhara International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air214 km133 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Silk Avia, Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq260 km162 miNMANamangan International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air413 km257 miHSAHazrat Sultan International AirportKazakhstan · Qazaq Air, SCAT Airlines422 km262 miUGCUrgench International AirportUzbekistan · Silk Avia, Centrum Air574 km357 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan930 km578 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Qazaq Air1,307 km812 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines1,441 km895 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,848 km1,148 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Centrum Air1,937 km1,204 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Ural Airlines1,947 km1,210 miOVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · S7 Airlines2,061 km1,281 miKZNKazan International AirportRussia · Nordwind Airlines2,197 km1,365 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Centrum Air, Azimuth2,276 km1,414 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Azimuth2,347 km1,458 miKJAKrasnoyarsk International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines2,611 km1,622 miZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines2,754 km1,711 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq, Ural Airlines2,760 km1,715 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda2,805 km1,743 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot2,817 km1,750 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq2,998 km1,863 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Centrum Air, Turkish Airlines3,213 km1,996 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Qanot Sharq, Rossiya3,383 km2,102 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress3,417 km2,123 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Loong Air3,719 km2,311 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Centrum Air4,688 km2,913 miKHVKhabarovsk Novy AirportRussia · Centrum Air5,349 km3,324 mi
Most destinationsCentrum Air 12Qanot Sharq 4Ural Airlines 4Azimuth 3Silk Avia 2Qazaq Air 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SKD. From the Wikipedia article “Samarkand International Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers500K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,112of 3,974 · #357 Asia · #2 UZLongest runway3,105 m10,187 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#925of 29,823 · #288 Asia · #6 UZElevation678 m2,224 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=7,895of 43,341 · #635 Asia · #3 UZAgeOpened 19672026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,747of 15,079 · =327 Asia · #3 UZRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =3 UZ
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
APPAPP120.800
TWRTWR118.300