Aktau International Airport Halyqaralyq Aqtau Äuejaiy | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | JSC "Aktau International Airport" | ||||||||||
| Serves | Aktau | ||||||||||
| Location | Aktau, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1983 | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | SCAT Airlines | ||||||||||
| Time zone | AQTT (UTC+05:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 22 m / 72 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°51′36″N 051°05′31″E / 43.86000°N 51.09194°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.aktau-airport.kz | ||||||||||
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  SCO Location in Kazakhstan  SCO SCO (Asia)  SCO SCO (West and Central Asia)  SCO SCO (North Atlantic) | |||||||||||
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Aktau International Airport (IATA: SCO, ICAO: UATE) (Kazakh: Halyqaralyq Aqtau Äuejaiy), formerly Shevchenko-Central, is an international airport in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. It is the primary international airport serving Aktau. The airport is the eighth-busiest international air passenger gateway into Central Asia, the 50th-busiest airport in the Post-Soviet states, and the fourth-busiest airport in Kazakhstan.
Aktau International Airport is located 21 km (13 mi) northwest of the city of Aktau. The airport features one passenger terminal and one runway. It serves as a focus city for SCAT Airlines. The airport is served year-round by Aeroflot, Air Astana, SCAT Airlines, Qazaq Air and on a seasonal basis by Belavia and Sunday Airlines.
The airport opened in 1983 as Shevchenko-Central and was commonly known as Shevchenko Airport (the airport's current IATA code, SCO, is derived from the city's previous name of Shevchenko).
- ^ "AIP Kazakhstan". ans.kz. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019.