Aktau International Airport

Aktau International Airport Halyqaralyq Aqtau Äuejaiy
IATA: SCO ICAO: UATE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	JSC "Aktau International Airport"
Serves	Aktau
Location	Aktau, Kazakhstan
Opened	1983; 41 years ago (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 / 43.86000; 51.09194
Website	www.aktau-airport.kz
Maps
SCO Location in Kazakhstan Show map of Kazakhstan SCO SCO (Asia) Show map of Asia SCO SCO (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia SCO SCO (North Atlantic) Show map of North Atlantic
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 3,052 10,013 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 1,023,900
Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1]

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).