Nukus Airport Nókis xalıqaralıq aeroportı (Karakalpak) Nukus xalqaro aeroporti (Uzbek) | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Uzbekistan Airways | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 76 m / 249 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°29′18″N 59°37′24″E / 42.48833°N 59.62333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.uzairways.com/en/flights/international-airport-nukus | ||||||||||||||
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Nukus Airport (Karakalpak: Nókis xalıqaralıq aeroportı / Нөкис халықаралық аэропорты; Uzbek: Nukus xalqaro aeroporti / Нукус халқаро аэропорти) (IATA: NCU, ICAO: UTNN) is an airport serving Nukus,[2] the capital city of Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan. The airport services more than twenty passenger flights to other cities in Uzbekistan and CIS weekly.
During the Soviet period, it was home to a separate aviation test squadron supporting chemical weapons development, which flew flights to Zhaslyk airfield adjoining the Zhaslyk chemical weapons site.
- ^ Airport diagram for UTNN
- ^ a b Airport information for Nukus, Uzbekistan (UTNN / NCU) at Great Circle Mapper.