Sary-Arka Airport Saryarqa auejaiy
IATA : KGF ICAO : UAKK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Sky Service LLP
Operator	JSC “Sary-Arka International Airport”
Serves	Qara?andy
Location	24 km (15 mi) SE of Qara?andy , Kazakhstan
Hub for	Asia Wings (defunct)
Focus city for	FlyArystan
Elevation  AMSL	538 m / 1,765 ft
Coordinates	49°40′17″N 073°20′11″E  /  49.67139°N 73.33639°E  / 49.67139; 73.33639
Website	www.kgf.aero
Maps
KGF Location in Kazakhstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,602 11,818 Reinforced Concrete
Statistics
Passengers 301 784
Source: AIP Kazakhstan [1]

Sary-Arka Airport ( Kazakh : Saryarqa auejaiy ) ( IATA : KGF , ICAO : UAKK ) is an International airport which serves the city Qara?andy and its satellite town in Kazakhstan. It is located 24 km (15 mi) southeast ^[1] of the city.

History [ edit ]

The initial airport was built in 1934, on a site at the edge of the city centre, and moved further out to its current location in 1944. The old terminal building on Shturman Street still stands, now occupied as a bus terminal and a market for car parts.

In 1980 it underwent major reconstructions, including the construction of a new terminal building and the modernization of the runway. This made the landing of heavier aircraft possible, which allowed a gateway to many new destinations in the Soviet Union .

In 1992, the airport was granted international status. It has become an independent joint stock company after the separation from JSC "Karagandaavia" in 1997. It is not related to Saryarka ? Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan on the World Heritage List .

Sary-Akra Airport is home to the 610th Air Base of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan , one of four fast jet bases in the country ^[2] with MiG-31s , Su-27s and Su-25s .

The airport is usually used as a staging area, from which the returning crewmembers of the International Space Station are flown to their respective home bases at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center , the Johnson Space Center or the European Astronaut Centre following a traditional welcome ceremony upon landing in their Soyuz (spacecraft) capsule.

Airlines and destinations [ edit ]

Passenger [ edit ]

Cargo [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Media related to Sary-Arka Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Sary-Arka Airport
• Accident history for KGF at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for UAKK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for UAKK at NOAA / NWS
• Saryarka ? Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan at UNESCO website