Semey International Airport Semei Halyqaralyq Auejaiy   ( Kazakh )
IATA : PLX ICAO : UASS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	JSC "Semey International Airport"
Serves	Semey
Location	10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Semey
Elevation  AMSL	232 m / 761 ft
Coordinates	50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E  /  50.35139°N 80.23444°E  / 50.35139; 80.23444
Website	airportsemey.kz
Maps
PLX /UASS Location in Kazakhstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,096 10,157 Concrete
Statistics
Passengers 49,900
Source: AIP Kazakhstan [1]

Semey International Airport ( Kazakh : Semei Halyqaralyq Auejaiy ) ( IATA : PLX , ICAO : UASS ), formerly New Semey (Kazakh: Janasemei ) and named after Abai Qunanbaiuly , is an airport in Semey , Kazakhstan, located 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west ^[1] of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A 400 m (1,300 ft) overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26.

Established in 1929, it is Kazakhstan's oldest international airport.

Declassified CIA documents indicate that in the late 1960s, during the height of the Sino-Soviet split , the Soviet Union used this airfield as a bomber staging base for Chinese targets, and at times the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder was identified here. ^{[ citation needed ]}

The Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31 were also based here at various times. ^[2]

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See also [ edit ]

• Transport in Kazakhstan
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

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