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Kerben Airport
Kerben Airport (Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz: Кербен аэропорту, Russian alphabet, Russian: Кербенский аэропорт) is an airport serving Kerben, Kyrgyzstan, Kerben, a town in Aksy District of Jalal-Abad Region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Until 1992, Kerben Airport was called Karavan (Caravan) Airport. The Russian IATA code for Kerben Airport is КРФ. Kerben Airport started its operations in 1950s as a landing strip in the then Karavan. The current runway and terminal were built in 1982. It is a regional class 3C airport. The runway has a weight limit of 22 tonnes, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours. Although, Kerben Airport is near the border with Uzbekistan, it has no customs and border control checks and serves only flights within Kyrgyzstan. Up until 2010, the airport had year-round links with Jalal-Abad, Bishkek and Osh. Flights to the capital city Manas International Airport, Bishkek and the provincial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerben, Kyrgyzstan
Kerben ( ky, Кербен, older name ''Karavan'') is a town in Jalal-Abad Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 18,695 in 2021. It is the administrative centre of Aksy District. Despite the fact that the town officially was founded in the early 1920s, medieval Persian historiographers noted in their works a caravanserai, or fortified “hotel” for merchants and travelers, in a place very close to today's Kerben. Archaeological excavations carried out by A. Bernshtam corroborated that records. Kerben gained notoriety in 2002 when police fired into a crowd of unarmed demonstrators, killing six. The demonstrations were triggered by a political dispute between a local member of the national parliament, Azimbek Beknazarov, and Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev over an agreement with China that ceded some territory in the high Tien Shan range to China. Local officials and police officers suspected of being involved in the shootings were later acquitted or pardoned. Beknazarov rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalal-Abad
Jalal-Abad (also spelled Dzhalal-Abad, Djalal-Abat, Jalalabat; ky, Жалал-Aбат, ''Calal-Abat/Jalal-Abat'', جالال-ابات, ) is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its resident population was 123,239 in 2021. It is situated at the north-eastern end of the Fergana valley along the Kögart river valley, in the foothills of the Babash Ata mountains, very close to the Uzbekistan border. Overview Jalal-Abad is known for its mineral springs in its surroundings, and the water from the nearby Azreti-Ayup-Paygambar spa was long believed to cure lepers. Several Soviet era sanatoriums offer mineral water treatment programs for people with various chronic diseases. Bottled mineral water from the region is sold around the country and abroad. History One of Kyrgyzstan's main branches of the Silk Road passed through Jalalabat and the region has played host to travelers for thousands of years, although few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Kyrgyzstan
This is a list of airports in Kyrgyzstan, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. Out of 86 airports, aerodromes and landing strips ever built in Kyrgyzstan, only the ones with functioning runways are listed below. See also * Transport in Kyrgyzstan * List of airports by ICAO code: U#UA - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan * Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Kyrgyzstan References * * – includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Kyrgyzstannbsp;– IATA and ICAO codes World Aero Data: Kyrgyzstannbsp;– ICAO codes and coordinates {{Asia in topic, List of airports in, state=expanded Kyrgyzstan Airports Airports Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osh Airport
Osh International Airport ( ky, Ош эл аралык аэропорту; russian: Международный аэропорт "Ош") is an airport serving Osh, the capital of Osh Region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, 1,210,576 passengers passed through the airport, an increase of 33% over the previous years. Airlines and destinations Ground transportation Marshrutka routes No. 107 and 142 serve the airport. Accidents and incidents *On 28 December 2011, Kyrgyzstan Tupolev TU-134A, registration EX-020, operating flight QH3 from Bishkek to Osh, Kyrgyzstan, with 73 passengers and 6 crew suffered a hard landing on Osh's runway 12 resulting in the collapse of the right main gear, right wing separation and the aircraft rolling on its back in fog and low visibility. The aircraft came to a stop on soft ground about 10 meters off the right runway edge. A fuel leak from the left wing led to a fire erupting which was quickly extinguished by airport emergency services. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avia Traffic Company
Avia Traffic Company is an airline with its head office in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Its flights operate from Manas International Airport. The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union. Destinations As of December 2019, Avia Traffic Company operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations: ; *Sharm El Sheikh (Sharm El Sheikh Airport) ; *Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) ; *Almaty (Almaty International Airport) ; *Bishkek (Manas International Airport) Base *Isfana (Isfana Airport) *Osh (Osh Airport) *Jalal-Abad (Jalal-Abad Airport) ; *Grozny (Grozny Airport) *Irkutsk (International Airport Irkutsk) *Kazan (Kazan International Airport) *Krasnodar (Pashkovsky Airport) *Krasnoyarsk (Yemelyanovo Airport) *Moscow **Moscow Domodedovo Airport **Zhukovsky International Airport *Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo Airport) *Samara (Kurumoch International Airport) *Surgut (Surgut Airport) *St Petersburg (Pulkovo International Airport) *Voronezh ( Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrgyzstan Air Company
Kyrgyzstan Air Company, operating as Air Kyrgyzstan ( ky, Эйр Кыргызстан Авиакомпаниясы, ''Eýr Kyrgyzstan Aviakompaniýasy''; russian: Авиакомпания «Эйр Кыргызстан», ''Aviakompaniya «Air Kyrgyzstan»''), is the flag carrier of Kyrgyzstan based in Bishkek. It operates scheduled domestic and international services to 13 destinations as well as charter services. Its main hub is Manas International Airport in Bishkek, with a hub at Osh Airport in Osh. The owner of 100% of the shares is the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic represented by the Fund for State Property Management under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The airline along with all airlines based in Kyrgyzstan are on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union. History The airline was founded in April 2001 as Altyn Air. It was rebranded as Kyrgyzstan Air Company on 28 July 2006, after taking over former national carrier Kyrgyzstan Airlines. On Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalal-Abad Airport
Jalal-Abad Airport (Kyrgyz: Жалал-Абад аэропорту, Russian: Джалал-Абадский аэропорт) is an airport serving Jalal-Abad, the capital of the Jalal-Abad Region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Not to be confused with Jalalabad Airport in Afghanistan. Local travel agents use JBD as an unofficial three-letter airport code in Latin. The local code for Jalal-Abad Airport is ДЖБ. Jalal-Abad Airport started its operations in 1938 as a landing strip in the outskirts of the then small provincial town. In 1947, it became an aerodrome and fully resumed its operations after the World War II. The current runway and terminal were built in 1972. It is a regional class 3C airport. The runway 01/19 has a weight limit of 22 tonnes, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours. The current runway was improved in 2013. The terminal, built in 1972, was completely demolished in November 2017 and the VIP terminal is being used unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manas International Airport
Manas International Airport ( ky, Манас эл аралык аэропорту, Manas El Aralyk Aeroportu ; russian: Международный аэропорт «Манас») is the main international airport in Kyrgyzstan, located north-northwest of the capital Bishkek. History The airport was constructed as a replacement for the former Bishkek airport that was located to the south of the city, and named after Kyrgyz epic hero, Manas, suggested by writer and intellectual Chinghiz Aitmatov. The first plane landed at Manas in October 1974, with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin on board. Aeroflot operated the first scheduled flight to Moscow–Domodedovo on 4 May 1975. When Kyrgyzstan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the airport began a steady decline as its infrastructure was neglected for almost ten years and a sizable aircraft boneyard developed. Approximately 60 derelict aircraft from the Soviet era, ranging in size from helicopters to full-sized airl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishkek
Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of the region but rather a region-level unit of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is situated near the Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border. Its population was 1,074,075 in 2021. In 1825, the Khanate of Kokand established the fortress of Pishpek to control local caravan routes and to collect tribute from Kyrgyz tribes. On 4 September 1860, with the approval of the Kyrgyz, Russian forces led by Colonel Apollon Zimmermann destroyed the fortress. In the present day, the fortress ruins can be found just north of Jibek jolu street, near the new main mosque. In 1868, a Russian settlement was established on the site of the fortress under its original name, Pishpek. It lay within the General Governorship of Russian Turkestan and its Semirechye Oblast. In 1925, the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
