Turkmenabat International Airport ( tk, ), is an international airport in
Türkmenabat
Türkmenabat ( tk, Türkmenabat, Түркменабат), formerly and since medieval times Chardzhou, (russian: Чарджоу, ''Chardzhou''; tk, Çärjew, links=no, ) ( fa, چهارجوی 'čahârjuy', meaning 'four brooks') and in ancient ti ...
,
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
. It is located approximately 13 km from the center of the city.
History
![Turkmenabat Airport](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Turkmenabat_Airport.jpg)
The original airport was opened in 1926 and was repeatedly reconstructed. Radical reconstruction took place during the years of independence of Turkmenistan. The former airport was equipped with a modern air navigation system along with a platform for automated fueling. The runway was also extended.
New airport
In 2013 construction started on a new airport complex south of downtown Turkmenabat. The ceremony of laying the first stone on 14 February 2013 was attended by
President of Ukraine
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Viktor Yanukovych
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and
President of Turkmenistan
The president of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme c ...
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957), also known as Arkadag (Cyrillic: Аркадаг, "protector"), is a Turkmen politician who served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022.
A dentist by profes ...
.
Final construction was carried out by the Turkmen private construction firm Gündogdy, a member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The passenger terminal building occupies 37 thousand square meters.
On 26 February 2018, the opening ceremony of the new airport took place, which
President of Turkmenistan
The president of Turkmenistan ( tk, Türkmenistanyň prezidenti), officially the president and chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, is the head of state and head of government of Turkmenistan. The president is also the supreme c ...
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow (born 29 June 1957), also known as Arkadag (Cyrillic: Аркадаг, "protector"), is a Turkmen politician who served as the second president of Turkmenistan from 2006 to 2022.
A dentist by profe ...
attended. The capacity of the airport complex is 500 passengers per hour. The runway is 3800 meters long and 65 meters wide, and is equipped with modern light-signal and meteorological systems. The airport is capable of accepting any type of aircraft. The airport cargo terminal is designed to handle 200 thousand tons of cargo per year. A centralized refueling station allows service of several aircraft simultaneously.
The airport passenger terminal, the roof of which is shaped in an octagonal "star of
Oguz Han", covers an area of more than 12 thousand square meters, and is noted in the ''
Guinness Book of Records'' as the largest star-shaped building in the world.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Airport facilities
There are information boards, an international and long-distance communication center, left-luggage offices, cafeterias, cafes, buffets, and shopping pavilions at the service of passengers. There are a CIP-hall,
duty free
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shops, Internet cafes and other services.
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The airport has a medical center, a dining room, a hotel with 100 rooms, and a covered parking lot.
Ground transportation
The airport is located within the city limits, 13 kilometers from downtown
Turkmenabat, in close proximity to the
M37 Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lie ...
-Turkmenabat highway and the Ashgabat-
Kerki
Kerki is a city in and capital of Kerki District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. It was formerly known as Zamm and, between 1999 and 2017, as Atamyrat.
Geography
It is situated on a plain on the left bank of the Amu Darya river. Nearby towns a ...
railway.
References
External links
Turkmenabat Airport Homepage
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Airports in Turkmenistan
Airports established in 2018
2018 establishments in Turkmenistan
Lebap Region