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

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

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and

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. 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

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,

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shops, Internet cafes and other services. 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-

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railway.

References

External links

Turkmenabat Airport Homepage
{{authority control Airports in Turkmenistan Airports established in 2018 2018 establishments in Turkmenistan Lebap Region