Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport ( Kyrgyz: Исхак Раззаков Исфана аэропорту,

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: Исфанинский аэропорт имени Исхака Раззакова, Uzbek: Isfana Isxaq Razzaqov aeroporti) is an

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serving

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and Sulukta, towns in Leilek District of

Batken Region Batken Region ( ky, Баткен облусу, Batken oblusu; russian: Баткенская область, Batkenskaya oblast) is a region ('' oblus'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Batken. It is bounded on the east by Osh Region, on the south, ...

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'') of

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 Republic of China to the ea ...

. The Russian IATA code for Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport is ИФА. Although Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport is near the border with

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, it has no customs and border control checks and serves only flights within Kyrgyzstan. In 2020, the airport was renamed in honor of

Iskhak Razzakov Iskhak Razzakov ( ky, Исхак Раззакович Раззаков, Iskhak Razzakovich Razzakov; 25 October 1910 – 18 March 1979) was a Kyrgyz politician who served as the first secretary of Communist Party of Kirghizia from 7 July 1950 to ...

who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the

Kyrgyz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...

Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport started its operations in the 1940s as a landing strip near the town of Isfana. After Kalacha Airport, serving the coal mining town of Sulukta (16 km north of Isfana), was closed, Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport started serving Sulukta residents as well. The current runway and terminal were built in 1974. 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. In the early 1990s, Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport halted its operation because of technical problems. It remained closed for twenty years. In 2007, after the terminal and the track were repaired, the airport was reopened. It was temporarily closed in early 2014, but was reopened later that year. The airport was closed once again from November 2019 to June 2020 while the terminal and runway were renovated.

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* Airports in Kyrgyzstan Airports built in the Soviet Union Isfana {{Kyrgyzstan-transport-stub