Aktobe International Airport (Kazakh: Ақтөбе халықаралық әуежайы, Russian: Международный аэропорт Актобе) (IATA: AKX, ICAO: UATT) is an airport in Kazakhstan located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south-west of Aktobe. It has a small terminal with five airliner parking spots. It has serviced the Ilyushin Il-86.
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Today, the International Airport of Aktobe is one of the modern airports on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the history of which dates back to 1933, when the airport was built. In its territory was a field for takeoff and landing of aircraft, a samanial station - with a small hall, a house for pilots from two rooms, a basement gasoline storage, as well as an oil jacket (for heating oil and water).
August 1933 - the creation of the Aktobe Airport;
February 1935 - the organization of the North-Kazakhstan Civil Aviation Administration with the center in Aktyubinsk;
1947 - equipping the airport with means of navigation and landing of aircraft (Aircraft);
1967 - commissioning of a runway (Artificial Takeoff and Landing Strip);
1974 - a warehouse for fuel and lubricants (fuel and lubricants) was put into operation;
1975 - the building of the Air Terminal was put into operation;
1984 - the building of the aviation technical base was put into operation;
December, 1993 - reorganization of the Aktyubinsk aviation enterprise in AOOT "Aktobe aviation enterprise" and Aktyubinsk branch of RSE "Kazaeronavigatsia";
August 16, 1996 - the allocation of the "International Airport Aktobe" on the basis of the Resolution of the State Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Management of State Property No. 521 of July 30, 1996 "On the Urgent Measures for Separation from Aktyubinsk and the Decree of the Committee for the Management of State Property No. 206 of 09.08.1996.
January 12, 1999, in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of July 10, 1998, No. 281 "On Joint Stock Companies", re-registered OJSC "International Airport Aktobe";
September 17, 2004 - to JSC "International Airport of Aktobe".
Since 2004, a phased reconstruction of the airport has begun: the runway has been thoroughly renovated, and the airport terminal is being redeveloped.
