Balkhash Airport

Airport in Kazakhstan

UAAH

Location in Kazakhstan

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
05/23	2,502	8,209	Concrete

Source: AIP Kazakhstan^[1]

Balkhash Airport (Kazakh: Балқаш Әуежайы / Balqaş Äuejaiy) (IATA: BXH, ICAO: UAAH) is an airport 6 km (3.7 mi) northeast of Balkhash, Kazakhstan.^[1]

Overview

Balkhash Airport is classified as a national aerodrome in the latest AIP.^[1] It is capable of accepting Ilyushin Il-76, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-154, Antonov An-8, Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Ilyushin Il-14, Ilyushin Il-18, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yakovlev Yak-42, and Antonov An-2 aircraft. It can also accept light aircraft and helicopters of all types.

The length of the runway is 2,502 m × 40 m (8,209 ft × 131 ft). A dirt runway was also used in the past, but it is now closed.

Military aircraft are also based there. In the last few years, civil aircraft rarely use this airport and the airport is mainly used by the sky diving club of the city of Balkhash and the military.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
SCAT Airlines	Almaty,^[2] Astana^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c AIP Kazakhstan Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Liu, Jim. "SCAT aircompany plans various domestic sector resumptions in W19". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

Airports in Kazakhstan

International

Major	Almaty (Almaty – ALA) Astana (Nursultan Nazarbayev – NQZ)
Minor	Aktau (Aktau – SCO) Aktobe (Aktobe – AKX) Atyrau (Atyrau – GUW) Karagandy (Sary-Arka – KGF) Kokshetau (Kokshetau – KOV) Kostanay (Kostanay – KSN) Kyzylorda (Korkyt Ata – KZO) Oral (Ak Zhol – URA) Oskemen (Oskemen – UKK) Pavlodar (Pavlodar – PWQ) Petropavl (Petropavl – PPK) Semey (Semey – PLX) Shymkent (Shymkent – CIT) Taraz (Taraz – DMB) Turkistan (Hazret Sultan – HSA)

Major