Aktobe International Airport guide

Aliya Moldagulova International Airport is the main airport of Aktobe and of the wider Aktobe region in western Kazakhstan. It lies southwest of the city. The airport carries the name of Aliya Moldagulova, a Kazakh Red Army sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union, and was renamed in her honour on 28 April 2021.

The airport is run by a joint-stock company that sits under the Aktobe regional finance department. Its single concrete runway, 13/31, is 3,203 metres long, long enough for wide-body aircraft. A small terminal handles passengers and the apron has five parking stands for airliners.

Traffic passed 900,000 passengers in 2023, about 142,000 more than in 2022, on roughly 4,100 flights. Domestic services link Aktobe with Astana, Almaty, Aktau, Shymkent and Turkistan. International flights run to Istanbul, Baku and Tashkent, with seasonal and charter services to Sharm El Sheikh and Antalya. In March 2022 the runway was closed for repairs to its slab surface, and flights resumed on 28 March 2022 with restrictions.