2.2 Turkmenistan Aviation

2.2 Turkmenistan Aviation

Turkmenistan Aviation 

Turkmenistan Airports

Key airport information may also be found at: Website of the Worldaerodata on Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan has seven airports, of which four have permanent-surface runways between 1,200 and 2,500 meters in length. The main international airport in Ashgabat includes a new terminal complex constructed by companies from Turkey, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Plans call for using Boeing aircraft alongside the current stock of Aeroflot aircraft belonging to Turkmenistan Air Lines. Current routes provide service to China, India, Pakistan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Slovakia, and Italy. The two other international facilities, located at Chärjew and Dashhowuz, serve mostly flights within Central Asia. Local airports also exist at Mary, Nebitdag, and other locales. The national administration of Turkmenistan Civil Aviation has been admitted as a member of the International Commercial Aviation Organization.

For further information on the Civil Aviation, please select the following document:

Turkmenistan Aviation Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

4.1 Turkmenistan Government Contact List

4.3 Turkmenistan Airport Company Contact List

2.2.1 Turkmenistan Ashgabat International Airport

International airport named after S. Turkmenbashy is on crossing of the international air lines. It has been constructed in 1994. Capacity of air terminal is 1600 passengers per hour. There are two artificial runways equipped on second category ICAO and platform, allowing to accept aircrafts of all types. Annually its services use more than one and a half millions passengers on local and international air-lines. On the area near the station are located stops of a municipal transportation and a taxi, allowing to deliver passengers in any point of capital. There is a round-the-clock parking of cars. For visitors and inhabitants of Turkmenistan in a building of an aerostation complex are located and work in a round-the-clock mode:

  • spacious waiting rooms;
  • business club;
  • a mother-and-child room;
  • help information;
  • the international telecommunication;
  • cash desks on sale and booking of tickets;
  • shops, restaurants, bars, fast food points;
  • exchanges;
  • halls the VIP and CIP
  • offices of representations of airlines

For further generic information on the airport, please select the following document:

Turkmenistan Ashgabat International Airport Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Location Details
Country Turkmenistan Latitude 37.98694
Province / District Ashkhabad Longitude 58.36083
Town or City (Closest) n/a Elevation (ft and m) 692 ft / 211 m
Airfield Name Ashkhabad IATA and ICAO Codes

IATA: ASB

ICAO: UTAA

Open From (hours) 00:00 Open To (hours) 24:00

Runways

Runway #1

Runway Dimensions

3,800 m x 46 m

Orientation

n/a

Surface

Concrete

Runway #2

Runway Dimensions

1,524 m x 35 m

Orientation

n/a

Surface

ASPHALT, ASPHALTIC CONCRETE, TAR MACADAM, OR BITUMEN BOUND MACADAM (INCLUDING ANY OF THESE SURFACE TYPES WITH CONCRETE ENDS).

For further information on runways, please select the following document:

Turkmenistan Ashgabat International Airport Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Customs

Yes

JET A-1 fuel

Yes

Immigration

Yes

AVGAS 100

Yes

Terminal Building

Yes

Single Point Refueling

Yes

Passenger Terminal

Yes

Air Starter Units

Yes

Cargo terminal

Yes

Ground Power (mobile)

Yes

Pax transport to airfield

Yes

Ground Handling Services

n/a

Control Tower

Yes

Latrine Servicing

Yes

Weather Facilities

Yes

Fire Fighting Category (ICAO)

Yes

Catering Services

Yes

De-icing Equipment

Yes

Base Operating Room

Yes

Parking Ramp Lighting

Yes

Airport Radar

Yes

Approach & Runway Lights

Yes

NDB

Yes

VOR

Yes

ILS

Yes

 

 

Companies Available 

4.3 Turkmenistan Airport Company Contact List

Information on some aviation service providers can be found at: Website of Azfreight on Ashgabat International Airport 

2.2.2 Turkmenistan Mary International Airport

 

The international airport of Mary has been completely reconstructed and equipped by the newest radio engineering systems, allowing to accept aircraft of all types on two runways:

  • First runway ИВПП (18L/36R) has extent of 2800 meters and width of 45 meters
  • Second runway (18R/36L), length of 3800 meters and width of 45 meters

The new terminal of the airport allows to serve to 300 passengers per hour. There is all for creation of comfortable conditions of expectation of a departure in an air terminal hall:

  • services of post and a domestic long distance communication
  • exchange
  • baggage offices
  • information bureaus
  • cafeterias
  • cash desks of local and international airlines

Mary has been based in 1884, on the bank of Murghab river, in the middle of the heated sand of desert Kara Kum, in 30 kilometers from ancient Merv. Ancient Merv is a dream of the travelers who are fond of ancient culture and disappeared civilizations. Today this territory contains the rests of at least five ancient cities of the various periods. The country Margush is legally considered one of the most ancient civilizations on the Earth and under assumptions of the modern historians it is applying for occurrence in the four of the ancient cultural world centers, along with Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and India. Merv is entered in the list the World heritage of UNESCO, as the most well remained ancient centre of the Great Silk way.

Location Details
Country Turkmenistan Latitude 37.60167
Province / District Mary Longitude 61.89167
Town or City (Closest) Mashhad ; Ashgabat; Qarqin Elevation (ft and m) 728 ft / 221.884 m
Airfield Name MARY NORTHEAST IATA and ICAO Codes

ICAO Code: UTAM

IATA Code: MYP

Open From (hours) 00:00 Open To (hours) 00:00

For further Airfield Details, please select the following documents:

Turkmenistan Mary National Airport Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Runways

Runway #1

Runway Dimensions

2405 m x 30 m

Orientation

n/a

Surface

Concrete

Runway #2

Runway Dimensions

2,775 m x 45 m

Orientation

n/a

Surface

Concrete

For further runway details, please select the following document:

Turkmenistan Mary National Airport Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Customs

Yes

JET A-1 fuel

Yes

Immigration

Yes

AVGAS 100

Yes

Terminal Building

Yes

Single Point Refueling

Yes

Passenger Terminal

Yes

Air Starter Units

Yes

Cargo terminal

Yes

Ground Power (mobile)

Yes

Pax transport to airfield

Yes

Ground Handling Services

n/a

Control Tower

Yes

Latrine Servicing

Yes

Weather Facilities

Yes

Fire Fighting Category (ICAO)

Yes

Catering Services

Yes

De-icing Equipment

Yes

Base Operating Room

Yes

Parking Ramp Lighting

Yes

Airport Radar

Yes

Approach & Runway Lights

Yes

NDB

Yes

VOR

Yes

ILS

Yes

 

 

Companies Available 

4.3 Turkmenistan Airport Company Contact List

2.2.3 Turkmenistan Daşoguz Airport

Airport Overview

The airport of Dashoguz is used for flights in Turkmenistan and for service transit and charter flights. The airport terminal allows to serve to 300 passengers per hour.

Dashoguz is the administrative center of the most extreme region of Turkmenistan, located on the earth of ancient Khoresm. Dashoguz totals almost 330-year-old history. In 100 km from Dashoguz there are ruins of an ancient city, in former times capitals of powerful Khoresm - Kunja-Urgench - a monument which is property of UNESCO and the state historical reserve of Turkmenistan.

Airport Location and Contact

Country

Turkmenistan

Province or District


Nearest Town or City
with Distance from Airport


Airport’s Complete Name


Latitude

41.7611008

Longitude

59.8266983

Elevation (ft and m)


IATA Code


ICAO Code


Managing Company or Airport Authority


Management Contact Person


NGO and/or UN Presence at Airport?



For a list of companies available, see:

4.3 Turkmenistan Airport Company Contact List

Runway(s)

Runway #1

Runway Dimensions

2,835 m X 42 m

Runway Orientation


Runway Surface

Asphalt

Runway Condition


Reconstruction of a runway, platform and parking of aircrafts, and also the airport terminal has been made in 2010. All necessary conditions for comfortable stay in halls of the terminal of the airport and in the store for the passengers who were registered are created. In the nearest time it is planned to increase runway to 3500 meters and equip it with modern aeronavigation automated meteorological means of navigation. For further runway information, please select the following document:

Turkmenistan Daşoguz Airport Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Airport Infrastructure Details

Infrastructure

Passenger / Cargo Security Screening


Runway Lighting


Refueling Capacity


Ground Handling Services


Air Traffic Control


Fire Fighting Equipment

 Yes

Weather Information


Aircraft Parking Space


Navigation Aids


Perimeter Fencing


Windsock


Single Point Refueling

 Yes

 Customs  Yes  Air Starter Units  Yes

 Immigration

 Yes   Ground Power (mobile)  Yes 
 Terminal Building   Yes  De-icing Equipment   Yes
 Passenger Terminal  Yes   Latrine Servicing  Yes 
 Cargo terminal   Yes  NDB   Yes
 Pax transport to airfield

 Yes

 Parking Ramp Lighting

 Yes

 Control Tower  Yes  Approach & Runway Lights  Yes
 Weather Facilities  Yes   VOR  Yes 
 Catering Services   Yes  Base Operating Room   Yes
 Airport Radar  Yes