2.2 Turkmenistan Aviation
Turkmenistan Aviation
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.
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 | |||
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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 |
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Runway Dimensions |
3,800 m x 46 m |
Orientation |
n/a |
Surface |
Concrete |
Runway #2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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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 |
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Runway Dimensions |
2405 m x 30 m |
Orientation |
n/a |
Surface |
Concrete |
Runway #2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Companies Available
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 |
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Country |
Turkmenistan |
Province or District |
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Nearest Town or City |
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Airport’s Complete Name |
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Latitude |
41.7611008 |
Longitude |
59.8266983 |
Elevation (ft and m) |
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IATA Code |
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ICAO Code |
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Managing Company or Airport Authority |
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Management Contact Person |
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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 |
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Runway Dimensions |
2,835 m X 42 m |
Runway Orientation |
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Runway Surface |
Asphalt |
Runway Condition |
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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 |
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Passenger / Cargo Security Screening |
Runway Lighting |
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Refueling Capacity |
Ground Handling Services |
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Air Traffic Control |
Fire Fighting Equipment |
Yes |
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Weather Information |
Aircraft Parking Space |
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Navigation Aids |
Perimeter Fencing |
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Windsock |
Single Point Refueling |
Yes |
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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 |
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