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Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (IATA: NQZ, ICAO: UACC), alternatively referred by its previous name as Astana International Airport until 2017 (or simply Astana Airport), is the international airport serving Astana, Kazakhstan, the capital and second most populous city in the country. It is the primary aviation hub for northern Kazakhstan. Regionally, it stands as the third-busiest international air passenger gateway into Central Asia (after Almaty International Airport (ALA) and Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan). The airport is also the second-busiest airport in Kazakhstan and the 9th busiest in the Post-Soviet states in terms of total passenger traffic, air traffic movements and total cargo handled, with 8,315,108 passengers served in 2024 (10,18% year over year increase). On average, the airport handles more than 200 departures a day.
It is located in the Esil administrative subdivision of Astana, 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south-east of the city centre. The airport features two passenger terminals and single runway along with cargo and maintenance facilities. The airport’s passenger domestic terminal (T2; 2000–05) is a well-known landmark designed by the late Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, who also designed the original terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Location
Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport is 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south-east of Astana city centre. It is bordered by the village of Kyzylsuat to the west, Maybalyk lake to the north, and the city of Qosshy in Akmola Region to the east.
Management of the airport lies solely on the authority of state-owned JSC “Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport” (formerly JSC “Astana International Airport”), which also directly manages Kokshetau Airport (located in Akmola Region 287 km (178 mi) from Astana). Previously, the Astana Airport was operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (“MAHB”) under the Trust Deed.
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