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Aktau International Airport

Aktau, Kazakhstan

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Aktau International Airport

Aktau, Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan's Caspian gateway serving the oil-rich western region.

Location

Aktau, Kazakhstan

Aktau International Airport (IATA: SCO, ICAO: UATE) serves the city of Aktau, the administrative center of Mangystau Region in western Kazakhstan, situated on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. The airport is a critical hub for the region's substantial oil and gas industry, handling both commercial passenger traffic and significant volumes of business aviation related to energy sector operations. The airport offers connections to major Kazakhstani cities such as Almaty and Nur-Sultan (Astana), as well as international routes to destinations in Russia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Its strategic location near major oil fields and the Caspian seaport makes it an important transport node for the broader Central Asian energy sector. In recent years, the airport has undergone infrastructure improvements to accommodate growing passenger and cargo demand driven by ongoing hydrocarbon development projects in the Mangystau region.

Terminals

The airport operates a single passenger terminal handling both domestic and international flights.

Getting to & from

Passengers can reach Aktau city center, located approximately 15 kilometers from the airport, by taxi or private vehicle, with limited public bus options available.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving Aktau include Air Astana, SCAT Airlines, FlyArystan, and Turkish Airlines, among others.

Notable facts

›Located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea in one of Kazakhstan's most oil-rich regions.
›Serves as an important logistics hub for major oil projects including the Kashagan and Tengiz fields.
›The airport handles a notable proportion of charter and business aviation traffic related to the energy sector.
›Aktau (formerly known as Shevchenko during the Soviet era) is a major Caspian port city.
›The airport code SCO derives from the city's former Russian-language name, Shevchenko.

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Route map (16 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

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Routes

SCO → AKXDV · CRJ 735

SCO → ALADV · 735

SCO → ASFDV · CRJ

SCO → CITDV · 735

SCO → DMEDV · 735

SCO → EVNDV · CRJ

SCO → GUWDV · CRJ

SCO → GYDDV · CRJ

SCO → KRRDV · CRJ

SCO → KZODV · AN4

SCO → MCXDV · CRJ

SCO → MRVDV · CRJ

SCO → TBSDV · CRJ

SCO → TSEDV · 735

SCO → URADV · AN4

SCO → GYDJ2 · E90 E70

SCO → ALAKC · 757 321 320

SCO → GUWKC · 320

SCO → ISTKC · 320

SCO → TSEKC · E90

SCO → VKOUN · 73G

Aircraft operating here

CRJ9 routes Boeing 737-5005 routes Airbus A3203 routes Antonov AN-242 routes Embraer 1902 routes Embraer 1701 routes Boeing 7571 routes Airbus A3211 routes Boeing 737-7001 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Aktau International Airport, formerly Shevchenko-Central, is an international airport in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. It is the primary international airport serving the city of Aktau on the Caspian Sea. The airport is the eighth-busiest international air passenger gateway into Central Asia, the 50th-busiest airport in the post-Soviet states, and the fourth-busiest airport in Kazakhstan.

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