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{{Infobox airport
| name = Almaty International Airport
| nativename-a = Халықаралық Алматы Әуежайы
| nativename-r = Международный Аэропорт Алматы
| image = Alaport_logo_top.png
| image-width = 250
| image2 = Almaty_Airport_Osokin-1.jpg
| image2-width = 250
| IATA = ALA
| ICAO = UAAA
| type = Public
| owner = JSC Almaty International Airport
| city-served = [[Almaty]]
| location = [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan (inside city limits)
| hub =
* [[Air Astana]]
* [[Bek Air]]
* [[SCAT Airlines]]
* [[Qazaq Air]]
| elevation-m = 681
| coordinates = {{coord|43|21|19|N|077|02|41|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Kazakhstan
| pushpin_label = UAAA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
| website = [http://www.alaport.com alaport.com]
| metric-elev = Y
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 05R/23L
| r1-length-m = 4,400
| r1-surface = Concrete
| r2-number = 05L/23R
| r2-length-m = 4,500
| r2-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2012
| stat1-header = Passengers<ref name="stat2011">{{cite web |url=http://en.alaport.com/news/2012/20120124/Jan_24_2012.htm |title=Almaty Airport's work results for 2011 |publisher=en.alaport.com }}</ref>
| stat1-data = 4,003,004
| footnotes = Source: [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] Kazakhstan<ref name="AIP">http://goszakup.ans.kz/AIP/index/Start_en.htm</ref>
}}

'''Almaty International Airport''' ({{lang-kk|Халықаралық Алматы Әуежайы, ''Xalıqaralıq Almatı Äwejayı''}}, {{lang-ru|Международный Аэропорт Алматы}}, ''Mezhdunarodnyy Aeroport Almaty'') {{airport codes|ALA|UAAA}} is the largest [[international airport]] in [[Kazakhstan]]. It is about {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Almaty]],<ref name="AIP"/> the country's largest city and commercial capital. Almaty airport accounts for half of passenger traffic and 68% of cargo traffic to Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISI Intellinews |url=http://www.euromoney.com/article.asp?ArticleID=1856080 |publisher=euromoney.com}}</ref> In 2012, the airport handled 4,003,004 passengers, including 1,997,570 arriving passengers, and 2,005,434 departing passengers.

==Owners and management==
'''Almaty International Airport JSC''' is 100% owned by Venus Airport Investments B.V.,<ref>[http://kazworld.info/?p=57311 Who is the Owner of Joint-Stock Company Almaty International Airport?]</ref> a company registered in Amsterdam.

* Aibol (Aybola) Anuarovich Bekmukhambetov, President and Director<ref>[http://kazworld.info/?p=57321 Aibol Bekmukhambetov Appointed President of JSC “Almaty International Airport”?]</ref>
* Bakhtiyer Kadyrov, Vice President of Finance
* E. L. Eliseeva, Acting Chief of Economics and Financial Analysis Department
* Akzholtayev Murat Serikovich, Head of Automatic Systems - Terminal Service
* Nurimanov Sagdat Yerikbekovich, Head of the First-Aid Post
* Anvar Saydenov,<ref>[http://kazworld.info/?p=36598 New independent director of «International Airport of Almaty» JSC named]</ref> member of the Board of Directors, the independent director of the Company
* Diyar Kanashev, member of the Board of Directors.

== History ==

=== Early years ===
The airport was built in 1935, for all small civil/military flying ships. Up to 1990 it was the part of Kazakh Department of Civil Aviation, and then reorganized into "Alma-Ata Airport" in 1991. Since 1993 it has run as an independent business unit. In 1994, it was reorganized into OJSC "Almaty Airport" and later renamed to JSC Almaty International Airport.

The supersonic transport (SST) [[Tupolev Tu-144]] began service on 26 December 1975, flying mail and freight between Moscow and Alma-Ata in preparation for passenger services, which commenced in November 1977. The Aeroflot flight on 1 June 1978 was the Tu-144's 55th and last scheduled passenger service.

Following a runway reconstruction in 1998, Almaty airport was awarded II category and status of an International Airport.
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On 9 July 1999 a fire started in the shashlik kitchen of the airport restaurant. The terminal building burned down in just a few hours, fortunately without major injuries.

=== Development since the 2000s ===
Construction of a new terminal was completed in 2004. On 30 September 2008 a second runway was opened with a first departure of a BMI flight bound for London Heathrow. The new runway has also been given an ICAO certificate for CAT III landings which will significantly reduce the number of planes diverting to nearby airfields due to low visibility, especially during the winter months. This runway is the longest in central Asia. The new runway can accept all types of aircraft without limitation of take-off weight and operations frequency.

Growth in connectivity is in danger of being compromised by airport infrastructure that is comparatively expensive and not keeping pace with demand growth. [[IATA]] is urging the Kazakhstan government to follow [[ICAO]] principles and eliminate differential [[Air navigation service provider|ANSP]] charges between domestic and international carriers. Currently (2012), it is 18% more expensive to turn around an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] in Almaty than at similarly-sized airports in Europe. The differential rises to 43% for a [[Boeing 767]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Building the "Silk Road in the Sky" via Kazakhstan|url=http://www.satrapia.com/news/article/building-the-silk-road-in-the-sky-via-kazakhstan/|newspaper=The Gazette of Central Asia|date=16 September 2012|publisher=Satrapia}}</ref>

There were plans to build a new passenger terminal for international flights with six loading bridges and capacity up to 2,500 passengers per hour in the near future. A developed infrastructure complex consisting of a Marriott Hotel, conference halls, business center, shopping center and cinemas will be within this terminal.

The new terminal was to be located along Kuldja Road to help reduce traffic on the way to the airport. However the terminal's construction was delayed due to lack of managers handling the project's construction and lack of space. The airport is still looking for a new manager to handle the construction. There are now plans to build new airport in [[Kapchagai]] reservoir which is 48 km away from Almaty.

==Airlines and destinations==

===Passenger===
[[File:ALA Destinations.png|750px|thumbnail|center|Countries served by flights from Almaty International Airport (includes seasonal and future destinations).]]
{{Airport-dest-list
| [[Aeroflot]] | [[Sheremetyevo International Airport|Moscow-Sheremetyevo]]
| [[Aeroflot]] {{nowrap|operated by [[Rossiya (airline)|Rossiya]]}}| [[Pulkovo Airport|St Petersburg]]

|[[Air Arabia]]| [[Sharjah International Airport|Sharjah]]

|[[Air Astana]]| [[Aktau Airport|Aktau]], [[Aktobe Airport|Aktobe]], [[Astana Airport|Astana]], [[Atyrau Airport|Atyrau]], [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport|Baku]], [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi]], [[Beijing Capital International Airport|Beijing-Capital]], [[Manas International Airport|Bishkek]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai-International]], [[Dushanbe International Airport|Dushanbe]], [[Tan Son Nhat International Airport|Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Istanbul-Atatürk]], [[Sary-Arka Airport|Karagandy]], [[Boryspil International Airport|Kiev-Boryspil]], [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]], [[Kyzylorda Airport|Kyzylorda]], [[Moscow-Sheremetyevo]], [[Oral Ak Zhol Airport|Oral]], [[Oskemen Airport|Oskemen]], [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle]], [[Pavlodar Airport|Pavlodar]], [[Pulkovo Airport|St Petersburg]], [[Incheon International Airport|Seoul-Incheon]], [[Taraz Airport|Taraz]], [[Tashkent International Airport|Tashkent]], [[Tbilisi Airport|Tbilisi]], [[Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport|Tehran Imam-Khomeini]], [[Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport|Ürümqi]]

|[[Asiana Airlines]]| [[Incheon International Airport|Seoul-Incheon]]

|[[Bek Air]]| [[Aktau Airport|Aktau]], [[Aktobe Airport|Aktobe]], [[Astana Airport|Astana]], [[Atyrau Airport|Atyrau]], [[Kostanay Airport|Kostanay]], [[Oral Ak Zhol Airport|Oral]]

|[[Belavia]]| [[Minsk National Airport|Minsk]]

|[[China Southern Airlines]]| [[Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport|Ürümqi]]

|[[Czech Airlines]]| '''Seasonal:''' [[Prague Václav Havel Airport|Prague]]

|[[Ellinair]]| '''Seasonal:''' [[Thessaloniki Airport|Thessaloniki]]

|[[flydubai]]| [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai-International]]

|[[Hainan Airlines]]| [[Beijing Capital International Airport|Beijing-Capital]]

|[[Kam Air]]| [[Kabul International Airport|Kabul]]<ref>[https://www.kamair.com/flight-schedules Kam Air flight schedule]</ref>

|[[KLM]]| '''Seasonal:''' [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]]

|[[Lufthansa]]| [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]]

|[[Mahan Air]]| [[Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport|Tehran-Imam Khomeini]]

|[[Pegasus Airlines]]| [[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport|Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen]]

|[[Pobeda (airline)|Pobeda]]| [[Kurumoch International Airport|Samara]]

|[[Qazaq Air]]| [[Astana International Airport|Astana]], [[Pavlodar Airport|Pavlodar]], [[Shymkent International Airport|Shymkent]], [[Kostanay Airport|Kostanay]], [[Kyzylorda Airport|Kyzylorda]], [[Semey Airport|Semey]]

|[[S7 Airlines]]| [[Tolmachevo Airport|Novosibirsk]]

|[[SCAT Airlines]]| [[Aktau Airport|Aktau]], [[Aktobe Airport|Aktobe]], [[Astana International Airport|Astana]], [[Atyrau Airport|Atyrau]], [[Sary-Arka Airport|Karagandy]], [[Kokshetau Airport|Kokshetau]], [[Kostanay Airport|Kostanay]], [[Mineralnye Vody Airport|Mineralnye Vody]], [[Oral Ak Zhol Airport|Oral]], [[Oskemen Airport|Oskemen]], [[Petropavl Airport|Petropavl]], [[Semey Airport|Semey]], [[Shymkent International Airport|Shymkent]], [[Taraz Airport|Taraz]], [[Urdjar]], [[Xi'an Xianyang International Airport|Xi'an]], [[Zhezkazgan Airport|Zhezkazgan]] '''Seasonal:''' [[Sanya Phoenix International Airport|Sanya]]

|[[Somon Air]]| [[Dushanbe Airport|Dushanbe]], [[Khudzhand Airport|Khudzhand]]

|[[Tajik Air]]| [[Dushanbe International Airport|Dushanbe]]

|[[Turkish Airlines]]| [[Istanbul-Atatürk]]

|[[Turkmenistan Airlines]]| [[Ashgabat International Airport|Ashgabat]]

|{{nowrap|[[Ukraine International Airlines]]}}| [[Boryspil International Airport|Kiev-Boryspil]]

|[[Uzbekistan Airways]]| [[Tashkent International Airport|Tashkent]]
}}

===Cargo===
[[File:ALA_Osokin-1.jpg|thumb|right|Check-in hall]]
[[File:Alaport06.JPG|thumb|right|Apron view]]
{{Airport-dest-list
|[[AirBridgeCargo Airlines]]| [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]]
|[[Cargolux]]| [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport|Budapest]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Findel Airport|Luxembourg]]
|[[Cargolux Italia]]| [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Malpensa Airport|Milan-Milpensa]]
|[[Etihad Cargo]]| [[Abu Dhabi International Airport|Abu Dhabi]], [[Beijing Capital International Airport|Beijing-Capital]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=L|first1=J|title=ETIHAD Cargo Adds New Cargo Sectors in S16|url=http://airlineroute.net/2016/04/21/eyc-s16/|accessdate=21 April 2016|publisher=Airline Route|date=21 April 2016}}</ref>
|[[FedEx Express]]| [[Guangzhou Airport|Guangzhou]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle]]
|[[Hong Kong Airlines]]| [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Istanbul Atatürk Airport|Istanbul-Atatürk]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]
|[[Lufthansa Cargo]]| [[Guangzhou Airport|Guangzhou]], [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]], [[Tashkent International Airport|Tashkent]]
|[[MNG Airlines]]| [[Istanbul-Atatürk]]
|[[Silk Way Airlines]]| [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport|Baku]]
|[[Turkish Airlines Cargo]]| [[Astana International Airport|Astana]], [[Manas International Airport|Bishkek]], [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou]], [[Istanbul-Atatürk]], [[Incheon International Airport|Seoul-Incheon]], [[Shanghai Pudong Airport|Shanghai-Pudong]]
|[[UPS Airlines]]| [[Cologne Bonn Airport|Cologne/Bonn]], [[Incheon International Airport|Seoul-Incheon]], [[Shanghai Pudong Airport|Shanghai-Pudong]]
}}

==Accidents and incidents==
* 7 July 1980, [[Aeroflot]] flight 4227: All 163 occupants of a Tupolev Tu-154B-2, tail number CCCP-85355, lost their lives when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Alma-Ata Airport. The airplane was due to operate a domestic scheduled Alma-Ata–Simferopol passenger service under the Kazakh division as Flight 4227; the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during climb out, causing the airplane to stall about {{Convert|5|km|abbr=on}} away, crashing and catching fire.
* 30 August 1980, [[Aeroflot]] Flight CCCP-65129, [[Tupolev Tu-134]] crashed on approach to Almaty after a flight from [[Chelyabinsk]] where all 90 passengers and crew died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830830-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65129 Alma-Ata|author=Harro Ranter|date=30 August 1983|publisher=}}</ref>
* 29 January 2013, [[SCAT Airlines]] flight 760, a [[Bombardier CRJ-200]]ER, registration UR-CJ006, crashed during a low-visibility approach into Almaty International Airport that originated from Kokshetau. All 21 occupants died. The deputy mayor of Almaty, Maulen Mukashev, visited the crash site and told reporters that the preliminary cause of the crash is bad weather. The accident is currently under investigation.

==See also==
* [[List of the busiest airports in the former USSR]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Almaty International Airport}}
*{{official website|http://en.alaport.com}}
*{{ASN|ALA}}
*{{NWS-current|UAAA}}

{{Airports in Kazakhstan}}

{{Airports built in the Soviet Union}}

[[Category:Airports built in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Airports in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Transport in Almaty]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Almaty|Airport International]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1935]]

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