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Semei International Airport Semei Halyqaralyq Äuejaiy (Kazakh)
IATA: PLX ICAO: UASS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	JSC "Semei International Airport"
Serves	Semei
Location	10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Semei
Elevation AMSL	232 m / 761 ft
Coordinates	50°21′05″N 080°14′04″E / 50.35139°N 80.23444°E / 50.35139; 80.23444
Website	airportsemey.kz
Maps
PLX/UASSLocation in Kazakhstan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,096 10,157 Concrete
Statistics
Passengers 49,900
Source: AIP Kazakhstan

Semei International Airport (Kazakh: Semei Halyqaralyq Äuejaiy) (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS), formerly New Semei (Kazakh: Jañasemei) and named after Abai Qunanbaiuly, is an airport in Semei, Kazakhstan, located 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A 400 m (1,300 ft) overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26.

Established in 1929, it is Kazakhstan's oldest international airport.

In 1960, the 356th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO of the Soviet Air Defence Forces arrived at the base from Irkutsk. Equipped with MiG-17s and Yak-25s, it was placed under the 33rd Air Defence Division, 14th Independent Air Defence Army. It was later equipped with both the Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31.

Declassified CIA documents indicate that in the late 1960s, during the height of the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviet Union used this airfield as a bomber staging base for Chinese targets, and at times the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder was identified here.

Airlines and destinations

See also

• Transport in Kazakhstan
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

References

1. ^ AIP Kazakhstan Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today
2. "356th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
3. "FlyArystan adds Almaty – Semei service from Dec 2019". Routesonline.
4. "FlyArystan expands Nur-Sultan operations from Oct 2019". Routesonline.

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