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Tashkent International Airport

Tashkent International Airport
Toshkent Xalqaro Aeroporti
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Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Uzbekistan
Operator Uzbekistan Airways
Serves Tashkent
Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Hub for Uzbekistan Airways
Elevation AMSL 1,417 ft / 432 m
Coordinates 41°15′28.3″N 69°16′52.27″E / 41.257861°N 69.2811861°E / 41.257861; 69.2811861
Website www.uzairways.com
Map
TAS is located in Uzbekistan
TAS
TAS
Location of airport in Uzbekistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08L/26R 13,123 4,000 Concrete
08R/26L 12,812 3,905 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Number of Passengers 2,996,000
Number of Passengers 2,996,000

Tashkent International Airport (Uzbek: Toshkent Xalqaro Aeroporti – (IATA: TASICAO: UTTT)) is the main international airport of Uzbekistan and the 3rd busiest airport in Central Asia (after Almaty International Airport and Astana International Airport in Kazakhstan). It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the center of Tashkent.

This ICAO Category II airport is the primary hub of Uzbekistan Airways, and is the largest international airport in Uzbekistan, and the busiest in Central Asia. The airport comprises two terminals: Terminal 2 receives international flights, Terminal 3 is for domestic traffic.

Terminal 2 was rebuilt in 2001, and is currently undergoing renovations. It has a capacity of 1000 passengers/hour and serves more than two million passengers per year. Other facilities include waiting lounges, CIP and VIP halls, restaurants and bars, currency exchange offices, duty-free shops, airlines ticket counters and sales offices, and a 24-hour pharmacy. The terminal operates at near maximum capacities; arriving passengers frequently spend an average of two hours completing customs and immigration formalities.

Terminal 3 opened in 2011 with a capacity of 400 passengers per hour. The two terminals are separated by the runway, requiring passengers transiting from international to domestic flights and vice versa to exit the airport in order to transfer between them.

The government of Uzbekistan is planning to relocate Tashkent Airport to a new site by 2030.


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