Semey International Airport () , formerly New Semey () and named after Abai Qunanbaiuly, is an airport in Semey, Kazakhstan, located south-west of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26.

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

Semey Airport

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.

Semey Airport

The Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31 were also based here at various times.

Semey Airport

Airlines and destinations

See also

Transport in Kazakhstan

List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

References

Former Soviet military air bases in Kazakhstan

Soviet Air Defence Force bases

Airports built in the Soviet Union

Airports in Kazakhstan

Kazakh Air Defense Forces