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Aktobe Airport (ICAO UATT), formally named Aliya Moldagulova International Airport, is a large international airport serving Aktobe, the administrative centre of Aktobe Region in western Kazakhstan. It offers a single long, hard-surfaced runway with ILS on both directions, making it a straightforward and well-equipped destination for simulator pilots flying in Central Asia.
Aktobe Airport, known officially as Aliya Moldagulova International Airport, is the principal air gateway for Aktobe and the wider Aktobe Region of western Kazakhstan. It is a sizeable international field handling scheduled airline traffic, and for a simulator pilot it offers a long, well-lit runway with an ILS approach, sitting at the crossroads of major air routes linking Western Europe with Central and South-East Asia.
The airport lies close to the city of Aktobe, about 1.5 kilometres southwest of the city centre, at coordinates 50.2461 N, 57.2056 E and an elevation of 728 feet. It is described as sitting at the intersection of major international air navigation routes connecting Western Europe with Central and South-East Asia, reflecting its role as a regional hub within western Kazakhstan's transport infrastructure.
Aktobe has one physical runway, orientated 12/30, of hard surface construction and just over 10,450 feet in length. Both directions are lit and equipped with ILS, giving instrument approach capability to either end.
Approach and tower services are provided on a single frequency of 120.9 MHz. The runway is equipped with ILS on both the 12 and 30 approaches, supporting instrument arrivals in addition to visual operations.
The airport carries the formal name Aliya Moldagulova International Airport, honouring the Soviet-era heroine after whom it is named. It is described as the air gateway of Western Kazakhstan, serving an industrial region whose development has been closely tied to large-scale oil, gas and mining projects.
Aktobe functions as a large international airport with scheduled service from carriers including Aeroflot, Air Astana, Bek Air, Qazaq Air, RusLine and SCAT Airlines, reflecting steady airline traffic through the field. Its long, lit runway with ILS approaches supports both airline operations and general aviation movements.