Daşoguz Airport

Dashoguz International Airport (Turkmen: Daşoguz halkara howa menzili) (IATA: TAZ, ICAO: UTAT) (also spelled Daşoguz) is a major airport in Daşoguz Region, Turkmenistan located 15 km southwest of Daşoguz. Airport it mostly serves scheduled domestic destinations. The airport services airliners and helicopters of all sizes, including planes as large as the Boeing 747, and the Il-96.

Dashoguz International Airport

Daşoguz halkara howa menzili

Международный аэропорт Дашогуз
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTurkmenhowayollary Agency [1]
LocationDaşoguz, Daşoguz Region, Turkmenistan
Coordinates41°45′53″N 59°49′59″E
Websitehttps://dashoguzairport.gov.tm/
Map
TAZ
Location of airport in Turkmenistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 12,303 3,750 Concrete
Source: AIP Turkmenistan [2]

History

The first flight was in September 1924 from Kagan-Dashoguz-Khiva, then it became a regular flight.

Since 1940, it began flights from Chardzhou-To‘rtko‘l-Tashauz. In the Soviet period, was regular flights to Moscow, Leningrad, Tashkent, Ashgabat, Ufa, Mineralnye Vody and other airports in the USSR.

On 10 October 1973, due to a malfunction of the fuel system, a Li-2 plane crashed near the airport. 5 people were killed. After this incident, the aircraft maintenance Li-2 in the civil aviation of the USSR has been discontinued.[3]

The new terminal building opened in 1984.

Reconstruction of the terminal building, with modern equipment completed in 2009. The airport terminal allows to serve up to 300 passengers per hour.

Since 2013, building an air traffic control tower height of 50 m, main and connecting taxiways, apron for aircraft worth $200 million.[4][5] The project created an artificial runway length of 3800 m, 5 taxiways, apron for aircraft parking. Will be constructed passenger terminal building capacity of 500 passengers per hour with 4 gates, the building of VIP terminal, as well as other buildings and structures.[6]

In 2015, the Ukrainian company Altcom reconstructed the runway, its dimensions increased to 3800 × 60 meters (there are 2 × 7.5 meters shoulders). The aerodrome is equipped with modern aeronautical and automated meteorological technical means.[7]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat, Mary, Turkmenbashi, Turkmenabat, Kerki

Ground transportation

There are Daşoguzawtoulag company offering services at Daşoguz Airport.[8] The taxi rank and bus stop is located just outside the arrivals hall.

References
  1. "Общая информация".
  2. AIP Turkmenistan Archived 2013-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Катастрофа Ли-2 Туркменского УГА близ а/п Ташауз (борт СССР-71209), 10 октября 1973 года. // AirDisaster.ru - авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы в СССР и России - факты, история, статистика".
  4. "Украинские строители завершили сооружение взлетной полосы в аэропорту Дашогуз в Туркмении".
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2015-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2015-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Украинские строители завершили сооружение взлетной полосы в аэропорту Дашогуз в Туркмении
  8. "OUR SERVICES".


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