Navoi International Airport

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Navoiy International Airport

Navoiy Xalqaro Aeroporti
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Uzbekistan
Operator Uzbekistan Airways
Serves Navoiy
Location Navoiy, Uzbekistan
Elevation  AMSL 1,140 ft / 348 m
Coordinates 40°07′04″N065°10′30″E / 40.11778°N 65.17500°E / 40.11778; 65.17500
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NVI
Location of air base in Uzbekistan
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Direction LengthSurface
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07/254,00013,123 Concrete

Navoiy International Airport( IATA : NVI, ICAO : UTSA) is an airport of entry in Navoiy, Uzbekistan. It is named after Ali-Shir Nava'i.[ when? ]

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Navoiy Airport was opened in 1962 and became the Uzbekistan Airways’ when the national air company was established on 28 January 1992 by the Decree of the President of Republic of Uzbekistan. In 2007, Navoiy Airport began capacity enhancement and airfield improvement projects, implementing complete renovation of runway and taxiways, installation of modern lighting system and construction of new air control tower and other facilities.

In 2009, Korean Air Cargo took over the management of the airport and, under the 10-year development plan, further accelerated the modernization programme. Construction of the largest air cargo terminal in Central Asia that can handle 100,000 tonnes of cargo annually using latest equipment has been recently completed and inaugurated on 12 August 2010. The freighter apron has also been constructed to accommodate 5 B747-400 planes and 4 additional fuel tanks were built, which can supply a great deal of aviation fuel all together and fill up more than 25 B747-400 airplanes. Korean Air inaugurated the 1st cargo flight from Navoiy in August 2008 and by increasing the frequency it now operates 12 weekly B747-400F flights to Incheon, Brussels and Milan.

Uzbekistan Airways started cargo operation based in Navoiy hub in May 2009 and now operates 18 weekly flights to Bangkok, Delhi, Mumbai and Frankfurt. Navoiy Airport now serves 3 airlines flying to 9 cities in 8 countries including passenger flights and the work is underway to create business links with new airlines and set up new routes. [1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Silk Avia Tashkent [2]
Uzbekistan Airways Moscow–Vnukovo [3]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Korean Air Cargo Basel/Mulhouse, Brussels, Hanoi, Milan–Malpensa, Seoul–Incheon, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Zaragoza
Maersk Air Cargo Billund, Hangzhou
My Freighter Tashkent
Uzbekistan Airways Cargo Bishkek, Delhi, Dubai–International, Istanbul, Moscow–Domodedovo, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tianjin

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References

  1. ↑ "Navoi International Airport". Archived from the original on 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2023-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Отечественный лоукостер Silk Avia запускает новые «авиамаршрутки» из Ташкента и Ферганы".
  3. ↑ "Uzbekistan Airways Moscow Service Changes From Oct 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 22 September 2023.


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