Shymkent International Airport
Shymkent International Airport
?ymkent International Airport (Kazakh: ??????????? ??????? ???????, romanized: Halyqaralyq ?ymkent äuejaiy) (IATA: CIT, ICAO: UAII) is an international airport serving Shymkent, Kazakhstan. It has two passenger terminals and one runway. It serves as the main hub for SCAT Airlines, handling a large part of the airline's flights.
Location
42.365°N, 69.476°E · 422 m s. n. m. (1.385 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
The airport was established on an agricultural airbase constructed in 1932. The airport started managing both passenger and freight traffic in 1933. The runway and passenger terminal of the airport were completed in 1967 after the airport was relocated to its current position in 1963. Following the signing of an agreement in November 2012 by the governments of France and Kazakhstan, ?ymkent Airport was made available to French personnel withdrawing from Afghanistan. After arriving on French aircraft, military weaponry was carried from the airport by train to Europe. In order to guarantee the transshipment operations at ?ymkent Airport, France was to provide the funding for the construction of the infrastructure required for the temporary bond storage and the space needed for stricter customs checks. Additionally, it paid for the purchase or rental of loading vehicles, to accelerate wagon loading, construction of a 400 m (1,300 ft) hard-surface road, and the protection of freight in temporary storage and during transportation on Kazakhstan's railroad. The airport experienced a 20% increase in passenger traffic, rising from 440,000 passengers in 2014 to 520,000 passengers in 2017.
Airlines operating here · 10
Airlines using it as a main base (hub)
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Shymkent International Airport (CIT). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIT
MLA
“Shymkent International Airport (CIT).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIT. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Shymkent International Airport (CIT).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIT.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Shymkent International Airport (CIT). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIT (Accessed: 17 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Shymkent International Airport (CIT)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIT},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CIT}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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