CRZUTAV

Türkmenabat International Airport

Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan · Asia

Asia Asia/Ashgabat

2direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

3,800 mLongest runway

Türkmenabat International Airport (Turkmen: Türkmenabat halkara howa me?zili), (IATA: CRZ, ICAO: UTAV) is an international airport in Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan. It is located approximately 13 km from the center of the city.

Location

38.931°N, 63.564°E · 198 m s. n. m. (649 ft)

General data

CountryTurkmenistan

CityTürkmenabat

IATA codeCRZ

ICAO codeUTAV

Coordinates38.931°N, 63.564°E

Elevation198 m s. n. m. (649 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Ashgabat

Runways1

Longest runway3,800 m

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

13/31

Length3,800 m12,467 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

120.600

Ground

131.700

Approach

125.800

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 original airport was opened in 1926 and was repeatedly reconstructed. Radical reconstruction took place during the years of independence of Turkmenistan. The former airport was equipped with a modern air navigation system along with a platform for automated fueling. The runway was also extended.

New airport

In 2013 construction started on a new airport complex south of downtown Türkmenabat. The ceremony of laying the first stone on 14 February 2013 was attended by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Final construction was carried out by the Turkmen private construction firm Gündogdy, a member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan. The passenger terminal building occupies 37 thousand square meters.

On 26 February 2018, the opening ceremony of the new airport took place, which President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow attended. The capacity of the airport complex is 500 passengers per hour. The runway is 3800 meters long and 65 meters wide, and is equipped with modern light-signal and meteorological systems. The airport is capable of accepting any type of aircraft. The airport cargo terminal is designed to handle 200 thousand tons of cargo per year. A centralized refueling station allows service of several aircraft simultaneously.

The airport passenger terminal, the roof of which is shaped in an octagonal "star of Oguz Han", covers an area of more than 12 thousand square meters, and is noted in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest star-shaped building in the world.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Turkmenistan Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Türkmenabat International Airport (CRZ). Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CRZ

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_crz,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Türkmenabat International Airport (CRZ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CRZ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CRZ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-26},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-26}
}

Wikipedia

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