Aktau International Airport
Aktau International Airport
Aktau International Airport (IATA: SCO, ICAO: UATE) (Kazakh: ??????????? ????? ???????, romanized: Halyqaralyq Aqtau äuejaiy), formerly Shevchenko-Central, is an international airport in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. It is the primary international airport serving the city of Aktau on the Caspian Sea. The airport is the eighth-busiest international air passenger gateway into Central Asia, the 50th-busiest airport in the post-Soviet states, and the fourth-busiest airport in Kazakhstan. Aktau International Airport is located 21 km (13 mi) northwest of Aktau. The airport features one passenger terminal and one runway. It serves as a focus city for SCAT Airlines. The airport is served year-round by Aeroflot, Air Astana, SCAT Airlines, Qazaq Air and on a seasonal basis by Belavia and Sunday Airlines. The airport opened in 1983 as Shevchenko-Central and was commonly known as Shevchenko Airport (the airport's current IATA code, SCO, is derived from the city's previous name, Shevchenko).
Location
43.860°N, 51.091°E · 22 m s. n. m. (73 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 2
Tower
Common traffic (CTAF)
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.
Airlines operating here · 9
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). Aktau International Airport (SCO). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCO
MLA
“Aktau International Airport (SCO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCO. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Aktau International Airport (SCO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCO.
Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Aktau International Airport (SCO)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCO},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SCO}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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