Isfana Airport

Isfana Airport (Kyrgyz: Исфана аэропорту, Russian: Исфанинкий аэропорт, Uzbek: Isfana aeroporti) (IATA: none (ИФА), ICAO: UAFI)[1] is an airport serving Isfana and Sulukta, towns in Leilek District of Batken Region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. The Russian IATA code for Isfana Airport is ИФА.[2]

An Antonov An-28 at Isfana Airport in 1990.

Isfana Airport Исфана аэропорту
IATA: none (ИФА) ICAO: UAFI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Isfana and Sulukta
Location	Isfana, Leilek District
Hub for	Sky Bishkek, Avia Traffic
Elevation AMSL	4,527 ft / 1,380 m
Coordinates	39°49′29″N 069°34′07″E
Map
UAFI
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,700 5,577 Asphalt

Isfana Airport started its operations in the 1940s as a landing strip near the town of Isfana. After Kalacha Airport, serving the coal mining town of Sulukta (16 km north of Isfana), was closed, Isfana Airport started serving Sulukta residents as well. The current runway and terminal were built in 1974. It is a regional class 3C airport. The runway has a weight limit of 22 tonnes, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours.

In the late 1980s, Isfana Airport halted its operation because of technical problems. It remained closed for twenty years. In 2007, after the terminal and the track were repaired, the airport was reopened.[3] It was temporarily closed in early 2014, but was reopened later that year.

Although Isfana Airport is near the border with Tajikistan, it has no customs and border control checks and serves only flights within Kyrgyzstan.

References

1. "Pilot information for Isfana Airport". Our Airports. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
2. "Codes of cities in every country" (in Russian). G-Avia.ru. 2012-10-28. Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
3. "After twenty years Isfana Airport is reopened in Kyrgyzstan". Centrasia (in Russian). 23 August 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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