Oral Ak Zhol Airport
Uralsk International Airport named after Manshuk Mametova Орал қаласының Мәншүк Мәметова атындағы халықаралық әуежайы | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Oral Airport Holding LLP | ||||||||||
| Serves | Oral | ||||||||||
| Location | 12 km (7.5 mi) SE of Oral, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 38 m / 125 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°09′03″N 051°32′35″E / 51.15083°N 51.54306°E | ||||||||||
| Website | ura.aero | ||||||||||
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URA Location in Kazakhstan URA URA (Europe) | |||||||||||
Interactive map of Uralsk International Airport named after Manshuk Mametova | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
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| Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1] | |||||||||||
Manshuk Mametova International Airport (Kazakh: Мәншүк Мәметова атындағы Халықаралық әуежайы) (IATA: URA), is an airport in Kazakhstan located 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Oral (Uralsk). The airport is located south of the Oral River.
In February 2023, Oral Airport was acquired by Oral Airport Holding LLP. It is a Kazakhstani company, the controlling stake of which belongs to the Kazakhstani Uralsk Management LLP and businessman Dauletkhan Kilybayev, and a minority stake (49%) is owned by the Russian company JSC Retrans. The company hopes to turn Uralsk airport into a regional hub, expand the route network and carry out technical re-equipment of the airport[2]
Facilities
It is a small airport servicing medium-sized airliners. It has parking for four jets. This airport has one terminal. The airport also serves the nearby town of Aksai, which provides the majority of airport passenger traffic, being the "capital" of the gas industry in West Kazakhstan. In the past, a weekly international charter flight was operated by Astraeus Airlines from Oral to London Gatwick/London Stansted; this was subsequently operated by Air Astana to Amsterdam; however, the route was terminated, along with other Air Astana flights, due to the poor condition of the runway. The airport runway and facilities were inspected by Mott MacDonald to confirm that its substandard condition prevented the airport from accommodating larger jet aircraft. On 17 April 2013, the decision was made to transfer the airport's ownership back to the government for runway reconstruction.
A new terminal was built and opened in April 2022. It aims to double the capacity of the airport to 600 thousand people per year.[3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Centrum Air | Tashkent (begins 2026-03-30)[4] |
| FlyArystan | Aqtau, Astana, Seasonal charter: Antalya, Sharm El Sheikh |
| Qazaq Air | Aqtöbe |
| SCAT Airlines | Qarağandy |
| Sunday Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya[5] |
Ground transport
Bus
The No 12 municipal bus line connects Ak Zhol International airport with centrally located Uralsk train station.
Taxi
There are private taxi cabs available at the airport parking lot.
References
- ^ "AIP Kazakhstan". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Sanctioned Russian buys into Kazakh airport in border region". Eurasianet. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Новый терминал аэропорта Уральска будет работать в режиме опытной эксплуатации (ВИДЕО)".
- ^ "Centrum Air Announces 10 New Routes — Expanding Its Global Network". www.centrum-air.com. Centrum Air™. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "Поиск авиабилетов - Авиакомпания Sunday Airlines".
External links
- Oral Ak Zhol Airport Official Website (in Kazakh and Russian)