Mänşük Mämetova Oral International Airport (Kazakh: Mänşük Mämetova Xalıqaralıq Äwejayı) (IATA: URA), (previously known as Oral Ak Zhol International Airport), is an international airport in Kazakhstan located 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Oral (Uralsk). The airport is located south of the Oral River.
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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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 Interactive map of Mänşük Mämetova Oral International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Source: AIP Kazakhstan[1] | |||||||||||
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 Oral airport into a regional hub, expand the route network and carry out technical re-equipment of the airport[2]
in 2022 airport was officially renamed[3] in order to commemorate Mänşük Jienğaliqyzy Mämetova who was a machine gunner during the Second World War. She became the first Kazakh woman to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.[4][5]
Facilities
editIt 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.[citation needed]
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.[6]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Centrum Air | Tashkent[7] |
| FlyArystan | Aqtau,[citation needed] Astana,[citation needed] Seasonal charter: Antalya,[citation needed] Sharm El Sheikh[citation needed] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen[8] |
| Qazaq Air | Aktobe[citation needed] |
| SCAT Airlines | Karagandy[citation needed] |
| Sunday Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya[9] |
Ground transport
editReferences
edit- ↑ "AIP Kazakhstan". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Sanctioned Russian buys into Kazakh airport in border region". Eurasianet. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ↑ "Uralsk International Airport named after WWII hero Manshuk Mametova". qazinform.com. Kazinform International News Agency. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
- ↑ "Маметова Маншук, Герой Советского Союза (Орден Ленина и медаль "Золотая звезда")". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ↑ Sakaida, Henry (2012). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 38–56. ISBN 9781780966922.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Mergalym, Nariman (17 April 2026). "Oral–Istanbul direct flights to launch in June 2026". qazinform.com. Qazinform International News Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Поиск авиабилетов - Авиакомпания Sunday Airlines".
External links
edit- Oral Ak Zhol Airport Official Website (in Kazakh and Russian)
