SCO — Aktau International Airport
Large airport in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
- IATA code
- SCO
- ICAO code
- UATE
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 1,029,685
- 2019 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+5
- Asia/Aqtau
- Elevation
- 22 m
- 72 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 3,052 m
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About SCO
Aktau International Airport is a large airport serving Aktau, Kazakhstan. It opened in 1983. 1,029,685 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from SCO.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SCO
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SCO → IST | 1,852 km | 79,369 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| MCX | Makhachkala Uytash International Airport | 301 km |
| ASF | Astrakhan Narimanovo Boris M. Kustodiev International Airport | 362 km |
| GUW | Atyrau International Airport | 367 km |
| GYD | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | 386 km |
| GRV | Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport | 437 km |
Distance from SCO to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,052 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Aktau, Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan · 43.8601, 51.0909
Questions
Aktau International Airport has the IATA code SCO and the ICAO code UATE. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
SCO is a large airport in Aktau, Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan, at 43.8601, 51.0909, 22 m above sea level.
SCO is in the Asia/Aqtau time zone, UTC+5.
1,029,685 passengers in 2019, according to Wikidata.
Aktau International Airport opened in 1983.
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