Airport in Kostanay: scheme, photo. How to get to Kostanay airport
Airport in Kostanay
Narimanovka - the international airport in Kostanay serves regular flights operated by Air Astana, Irtysh-Air and SCAT. All air lines from Kostanay pass through the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. The shortest flight takes 4 hours.
In addition, flights for various purposes are carried out from here with a long stop in Almaty. Flights from Almaty to Kostanay are carried out with a stop in Atyrau and Astana. In turn, there are regular direct flights from Astana to Kostanay airport, the flight time is 2 hours 20 minutes. This is the fastest and most convenient flight between the cities of Kazakhstan.
In addition to Kazakh air carriers, the airport in Kostanay serves the Russian airline Transaero, Belarusian - Belavia, and German Hamburg International Luftverk, all of them carry out air transportation to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Munich, Hanover and other cities of Russia and countries of near and far abroad.
The airline includes three runways. Artificial, 2.5 kilometers long, reinforced with asphalt concrete and is capable of receiving aircraft with a takeoff weight of up to 140 tons. And also two unpaved - 2.7 km and 1.6 km long, are practically not used.
History
The beginning of aviation in Kostanay falls on the end of the 30s, then the Kostanay airline served passenger flights of local airlines and agricultural flights on small aircraft.
The first air communication was laid on the route Kostanay - Almaty. The airline was located 3 kilometers from the city, towards its northwestern part (now the Kostonai sports aeroclub is located there). The airport staff at that time included eight pilots of the 4th and 3rd class..
During the Great Patriotic War, the airline delivered mail and cargo for various purposes to remote regions of Kazakhstan. Since August 1942, the Stalingrad Aviation School was based at the Kostanay airfield, which trained fighter pilots for the front. After the war, passenger air traffic resumed in Kostanay. In 1970, the airport received a new location, where it is based to this day..
Service and services
The airport in Kostanay offers a standard range of services for serving passengers. On its territory there are ticket offices for the sale of air tickets, a left-luggage office, a medical center. There is a parking lot at the station square.