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ALA · Almaty, Kazakhstan
--:--:-- · GMT+5 (UTC+05:00) · 43.3543° N, 77.0428° E
Almaty International Airport
Busiest airport in Kazakhstan
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 6421; ident UAAA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
alaport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceAlmaty International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
ALA / UAAA
OurAirports ident
UAAA
GPS / local code
UAAA
ISO region
KZ-ALA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
alaport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q858844
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 8:52 PM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT+5 · UTC+05:00
Time zone
GMT+5
Asia/Almaty · UTC+05:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
16 km
Approximate distance to central Almaty.
Country capital
Astana
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
KZT (₸)
Country area
2,724,900 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
14,764 ft / 4,500 m
Runway surface
ASPH, asphalt
Opened / operator
1935 · TAV Airports Holding
Owner / entity
Groupe ADP
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
Almaty International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty's built-up core sits roughly 16 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Almaty (UTC+05:00, GMT+5). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Almaty International Airport (ALA / UAAA) is at 43.3543° N, 77.0428° E, elevation 2,234 ft (681 m), serving Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Almaty is in Kazakhstan (capital Astana); on Asia/Almaty (GMT+5, UTC+05:00); working languages: Kazakh, Russian; currency: KZT (₸).
Distance from central Almaty: 16 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for ALA.
Primary airport name
Almaty International Airport (ALA / UAAA)
Almaty International Airport · Busiest airport in Kazakhstan
Known label 1
Alma Ata
Alternate airport-name cue retained for ALA, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
UAAA · UAAA · KZ-ALA
alaport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Regional role cue
It is larger than Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) in Astana and is the main international gateway into the country.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for ALA; not treated as a live service guarantee.
1. Otegen Batyra
otegen-batyra · 7.3 km from ALA
Kazakhstan · Asia/Almaty · +0h · population 18,864 · city coordinates 43.4184, 77.0219
2. Burunday
burunday · 15 km from ALA
Kazakhstan · Asia/Almaty · +0h · population 20,996 · city coordinates 43.3557, 76.8548
3. Almaty
almaty · 16 km from ALA
Kazakhstan · Asia/Almaty · +0h · population 1,977,011 · city coordinates 43.2525, 76.9115
4. Talghar
talghar · 17 km from ALA
Kazakhstan · Asia/Almaty · +0h · population 42,194 · city coordinates 43.3023, 77.2381
5. Esik
esik · 33 km from ALA
Kazakhstan · Asia/Almaty · +0h · population 32,995 · city coordinates 43.3552, 77.4524
6. Konayev
konayev · 57 km from ALA
Kazakhstan · Asia/Almaty · +0h · population 42,167 · city coordinates 43.8668, 77.0630
1. TAS UZTT
Tashkent International Airport · Tashkent
679 km from ALA · Asia/Tashkent · +0h · elevation 1,417 ft (432 m) · airport coordinates 41.2579, 69.2812
2. PEW OPPS
Bacha Khan International Airport · Peshawar
1145 km from ALA · Asia/Karachi · +0h · elevation 1,158 ft (353 m) · airport coordinates 33.9939, 71.5146
3. ISB OPIS
Islamabad International Airport · Attock
1150 km from ALA · Asia/Karachi · +0h · elevation 1,761 ft (537 m) · airport coordinates 33.5490, 72.8257
1. ALA-TAS
Tashkent · 679 km · 1h 42m
Asia/Tashkent · +0h from ALA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. ALA-PEW
Peshawar · 1145 km · 2h 17m
Asia/Karachi · +0h from ALA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. ALA-ISB
Attock · 1150 km · 2h 17m
Asia/Karachi · +0h from ALA; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 14,764 ft / 4,500 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
ASPH, asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for ALA.
Runway identifiers
05L/23R · 05R/23L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Source note 1
It is a principal hub of Air Astana, the national flag carrier, as well as other domestic and international airlines.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for ALA.
ALA sits in Kazakhstan (Republic of Kazakhstan), whose capital is Astana. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Asia, Central Asia.
Common country-language signals: Kazakh, Russian. Currency context: KZT (₸). ALA is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
ALA is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Alma Ata. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Busiest airport in Kazakhstan. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Regional role cue: It is larger than Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) in Astana and is the main international gateway into the country.
Wikidata airport entity: Q858844 · Almaty International Airport. Owner / owning body: Groupe ADP. Administrative area: Almaty. Named after: Almaty
Almaty International Airport is a moderate-elevation field at 2,234 ft (681 m), positioned at 43.3543° N, 77.0428° E in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 14,764 ft / 4,500 m. The airport clock uses Asia/Almaty (GMT+5, UTC+05:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Otegen Batyra is the closest retained city-time anchor at 7.3 km. TAS Tashkent is the closest retained airport alternative at 679 km.
ALA has no same-country peer airports retained in the current airport set, so the useful comparison points are its code, coordinates, timezone, and route references.
ALA-TAS Tashkent: 679 km, about 1h 42m, +0h. ALA-PEW Peshawar: 1145 km, about 2h 17m, +0h. ALA-ISB Attock: 1150 km, about 2h 17m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident UAAA backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. alaport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 14,764 ft / 4,500 m
Runway identifiers
05L/23R, 05R/23L
OurAirports classifies ALA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Almaty.
ALA (UAAA) is a moderate-elevation field at 2,234 ft (681 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
ALA sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
ALA's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 14,764 ft / 4,500 m and source surfaces recorded as ASPH, asphalt.
TAV Airports Holding is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for ALA.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at alaport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
ALA uses Asia/Almaty (GMT+5, UTC+05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Almaty International Airport is about 16 km from central Almaty; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
TAS Tashkent is the closest retained alternate at 679 km, time difference +0h.
alaport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place ALA inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
ALA ranks #1 in the curated Kazakhstan airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 1 airport.
ALA has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Asia/Almaty a more distinctive signal for this page.
ALA is 2,234 ft (681 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include NSI 2,278 ft (694 m) (44 ft delta) · LAS 2,181 ft (665 m) (53 ft delta) · GZT 2,315 ft (706 m) (81 ft delta) · MED 2,151 ft (656 m) (83 ft delta) · YEG 2,373 ft (723 m) (139 ft delta).
ALA's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are TAS 679 km +0h · PEW 1145 km +0h · ISB 1150 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tashkent | TAS | 679 km | 1h 42m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Peshawar | PEW | 1145 km | 2h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Attock | ISB | 1150 km | 2h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
ALA to TAS
Distance 679 km; estimated travel window 1h 42m; destination zone Asia/Tashkent is +0h from ALA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ALA to PEW
Distance 1145 km; estimated travel window 2h 17m; destination zone Asia/Karachi is +0h from ALA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ALA to ISB
Distance 1150 km; estimated travel window 2h 17m; destination zone Asia/Karachi is +0h from ALA. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Almaty is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Almaty International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from ALA, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Otegen Batyra
otegen-batyra · 7.3 km · Asia/Almaty
Burunday
burunday · 15 km · Asia/Almaty
Almaty
almaty · 16 km · Asia/Almaty
Talghar
talghar · 17 km · Asia/Almaty
Esik
esik · 33 km · Asia/Almaty
Konayev
konayev · 57 km · Asia/Almaty
Taldykorgan
taldykorgan · 213 km · Asia/Almaty
Tekeli
tekeli · 215 km · Asia/Almaty
Ushtobe
ushtobe · 224 km · Asia/Almaty
Zharkent
zharkent · 255 km · Asia/Almaty
Shu
shu · 266 km · Asia/Almaty
Merke
merke · 317 km · Asia/Almaty
Almaty International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Tashkent (TAS), Peshawar (PEW), Attock (ISB). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from ALA. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Tashkent International AirportTAS
Tashkent · large airport
Compare against TAS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Bacha Khan International AirportPEW
Peshawar · large airport
Compare against PEW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Islamabad International AirportISB
Attock · large airport
Compare against ISB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Almaty International Airport is in the Asia/Almaty timezone (UTC+05:00, GMT+5).
Almaty International Airport uses IATA code ALA and ICAO code UAAA.
Almaty International Airport is located in Almaty, Kazakhstan at coordinates 43.3543° N, 77.0428° E, with an elevation of 2,234 ft (681 m) (moderate-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
Almaty International Airport sits roughly 16 km from the nearest mapped city center for Almaty.
Tashkent (TAS) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 42m, destination timezone Asia/Tashkent, and a +0h difference from ALA.
Almaty International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 14,764 ft / 4,500 m; identifiers include 05L/23R, 05R/23L.
