ALA · Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty International Airport.
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Almaty International Airport
Busiest airport in Kazakhstan
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for ALA
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.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 6421; ident UAAA; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
alaport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Almaty International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
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
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 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 Nov 5, 8:20 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
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.
Airport Snapshot
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.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for ALA.
Name and identity cues
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
Source-specific airport notes
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.
Closest mapped city anchors
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
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
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
Route-time reference set
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.
Runway source evidence
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.
Accepted operational notes
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.
Country and authority
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.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Kazakh, Russian. Currency context: KZT (₸). ALA is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
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.
Reference description
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.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: It is larger than Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) in Astana and is the main international gateway into the country.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q858844 · Almaty International Airport. Owner / owning body: Groupe ADP. Administrative area: Almaty. Named after: Almaty
Field and clock profile
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.
City and airport alternatives
Otegen Batyra is the closest retained city-time anchor at 7.3 km. TAS Tashkent is the closest retained airport alternative at 679 km.
Country airport peers
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.
Route geometry
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.
Source trail
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: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
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.
- It is a principal hub of Air Astana, the national flag carrier, as well as other domestic and international airlines.
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.
Decision matrix for ALA
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.
When the clock matters
ALA uses Asia/Almaty (GMT+5, UTC+05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Almaty International Airport is about 16 km from central Almaty; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
TAS Tashkent is the closest retained alternate at 679 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
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.
How this airport compares nearby
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.
Country-rank position
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.
Same-zone airport cohort
ALA has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making Asia/Almaty a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
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).
Coordinate-neighbor check
ALA's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are TAS 679 km +0h · PEW 1145 km +0h · ISB 1150 km +0h.
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Arriving From / Departing To
| 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
Tashkent
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
Peshawar
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
Attock
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.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
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.
Nearby city time anchors
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
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Burunday
burunday · 15 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Almaty
almaty · 16 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Talghar
talghar · 17 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Esik
esik · 33 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Konayev
konayev · 57 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Taldykorgan
taldykorgan · 213 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tekeli
tekeli · 215 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ushtobe
ushtobe · 224 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Zharkent
zharkent · 255 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Shu
shu · 266 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Merke
merke · 317 km · Asia/Almaty
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
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
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 14,764 ft / 4,500 m; identifiers 05L/23R, 05R/23L.
- Runway surfaces: ASPH, asphalt; 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: TAV Airports Holding.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1935.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
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
- Distance
- 679 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,417 ft (432 m)
Compare against TAS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Bacha Khan International AirportPEW
Peshawar · large airport
- Distance
- 1145 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,158 ft (353 m)
Compare against PEW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Islamabad International AirportISB
Attock · large airport
- Distance
- 1150 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,761 ft (537 m)
Compare against ISB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Almaty International Airport (ALA) in?▾
Almaty International Airport is in the Asia/Almaty timezone (UTC+05:00, GMT+5).
What are the codes for Almaty International Airport?▾
Almaty International Airport uses IATA code ALA and ICAO code UAAA.
Where is Almaty International Airport located?▾
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).
How far is Almaty International Airport from central Almaty?▾
Almaty International Airport sits roughly 16 km from the nearest mapped city center for Almaty.
Which route reference is most useful from ALA?▾
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.
How many runways does Almaty International Airport have?▾
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.